All things come to an end. Love, life, and the universe will all cease to exist at some point in time. And while these three things will fade in millions of years, something else I hold dear is going to cease to exist in 2015: the alternative rock band Anberlin.
It’s been quite a journey with this band. I discovered the band as I read a piece of writing on a site for author’s of all sorts. At the end of the “chapter”, the writer stated the song “Paperthin Hymn” by Anberlin fit the chapter. The title of the song struck a chord in me and I felt impulsed to download it. It sat on my phone’s music library for about a month before I gave it a listen. Since hearing the track, I have come to acquire two albums and download another on iTunes. I have fallen absolutely in love with the band.
And now, one year later, they are disbanding. I’m not in hysterics, as music lives on forever. But knowing that a band I have come to love and respect has been a bit upsetting in my opinion. In my last post I spoke of the song “(*Fin)”‘s effect on me, and that is exactly what this band has done to me. They’ve evoked emotions and changed a lot about myself. Honestly, I did not know what sort of artist I wished to be up until I heard the guitar-riddled sounds of “Feel Good Drag”.
The band is going to release one final album and tour the world for a final time and I have made it a priority to see them. With this being my only chance to see a band that changed me as a person, I feel it is an experience that is vital to my closure with them disbanding.
With that, I obliged to thank them. Anberlin, you have shown me a lot about myself and about the world that I never saw. You made me question things I never thought to question, evoked ideas in my mind for my own lyrical content, and you continue to fuel me with every last lyric sung and every last song played. I am eternally devoted to you as a fan. It is a bittersweet goodbye, but I am not in a purgatory of sadness and anger. I am grateful for what you have done for the past twelve years and all that I have learned in this past year in which I truly was able to understand you. Thank you. (*Fin).
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