1. Rust (The Short Story Of Mary Agnosia) 3:48
2. Like Steps In A Dance 3:34
3. Blur 4:27
4. Inretrospect 4:17
5. Summer Tongues 5:26
6. Calm, Calm, Calm Yourself 2:42
7. wedding/funeral 4:46
8. Sleep. When We Die. 4:19
9. Forget Love, I Just Want You To Make Sense To Me Tonight. 4:41
10. Sing Out 3:21
11. Sheet music/sheet Music 4:06
Fans of Anberlin or Copeland have probably been waiting a while for this album to come out... if that's the case you're probably predestined to enjoy this album. Essentially it takes Anberlin front-man Stephen Christian's unique and flexible voice and pairs it with Aaron Marshe from Copeland's unique eery-but-sweet production sensibilities. If you're expecting the manic energy of an Anberlin album you'd best look elsewhere, as the 11 tracks here are as cool and mellow as can be. (The most high tempo song is Steps in a Dance, with its infectious drum loops and squeaky-clean guitar riffs)
Christian gets to exercise a softer side of his voice that you don't normally get to hear on an Anberlin album and he's well suited to it. The lyrics too are much more intimate and small-scale than the epic fist-pumping anthems he usually writes, but it works well. Marshe's production isn't really flexing any new muscles, but he's great at taking simple songs and pumping them full of symphonic personality, which he does here to great effect, and fans of Copeland's signature sound will get exactly what they're craving. It's to his credit that each song on the album stays fresh and unique, despite their simple verse-chorus-verse progressions.
If you're looking for something overtly experimental or innovative you may be dissapointed - most of the tracks are simple by nature. But what you do get is a collection of soothing lullaby-like tracks with a nice tag-team of Christian's magnificent vocals, and Marshe's sugary sweet dream-like soundscapes. To fans of either songwriter, this record comes highly recommended. To those uninitiated, it may convince you to check out their other work as well.
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