A new lineup member, a new producer, and a step up to a major label added up to Anberlin's best sense of direction yet, and therefore their strongest output in their brief but prolific career. The band collaborated for three months in the studio to craft their Universal Republic debut with producer Neal Avron, who has helmed projects for Fall Out Boy, Yellowcard, and New Found Glory. Being their fifth album in scarcely six years, spending so much time in the studio had its share of risks involved, particularly with new guitarist Christian McAlhaney, whose addition made three songwriters in the bunch, generally a recipe for "creative differences." It's pleasing, therefore, to see how well Anberlin define themselves on this record. Their sound on New Surrender isn't as much a diversion as it is a realization of their potential to finally seize the full emo spirit in all its glory, as if their high/low, intense-yet-laissez-faire approach to modern rock was simply warming up to this point, which is saying a lot given the quality of songs and the massive following they have carved out over the years. It's not unlike Mae's progression from the critically acclaimed The Everglow to Singularity, where it could be argued that diversity took a back seat to pinpointing their own sound. It worked for Mae, and it works here for Anberlin.
Help us out! Call your local radio station today and request our new single "Feel Good Drag"!Here are the stations we need your help with!CITY / CALL LETTERS / STATION NAME / PHONE Albany, NY / WEQX / The Real Alternative / 802.362.1027Albany, NY / WHRL / Channel 103.1 / 518.218.1031Atlanta, GA / WNNX / 99x / 888.515.499XAustin, TX / K...
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It's Nate. Your local Anberlin drummer. I'm just hanging out and the sweet hour of 1:50AM in my room, listening to an awesome band called Lakes, in beautiful Tampa, Florida. We're officially home! It's great to be back. We all had an amazing time on Warped tour this year!! Thanks SO much to everyone that came out and supported, watched, sweated with us. It meant so much! We made a lot of good f...
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hey guys, in case you havent heard yet, we have two songs from the new record available on itunes, go get Feel Good Drag and Disappeare for $.99 each. Oh and here's the great part, if you get these songs you will automatically be reminded to "Complete My Album" on Sept.30 to get the rest of your record for only $5.99 !!!!yes that means you can get the whole record for only $7.99.....crazyness.w...
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