NewYearsDayProject | a song a day blog

  In early 2012 when Anberlin announced that they would be returning with an album produced by Aaron Sprinkle , longtime fans knew that they were in for a good album. While their prior major label releases had stretched the band and had proven how versatile their sound was, the band had not produced an album that matched the lyrical and musical depth of their fan favorite, Cities . 2012's Vital took Anberlin to both familiar territory and reinvented their sound. Vital is a heavier album than their previous two. But, up to this point, the band did very little with electronic music. Vital, however, opened to the electro-heavy " Self-Starter ," complete with an autotune chorus, somewhat reminiscent of Avenged Sevenfold 's " Lost ." In fact, many of the the tracks incorporated electronic elements. The band admits to consuming a lot of M83 at that time. Perhaps the best example of the band's marriage to electronics while keeping full guitars engaged is &qu

February 20, 2007, Anberlin released the album that defined their career. Most fans don't remember the release dates of their favorite albums. As for me, I only remember two album releases off the top of my head. The first is P.O.D. 's Satellite  because it was released on September 11, 2001. The other album release I know by heart, as do the fans of Anberlin, is Cities . Anberlin fans call February 20th "Cities Day," still to this day. In the three years that I've been doing this playlist project, I've celebrated Cities with a different track. In 2019, it was " A Whisper & A Clamour ." Last year it was " Hello Alone ," as I dealt with the depression of what looked like Armageddon. This year, I'm choosing the closing track, "(* Fin )," but I'll choose the livestream More to Living Than Being Alive  version released yesterday on AppleMusic and Spotify. WE'RE NOT QUESTIONING GOD, JUST THOSE HE CHOSE TO CARRY HIS CR