Anberlin

In today's instantly downloadable and quickly consumed culture, bands like Anberlin are a dying breed. Over the course of six years and four full-lengths, the band has established themselves as one of alternative rock's most exciting acts and as a band who refuse to limit themselves by one specific sound or scene... and it's paid off. If the band reinvented themselves with last year's sprawling album Cities they've transcended that sound with New Surrender. In fact, their latest album that shows the band reconciling all of their seemingly disparate moods into a cohesive blend of music that will lull you to sleep with gentle harmonies one minute and shake you to the core via raw, distortion-drenched rock riffage the next.