Nick Carver looks beyond the label on label release “Stones You Throw”

In "Stones You Throw," Nick Carver strips himself away and creates the life of a town drunk, an outcast, a former junkie, known by all and understood by few. That choice adds a sympathetic edge to the song, making you wonder what lies beneath the label people put on him. "It's easy to throw stones at someone and not know how they got there," says Carver. That line says it all for the whole song. It's easy to judge when you don't know the story. "Stones You Throw" asks you to look at what you think you know about someone, and turn that observation into empathy. This is what gives the song its greatest emotional power.