“Other Side” by Anberlin, Saturday, May 1, 2021
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