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Cities (Album) by Anberlin

Artist Biography For Anberlin

Anberlin Was Formed In 2002 In Winter Haven FL USA And Disbanded After The Release Of Their Final Album Lowborn In 2014. Their Debut Album Blueprints For The Black Market Was Quite Successful. Spurred On By Popular Singles Readyfuels And Change The World It Sold Over 60 000 Copies And Raised Anberlin's Profile. They Released Their Sophomore Album Never Take Friendship Personal In February 2005. The Album Was Praised By Critics Garnering Favourable Reviews And Winning The Band New Fans. Prior To Its Release The Band Promoted The Album By Releasing A Track Per Week On Their Purevolume And Myspace Website Accounts As Well As On Their Own Website. So Far Two Radio Singles Have Been Released From The Album A Day Late And Paperthin Hymn. Both Have Been Quite Successful On Alternative Rock Radio. A Video For A Day Late Has Been Released And The Video For Paperthin Hymn Released On March 17 2006. Furthermore Anberlin Recorded Covers Of The Bob Dylan Song Like A Rolling Stone The Depeche Mode Song Enjoy The Silence The Cure's Love Song And The Popular Christmas Song Baby Please Come Home Included On The Compilation Album Lost Songs In 2007. Singer Stephen Christian Is Also Working On Some Solo Music Under The Name Of Anchor & Braille With Aaron Marsh Of Copeland Which Is Expected To Take The Form Of A Full Length Album Sometime In 2008. The Band Performed On G4's Attack Of The Show On March 23 2006 Anberlin's Third Album Cities Was Released On Feburary 20 2007. There Are Two Different Versions A Regular Version And A Special Edition Containing Three Extra Songs And A Documentary On DVD. So Far Music Videos Have Been Released For Godspeed And The Unwinding Cable Car. The Singles Godspeed And The Haunting Were Available As Of December 28 2006 From The ITunes Music Store And May Still Be Purchased. Anberlin's Final Album With Tooth And Nail Records Lost Songs Was Released November 20 2007. It Features Many Of Its Original Hits As Well As Live Recordings And Unreleased Tracks. They Are Now Signed With Universal Republic And Released Their Fourth LP New Surrender September 30 2008. They Released Their Fifth LP Dark Is The Way Light Is A Place On September 9 2010. Songfacts Reports That Self-Starter The First Release From Vital Anberlin's Sixth Album Was The Band's First Ever Song To Feature Female Vocals. On July 22 2014 They Released What Would Be Their Final Album - Lowborn. It Was Announced That After A Final Tour Following The Release Of Lowborn The Band Would Be Parting Ways. The End Of Anberlin Is Not Sad But Hopeful. There Is No Animosity Or Drama But Rather A Celebration Of What These Five Musicians Have Achieved Both In The Studio And Onstage. “Usually Breakups Happen Quickly And Suddenly An Implosion Of Sorts ” McAlhaney Says.
“What Is Unique About The End Of Anberlin Is That We Discussed Where People Were At In Their Lives What That Meant For The Band And Then Made Plans For The End On Our Own Terms.”

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In An Alternative Press Interview About The New Album Cities Lead Vocalist Stephen Christian Commented That The Lyrics Throughout Anberlin's Discography Are Progressively Becoming More Adult "The First Album Blueprints For The Black Market 2003 Was Childish In The Fact That It Was Man Vs. World. The Last Album Never Take Friendship Personal 2005 Was Man Vs. Man. Cities However Is Man Vs. Self." With Cities Anberlin Successfully Picks Up Where They Left Off With Never Take Friendship Personal And In So Doing Bring All Their Best Attributes To The Table - Contagious Drum Grooves Behind Infectiously Driving Guitars And Of Course The Unmistakable Vocal Presence Of Stephen Christian. Most Importantly Cities Proves That A Band Can Improve Upon Itself Album After Album And That Is Precisely What Anberlin Has Done. Highlights Of The Album Include "Adelaide" And "The Unwinding Cable Car " Although Every Track Screams Quality And Adds To The Album's Likeability. The First Single Of The Album "Godspeed " Was Released A Month Prior To The Album Release And Sums Up A Focus Of The Album With The Hook Line "they Lied When They Said The Good Die Young." Point Blank Cities Proves That Anberlin Is Maturing Alongside Their Audience Demographic. "I Thought Of This Title Sitting On My Balcony While Recording The Record I Had Arrived In Seattle A Few Days Earlier Than All The Other Guys To Write More And I Was Watching A Story On TV About Paris While Staring Out At This Unbelievable City. It Just Clicked With How Much We Were Touring At The Time It Felt Right We Loved To Travel Then We Were Into Culture And All Of Us Liked Exploring Each New Town We Stumbled Into. Everything Was Still New We Weren’t Big Enough To Know That People Really Cared & We Were Small Enough To Still Be Passionate About What Was About To Happen Next. " - Stephen Christian