“A Day Late” (Live) by Anberlin, Wednesday, April 14, 2021
You could probably derive 2000s Christian Rock and Christian Rock adjacent bands from two sources: Linkin Park and Jimmy Eat World. Yesterday was an example of how Linkin Park influenced Christian Rock. Today's example is Jimmy Eat World, particularly their 2001 hit "The Middle." The first single released from Never Take Friendship Personal sees Anberlin remembering their poppier tracks from Blueprints for the Blue Market, but taking a much more mature approach to writing the lyrics. Rather than a complaint about how "Girls speak in code" and cliches that sound a bit sexist in today's world, "A Day Late" relies on storytelling about something that could have happened in the past, and really shouldn't happen now. SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT... Never Take Friendship Personal was an album all about relationships, and it was a perfect album for high school. While certainly not as big as Fall Out Boy , I found the lyrics on Friendship to be th