Album Of The Day: Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place by Anberlin

Album Art of Anberlin's Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place album - On a very light gray background, a black-and-white, charcoal and pencil drawing of a horse falling with its back to the ground and its legs splayed out above in the air and the head looking up from where it came.

Released 15 years ago last month, this is the fifth studio album from alternative rock band Anberlin. While some of their other albums were a bit more epic, sprawling affairs comprised of rock anthems and slower love songs, this album is a tighter 10-song album. "We Owe This To Ourselves", "Impossible" and "Closer" let the guitars rage and singer Stephen Christian scream a bit, the slower songs like "You Belong Here", "The Art Of War" and "Take Me (As You Found Me)" give Christian's vocals and lyricism opportunities to shine as well. Lyrically, most of the songs are sung to a lover, I think, if not being about the song's author themselves. This is one of Anberlin's albums I have listened to less often than some of their other albums, but it is a good set of songs even if not their most memorable album. If it's been a while since you listened, you might like it more than you remember.

Release Year: 2010
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