Album Of The Day: Them by PFR

Album Art of PFR's Them album - It looks like some sort of artwork on canvas, a watercolor of a circus scene. A man in a striped coat has his hands outstretched and is holding a cane, looking down from a tall, light purple pedestal on people below him, craning their necks to look up at him. Their are pennant banners stretched about over the top of the audience, and behind the podium is a cross. There is a dark brown frame around the scene and some similar-looking artwork around the outside of the frame. Printed in the top right is the band name and in the bottom left is the album name.

Released 30 years ago today, this is the fourth album from Christian rock band PFR. This three-piece band has a great sound and mixes a lot of styles; I feel like their harmonies remind me of The Beatles, but the guitars, drums and bass definitely sound more modern than that. Joel Hanson (guitar) and Patrick Andrew (bass) also switch off lead vocals, and Mark Nash is on the drums. Although many of the songs have religious themes in their lyrics, most of them are more generally about life that even non-Christians can probably appreciate the music. I've never been a huge fan of this band and didn't really hear their albums until the 2000s, but became more of a fan when i saw them play live for the first time about two years ago. The band members were 30 years older than when they recorded their first few albums, but they still had it and played those songs really well! PFR recently recorded a new album for the first time in over 20 years and it will release this fall. I'm excited to hear that and maybe see them live.

Release Year: 1996
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