ARTICLE: Jars Of Clay On Their “Good Monsters” Album

Down the years Jars Of Clay have demonstrated quixotic changes of musical approach while continuing to hold on to a huge support base among American Christians. In 1995 they were being dubbed “alterna-folk” for their ‘Jars Of Clay’ breakthrough album. By 1999 ‘If I Left The Zoo’ was offering everything from Sgt Pepper retro to hard alternative rock. And in 2003 there was bluegrass and country sounds on ‘Who We Are Instead’. But it’s the release of this year’s ‘Good Monsters’ that has finally brought the band’s stylistic eclecticism into sharp creative and commercial focus. It has already been named by the influential CCM magazine as the Best Album of The Year. What is particularly impressive about ‘Good Monsters’ is that despite featuring songs that are, in the words of CCM, “so well constructed, performed and just plain catchy,” the album actually explores personal insights and theological and social issues at a greater depth than any previous Jars Of Clay album. […read more]

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