Anberlin - "The Haunting" (2007)

As I’ve said before, Anberlin is one of my favorite bands of the past few years. They make excellent rock music that is melodic, heavy and thought provoking all at once. Their third record Cities came out back in February and is still in my top ten for album of the year. The band recently signed with Universal Republic, a major label. The just released Lost Songs, a collection of b-sides and rarities on Tooth & Nail Records. My guess is they owed Tooth & Nail one more album, so this was put together to meet contractual obligations. Whatever the case, we now have every nearly every non-album track that Anberlin has ever recorded in one place. Now I already had most of these songs from one place or another, as some of them have appeared on compilations or have been released online. There are some new gems though, such as great acoustic versions of “Cadence,” “Dismantle.Repair.,” and “Naïve Orleans.” Also included is their set from AOL’s Sessions Under Cover, in which they covered the Radiohead classic “Creep.” Today’s song was previously released as part of the “Godspeed” EP last year on iTunes. In the liner notes, singer Stephen Christian reveals that this is the first song he ever wrote all the way through, even before Anberlin had formed. He said it stayed shelved because is didn’t think it sounded like Anberlin. In my opinion it’s one of their best songs ever. Lyrically it’s great, and I love the slow building pace of the song. It probably should have been on Cities, but got left off for one reason or another. Lost Songs is a must for any fan and I can’t wait to see what these guys will come up with on their fourth album, due out hopefully next year.


Anberlin - "The Haunting"