Album Of The Day: The Hunger by Seven Day Jesus

Album Art of Seven Day Jesus's The Hunger album - On an off-white background, a grainy photo of some colors of yellow, blue and red are shown. It can't tell if it's a blurry photo of some paint, or maybe even outer space or something, it's just so distorted and blurry. Around the photo is a very rough, black background which seems hand-drawn. In the very middle, on top of the photo is printed the band's name in white, all-lowercase text in a typewriter font. And towards the bottom of the photo, the album title is printed in a thinner, taller font in yellow.

Released 30 years ago yesterday, this is the debut album from Christian rock band Seven Day Jesus. Less than two years later they would release a much more poppy album on a bigger record label, but on this album, the band was squarely in the world of mid-'90s grunge rock. The guitars are loud and distorted and it's a well-made record from a band that shows lots of promise. Lead singer Brian McSweeney's lyrics are those of a young Christian struggling to follow God and find his role in the world. I was first introduced to the band during their second album which I still like better, but there are many who liked this one more and saw that second album as too much of departure in style. Both albums do have the same grunge rock sound throughout, but their second, self-titled album definitely had catchy hooks and more of a pop-rock sensibility. No matter which you like better, if you like '90s Christian rock, check out this short-lived band.

Release Year: 1996
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