Music Round Up

It’s been a while since I wrote about music last, and since then I have picked up some pretty good stuff. The number one on my list: Anberlin’s new CD, Cities.

Anberlin- Cities

Anberlin’s Cities is the perfect mix of rock out songs and relaxing songs no matter what you are doing. I’ve listened to the CD at the gym and while getting some serious work done. It helps me focus. Their music has only matured with this CD- they didn’t change their sound or compromise their music for a better record deal. This is Anberlin through and through. But a better Anberlin. I love their first two CDs- Never Take Friendship Personal was great. But with both of those albums, I started listening to just a few select songs. That is not the case with this album. I’ve had it almost a month now, and listen to the whole thing through once a day at least. Among my favorite tracks are Adelaide, A Clamor and a Whisper, Dismantle.Repair and Fin. The later two are the last two tracks (before the bonus stuff) on the album and they really wrap the cd up well. Dismantle.Repair is the final build up before the great cool down that is Fin. All in all, the band brings a lot of new things to the table here, and if you have heard Anberlin in the past, but weren’t sold, this is the album that will do it.

The Rest

Looking beyond Anberlin, I have picked up a multitude of CDs from which I can pick and choose my favorite songs and make a pretty good play list. These CDs include (but are not limited to): Dropkick Murphys, Halifax, Matchbook Romance and a bunch of “Punk Goes” CDs. Halifax as a relatively new band is decent. They have some good songs, like Under Fire, but still, a lot of their songs sound the same. The same goes for Dropkick Murphys, who a admittedly picked up after seeing The Departed.

Finally, I’d like to mention Thursday, whose CD A City by the Light Divided is pictured left. The CD isn’t all that new (summer of 2006), but they are coming to my school so I felt the need to mention them. I’ve seen them twice and they were pretty good both times. It’s a high octane show. Opening for them: The Starting Line and Paulson. It should be a fun time.