Louder Than The Music

Jars of Clay will release their eleventh studio album 'The Shelter' on 5th October 2010. The band are joined by numerous songwriting and vocal guests on the album, including Mac Powell, TobyMac, David Crowder, Audrey Assad, Brandon Heath, Matt Maher, Gungor, Derek Webb and Amy Grant.

"Jars of Clay, historically, has been this kind of compact creative environment; we're known for doing everything from the songwriting to the producing to the artwork," says guitarist Matt Odmark. "This was a push in a totally different direction. We brought people in on the songwriting side of things, and we knew in the beginning that we wanted as many voices as possible in the record."

"We wanted to make a record about community, and we wanted the recording process to be community. We wanted it to be an expression of what it was trying to articulate from a concept standpoint," Odmark continues. "It wasn’t going to work any other way, and it didn't make sense to us to write a record about community that was just us talking to one another."

This new album is the follow up to 2009's 'The Long Fall Back to Earth'. The band have amassed more than six million career sales to date and three Grammy Awards. Jars of Clay will hit the road extensively later this year, alongside Brandon Heath, and plans are underway for a multi-artist tour presenting songs from 'Jars of Clay Presents The Shelter' scheduled for spring 2011.

Jars of Clay Presents The Shelter:
01. Small Rebellions (featuring Brandon Heath)
02. Call My Name (featuring Thad Cockrell, Audrey Assad)
03. We Will Follow (featuring Gungor)
04. Eyes Wide Open (featuring Mac Powell, Derek Webb, Burlap To Cashmere)
05. Shelter (featuring TobyMac, Audrey Assad, Brandon Heath)
06. Out Of My Hands (featuring Mike Donehey, Leigh Nash)
07. No Greater Love
08. Run In The Night (featuring Thad Cockrell)
09. Lay It Down (featuring David Crowder, Dawn Richardson)
10. Love Will Find Us (featuring Sara Groves, Matt Maher)
11. Benediction (featuring Amy Grant)