Originally Posted by Jack Appleby

Holy shit. My favorite band growing up is back.

this, hard.

Originally Posted by Matthew Tsai

Best thing I've heard from Anberlin since... well, I wanted to say Cities, but really, since EVER.

I wouldn't go quite that far but after a few listens I do actually think I'd say this is one of my favourite Anberlin songs already.

Boom. That was great!

new Anberlin three days after a new Yellowcard album? I don't think I can handle it all at once. So dang pumped for this record.

The notes Stephen hits when he sings "purpose" in the chorus just give me chills.

Edit: Apparently he's singing "upon us."

Originally Posted by guitarguy211

I liked it. I think this is a great approach for Anberlin to take.

However, it's not quite what I'd been hoping for. And I'm one of the people who hates when people tell bands to re-release the same album over and over again. I'm still gonna pick up and jam this album a ton once it releases.

I don't think that's the case with Anberlin. Blueprints, NTFP, and Cities were far different records, but certainly showed a linear growth. Then New Surrender sucked, and Dark was experimental.

We don't want NTFP 2.0 or Cities 2.0 - we just wanted the band's sound to resemble its old self. "Self-Starter" has a lot of the same elements as New Surrender and Dark, but thrown back into an aggressive sound. If it took those two records to get this, I can deal.

So good!!!

Screaming at the end was awesome

Great tune. This band never disappoints.

They said this album would be back to the more aggressive Anberlin and, well, they clearly were telling the truth. This is awesome.

BOMB song

Welcome back, Aaron Sprinkle.

Anybody got the lyrics down yet...?

Originally Posted by guitarguy211

I liked it. I think this is a great approach for Anberlin to take.

However, it's not quite what I'd been hoping for. And I'm one of the people who hates when people tell bands to re-release the same album over and over again. I'm still gonna pick up and jam this album a ton once it releases.

It has to be so hard trying to please everyone. I'm with you though, ill just enjoy the jams.

Originally Posted by albatrossflyer

Welcome back, Aaron Sprinkle.

yep. man knows what the people want.