Anberlin Gets the Gothic Moving
by Ryan Edwards
photo credit Ted Davis
You know a venue is solid when it can pack the house on a Tuesday night. It also tells you the headlining band has a hell of a following. Florida natives, Anberlin, started back in 2002 and since then have toured nationally multiple times and launched six albums with numerous hits on the radio. Once I heard them back in 2004 I was hooked, and once I realized I had a chance to see them at an intimate setting like The Gothic Theatre, I thought, sign me up!
Before the show, I had never seen them perform live, but I just knew that this show was going to be amazing, and I wasn’t disappointed. The night began with people of all ages pouring into the venue with conversations all around me about how excited they were to see Anberlin. As the venue filled up, the first band All Get Out warmed them up, and afterwards, Tennessee locals Paper Route surprised everyone with how good they are, getting the crowd clapping and screaming to their remarkably catchy tunes.
Eventually, as I was ordering a Coors Light from the bar, Anberlin bolted on stage and the crowd erupted. Right away they didn’t hold back, opening up with smash hits that everybody in the audience sang word-for-word. Songs like “The Resistance” off of their album New Surrender and “Paperthin Hymn” off of their second album Never Take Friendship Personal. The crowd loved the show from the start with clapping and fist pumping to almost every song.
Stephen Christian (vocals), and the rest of Anberlin fed off the crowds energy with ridiculous guitar and drum solos, and at one point as patrons were getting kicked out for crowd surfing, Christian decided to crowd surf while singing, which got the crowd going further. As the night went on, every song seemed to be better than the last, and the audience (including myself) didn’t want it to end. Anberlin came out for their encore and played multiple songs including “Feel Good Drag,” as one of their last songs. Walking out of the Gothic, I was still somehow surprised at how good they were live, and the only thought that was circling in my head for the drive home was…I would love to see them again.
Category: National News
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