
This talented Southern rock band have a talent for writing good songs. Tunes like "Blue Motel" and "Maybe Tonight" blend clean and simple melodies a la The Eagles with the Delta sounds of the Hammond B-3 organ, slide guitars and shakers - producing a full and wide sound. They don't ever git down with a guitar onslaught a la Lynyrd Skynyrd or The Outlaws, because they opt for the more soulful and laid-back Southern style. It's a step in the right direction away from the syrupy CCM sounds of a Steven Curtis Chapman without sounding dangerous or too edgy. The song structures, however, help make this band very listenable. Classic rock radio could easily embrace tunes like "I Have Never Seen The Wind" or the sentimental "Seeds of Sorrow." It's weird to review Embodyment and Three Crosses in the same issue or the same magazine, but you can't argue with songwriting this good.