In 1996, Jars of Clay came out of nowhere. They took their name from a Bible verse in 2 Corinthians and took over radio with “Flood”. The debut album was brilliant, but the very first song that the band wrote was “Fade to Grey” which didn’t appear on a full-length album until Much Afraid released one year later. It’s still my favorite JoC track. The drum machine fade. The synths. And those vocals felt like a page ripped right out of lead singer Dan Haseltine’s journal.

“Your trance of love is seeking to turn this world around.”