{"id":32528,"date":"2012-10-29T17:15:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T17:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-anberlin-vital\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:28:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:28:10","slug":"album-review-anberlin-vital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-anberlin-vital\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Anberlin &#8211; Vital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/anberlinvital1.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Anberlin, <\/strong>Florida\u2019s finest, have been on the scene for a decade now and have released a handful of albums, as well as playing countless shows. And now, they\u2019ve recently released their sixth studio album <em>\u2018Vital\u2019<\/em> to critical acclaim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Kicking off with <em>\u2018Self-Starter\u2019<\/em>, <strong>Anberlin<\/strong> have set the bar high. Blazing energy and a cranked up tempo go hand-in-hand on this opening track, and seems to promise good things ahead. Tracks such as <em>\u2018Little Tyrants\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Someone Anyone\u2019 <\/em>show perfect execution; saucy guitar licks layered on top of pulsating drumming combine to create buzzing songs, whilst Stephen Christian\u2019s liquid vocals slide effortlessly over the electric riffs.<\/span><!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Slowing things down a notch with <em>\u2018Innocent\u2019<\/em>, <strong>Anberlin <\/strong>give their fans but an instant to catch their breath before dragging them back into a breathless whirlwind, assaulting them with <em>\u2018Desires\u2019. <\/em>Roaring riffs and a hammering bass make for excellent listening, pushing the seams of the track to breaking point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">As <strong>Anberlin<\/strong> switch off with <em>\u2018God, Drugs &amp; Sex\u2019, <\/em>it\u2019s glaringly obvious that these guys aren\u2019t going anywhere for now; whilst they continue to produce solid albums that create eargasms for their listeners, <strong>Anberlin<\/strong> have no need to hang up their coats.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>\u2018Vital\u2019<\/em> is an incredible album and needs to be on people\u2019s playlists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a05\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>&lsquo;Vital&rsquo;<\/em> by <strong>Anberlin<\/strong> is out now on Universal Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>\u00a0Anberlin<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anberlin.com\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Official Website<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anberlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Facebook<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/anberlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">MySpace<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/anberlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Twitter<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/anberlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">YouTube<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.purevolume.com\/new\/anberlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Pure Volume<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Written by Jessica Tagliani (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessTagliani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">@JessTagliani<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anberlin, Florida\u2019s finest, have been on the scene for a decade now and have released a handful of albums, as well as playing countless shows. And now, they\u2019ve recently released their sixth studio album \u2018Vital\u2019 to critical acclaim. Kicking off with \u2018Self-Starter\u2019, Anberlin have set the bar high. 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