CHARLOTTE, NC (Top40 Charts/
Anberlin Official Website) - This is the one.
Due out February 20 on Tooth and Nail, CITIES-the new album by ANBERLIN-marks the group's third offering and follow-up to their breakthrough album Never Take Friendship Personal (2005), which went on to sell over 140,000 copies. As a preview to the album release, the new song "Godspeed" as well as the B-side "Haunting" are now available on Itunes as exclusive tracks.
ANBERLIN will kick off a headlining U.S. tour February 21 in Charlotte, NC. The coast-to-coast trek will hit New York's Bowery Ballroom February 27 and the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles March 13 (see itinerary below with more dates to be announced soon). Bayside, Meg & Dia and Jonezetta will provide support for the winter trek. Having watched their career rise while touring with everyone from Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance to Yellowcard and Hawthorne Heights, the Winter Haven, Florida-reared quintet doesn't just build on the energy and determination of recent singles like "Paperthin Hymn," "Feelgood Drag," and "A Day Late." Instead, ANBERLIN expands its grasp of what a rock record can be with CITIES. With the sprawling, epic "Fin" and the gorgeous, lighter-ready "The Unwinding Cable Car," the group vastly widens its musical boundaries.
For CITIES, ANBERLIN-STEPHEN CHRISTIAN (vocals), JOSEPH MILLIGAN (guitars), DEON REXROAT (bass), NATHAN STRAYER (guitar) and NATHAN YOUNG (drums)-reunited with producer Aaron Sprinkle (Eisley, MxPx, Pedro The Lion) and recorded the album at Sprinkle's Seattle-based Compound facility, with drums captured at the infamous London Bridge studio (where classic albums by Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Temple of The Dog and Blind Melon were realized).
Whether it's the huge-sounding, memorable roar of "Reclusion" or the bright, infectious "Adelaide," the writing team of frontman STEPHEN CHRISTIAN and guitarist JOSEPH MILLIGAN drives ANBERLIN. "Anberlin has always had really good songs," says STEPHEN of the group's past output. "Still, I think this is the first time we've got a really great album." MILLIGAN adds, "I'd like to think we have more in us and even broader spaces to cover in the future, but this is our proudest moment. I'd just like it to have it find its way into the hands of as many people as possible. Not for glory, but because we're so proud of it."
