If you’ve read my earlier entries, you’d know that I’m awaiting the release of Anberlin’s new record ‘New Surrender’. Anberlin posted a track from ‘New Surrender’ on MySpace the other day. I’m extremely excited about this, simply because it’s an amazing track. The song is called ‘Disappear’ and the lyrics are just beautiful (I reckon you should all have a listen!). It’s been my most played track this week. I’ve listened to the song so much (and practically memorised the words line for line) that my brother almost cracked it after the first 2 or so hours of listening to it on repeat. ‘New Surrender’ is my “most anticipated release of 2008″, and ‘Disappear’ has just made my excitement increase by a lot! If there’s anything that can make me squeal in excitement and make my face light up, it’s Anberlin. In saying that, I would like to thank Monique for dealing with my constant Anberlin chit chat, and to my friend Chris; I am very glad that I have a friend who can obsess over Anberlin with me. September 30th, here we come!
In other music news, The Academy Is… released their first single from their new record ‘Fast Times At Barrington High’. I got a look at the cover art, and I must say, I’m a tad disappointed. I know I shouldn’t judge the music by the cover art, but I’ve listened to their new single ‘About A Girl’ quite a few times, and it’s nothing exciting. I’m quite scared for the rest of the album, but I’m desperately hoping that the rest of the album will prove me wrong. Listening to ‘About A Girl’ makes me wonder about how much I absolutely love their first record ‘Almost Here’. There was something about ‘Almost Here’ that made it seem special in a sense. ‘Santi’ was also quite a good record, though for me, nothing compares to ‘Almost Here’. So now, I’m crossing my fingers for ‘Fast Times At Barrington High’ and hoping that it will not be a disappointment.
Finally, all I want to say is that I want to listen to ‘The Glass Passenger’ right now. April 22nd, 2008, was the intended release date of Jack’s Mannequin’s second record. The date then got pushed back to June, and now it’s been pushed back again to September. Besides from Anberlin, Jack’s Mannequin is my other love, and I can’t wait to hear their new album.
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent.” ~Victor Hugo
Goodbye and take care.
