Anberlin - New Surrender
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Artist: AnberlinEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-09-30
Music Label: Universal Republic
Soundtracks:
- The Resistance
- Breaking
- Blame Me! Blame Me!
- Retrace
- Feel Good Drag
- Disappear
- Breathe
- Burn Out Brighter (Northern Lights)
- Younglife
- Haight St
- Soft Skeletons
- Miserabile visu (ex malo bonum)
Music reviews of New Surrender
Music Review: Consistently awesome
Rating: 5 Stars
To begin, I am a huge fan of Anberlin, having first heard 'em in 2004 and never growing tired of any of their songs despite listening to them a tremendous number of times. I own each of their CDs and am never let down by the consistency of quality they achieve. With that said, I felt like my personal affinity for each album had been diminishing: I was by far the most fond of Blueprints for the Black Market, and almost as big of a fan of Never Take Friendship Personal... and a pretty good fan of Cities (but just not on the same level as their first two releases). With that said, I purchased this CD expecting about the same thing as I got with Cities, and assuming everyone's jabbering about the swap to a major record label was senseless and irrational; Anberlin's still Anberlin, and it's good they're surviving in what can't possibly be an easy age for musicians what with downloads and all... Turns out the assumption about the record label meaning not much was exactly correct, but my expectation for a CD on par with Cities (IMO) was pretty far off...
New Surrender is fantastic!
There's a pretty wide array of songs on the CD, but I will say the finishing track is just as good - though different - as the beloved Dance, Dance Christa P?ffgen, which is quite impressive in my book. "Blame Me! Blame Me!" is probably my personal favorite, though I don't see many others advocating this thought so perhaps I am fairly strange. Regardless, if you consider yourself an Anberlin fan and you're not looking for something *exactly* congruous to Blueprints or Never Take Friendship Personal (this disc IS a bit more... rock-ish(?), just as Cities was)... this is a must-buy.
Description of New Surrender
This is the major label debut for the Central Florida pop-rock stalwarts, Anberlin. The new album features 13 tracks that further expand on Anberlin's signature sound. Stephen Christian's distinct vocals backed by Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney's driving guitars and the rhythm section comprised of Deon Rexroat and Nathan Young on bass and drums respectively is the foundation for the band's success.New Surrender, produced by Neal Avron (Fall Out Boy, Yellowcard, New Found Glory), demonstrates the band's natural progression as musicians as well as solidifying their place as some of music's most creative songwriters. With all out rockers like "Feel Good Drag" and "Blame Me! Blame Me!" to the introspective "Still Counting Backwards," Anberlin have created a record that is sure to propel the band to the next level. Universal Republic signed the band off of the success of their highly lauded breakthrough indie pop scorcher, Cities. The record debuted on Billboard's Top Albums chart in February 2007 at #19, and passed the coveted 100,000 indie-sales milestone fueled by their riveting hit single "Godspeed."
It has been Anberlin's emotive pop/rock chemistry that has excited fans and critics ever since their Polk County, FLA launch six years ago, rising through the indie ranks with a magnetic collection of releases on Tooth & Nail Records, including their memorable 2003 debut Blueprints For The Blackmarket. Their 2005 release, Never Take Friendship Personal, saw them gain even more indie traction, (the band has logged combined album sales of more than 400,000 albums) with the single "Paperthin Hymn" peaking in the Top 40 of the Modern Rock Radio chart. Their touring, coupled with a loyal myspace following, cemented their reputation as one of the bands to watch in 2007. Anberlin delivered on that with the celebrated Cities. Cited by many critics as indispensable to the modern rock scene, rock forecasters have bookmarked their upcoming album New Surrender as one of the truly viable indie-to-major success stories ready to blow in 2008.
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