AMG Review of Live Monsters

Jared Johnson
All Music Guide

A live album was a natural step after 2006's Good Monsters, which lead singer Dan Haseltine claimed was "meant to be played live." Live Monsters has the feel of a bootleg recording, with a limited track listing and no frills. There are few comments between songs, leaving the cuts as raw and honest as they were designed to be. Compared to Jars' other live release -- the second disc of 2003's Furthermore -- Live Monsters leaves you with the sense that this is a rock concert just as much as a faith-promoting experience. The boys are in their prime when they are challenging the status quo of contemporary Christian music, and here they do it again.