REVIEW: Jars Of Clay “Good Monsters” (CR)
September 12th, 2006 | 
Reviews | Source: ChristRock.com (23)
From the opening cut “Work” to the first single “Dead Man (Carry Me)” to the bluegrass-esque “There Is A River” the beat is well-defined and should induce head-bopping and toe-tapping. Jars attempts and succeeds in focusing the lyrical content of this album more on the emotions in a moment than grand premises and beliefs. Case in point is the serious Julie Miller-penned tune “All My Tears.” The epitome of this musical direction is the highly-driven “Oh My God.” Dan Haseltine’s vocal prowess warmly sings without backup instrumentation and then ever so slowly builds to a raw, pleading cry as he lists social injustices and hypocritical, unfair circumstances underneath drummer Jeremy Lutito who adds to the urgency as his downbeats fall promiscuously on the edge of the tempo. This one will give you goose bumps. [ …read more]
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