I'm baaaack; Jars of Clay News



So I've had a minor disruption in posts, thanks to some security issues at OneSite, where this site is hosted.

So there's some cool Jars of Clay news I thought I'd let you all in on: they're still alive. I've been watching Jars news, and there's a slow trickle of information about a new album-- but there is still an extreme lack of any official press releases. The band is coming out with an album called "Good Monsters" that they are releasing September 5. They're filming a music video that involves robots and monsters. More specifically, technicolor-bright fuzzy monsters, and robots that look a lot like crosses between an old-fashioned toaster and a cardboard box (but more of the latter).


(image copyright Billy Kingsley of The Tennessean)

The album sounds like it's going to be good stuff. Apparently the new single (titled the same as the upcoming album) rocks as hard (or harder) than Revolution did, and highlights the band's "rhythm section" (according to a Grand Rapids Press article on a recent jars show). The new album shows "harder edges" according to the Kalamazoo Gazette, and quotes Dan saying "this one is the most rock 'n' roll we get."

The intended message of the newer material is the most encouraging, though. The Tennessean did an article on the filming of the Good Monsters music video, and quotes the chorus of the new hit, "We are bored of all the things that we know; we are forms of all the things that we love. Do you know what you are?" Dan told The Tennessean that the song is about "maturing in a person's life, coming to grips with incredible good and incredible evil in the same body and being willing to share the bad parts and the good parts with others in the community."

So in other words, Jars of Clay is maturing just like real people, and are at least trying to do a good job of talking about real stuff. I can't wait. I take a long time to post updates, and so does essential records, but you're likely to find info on the new release and previews first at www.jarsofclay.com.

The summer is off to a good start, and hopefully I will have more useful tidbits for you all in the near future. Including a 640x480 digital projector made out of abandoned parts in the office I work in.

Posted: Sun - May 28, 2006 at 02:20 AM          

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