Cities

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In an Alternative Press interview about the new album Cities, lead vocalist Stephen Christian commented that the lyrics throughout Anberlin's discography are progressively becoming more adult: "The first album, Blueprints for the Black Market (2003), was childish in the fact that it was Man vs. World. The last album, Never Take Friendship Personal (2005), was Man vs. Man. Cities, however, is Man vs. Self." With Cities, Anberlin successfully picks up where they left off with Never Take Friendship Personal, and in so doing bring all their best attributes to the table - contagious drum grooves behind infectiously driving guitars and, of course, the unmistakable vocal presence of Stephen Christian. Most importantly, Cities proves that a band can improve upon itself album after album, and that is precisely what Anberlin has done. Highlights of the album include "Adelaide" and "The Unwinding Cable Car," although every track screams quality and adds to the album's likeability. The first single of the album "Godspeed," was released a month prior to the album release and sums up a focus of the album with the hook line "they lied when they said the good die young." Point blank, Cities proves that Anberlin is maturing alongside their audience demographic. "I thought of this title sitting on my balcony while recording the record, I had arrived in Seattle a few days earlier than all the other guys to write more and I was watching a story on TV about Paris while staring out at this unbelievable city. It just clicked, with how much we were touring at the time it felt right; we loved to travel then, we were into culture, and all of us liked exploring each new town we stumbled into. Everything was still new; we weren’t big enough to know that people really cared, & we were small enough to still be passionate about what was about to happen next. " - Stephen Christian.

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