On “Red Sea,” Vaters has purposefully created a crossover of sound to appeal to both traditional country fans, and newer country fans that lean towards a slightly heavier rockish sound. Vaters has an imbued vision for the new album, he explains “The most important thing for me while putting this record together was the idea of playing on the strengths of the first two records without completely abandoning the sound we developed with Dave Vest, Scott Faris and Nashville’s own Grammy
and Dove award winner Tom Hemby.” One resounding reminiscence of Vaters voice is he phrases in an ala Tom Petty way, that lends itself to that organic connection of music and lyrics that worked so well for Petty’s career too. That’s the short of it!