These guys rock! Stephen Christian is one of the best singers I've ever heard. Some good pounding guitar playing, too and even some thoughtful lyrics.

This is Joanne's daughter, Gabrielle, whose online name is SmoothPoet09 typing this review. We use this one account for the whole family. It's more convenient that way.

Anyways, I am a huge fan of anberlin. I can't say it enough that anberlin is an amazing band. Their music is insanely good, and you can't beat their first CD to come out. This CD shows their potential of a band, with a great opening start for their continuing work. Not only are there amazing lyrics, but the music behind it match them very well. If you like Alternative Rock, or Rock in general, this is so totally a CD for you. It will not let you down where music is concerned. Believe me, anberlin makes great music. You owe it to yourself to know a great band like them.
~ELLE~

Having lived in Winter Haven for two years, and thirty minutes away for most of my life, I feel the band is like my hometown band.

Anberlin is a breath of fresh air in the circle of Christian rock. The singer's voice is nothing short of unique. The music is original, yet appealing. Most surprisingly are songs like "Cadence" where the songs are actually catchy, and stay in your head after listening.

Overall, I proud to say they're my hometown band. They're a great group that isn't afraid of going against the grain musically or vocally. Good debut, and a good starting place for their budding career. Hopefully we'll here a lot more from these guys in the years to come. You don't have to agree, but it's my opinion, and I'm sticking with it.

I have Anberlin's two other cds, kind of found out about them when their 3rd cd was being released. I know kinda backwards but lets forward to know i finally bought. The first cd by them "Blueprints" and yeah i can see why they are in this business, first off i love the way they title some of their songs like "Foreight Languauge" and "Naive New Orleans". The latter being one of my fav songs on the entire cd. I dont think there was a song that i didnt enjoy after the first listen.

But the obvious choice for song i press play on over again is "Cadence". Love everything about the song, vocals, background and the overall feel of the song in all aspects. Anberlin is seriously talented and whatever your preference is on music. You can find something from this super talented group on the way up to enjoy over and over again.

PS-also check out "Never Take Friendship Personal" and "Cities" by Anberlin as well. Fantastic 2nd and 3rd releases as well.

This CD is absolutely amazing. In fact, it is by far the best collection of music I have ever heard. Cold War Transmissions all the way through the end of the CD is one of the few segments of my music library I can listen to over and over without ever getting tired of the songs.

The only songs that I think less than perfectly of are Foreign Language and Glass to the Arson. Other than that this is simply an amazing disc and one that any music lover should own.

"We Dreamt In Heist" did get stuck in my head for the longest time, so watch out for that. ;)