Almost ten years ago, I was about to be a senior in high school and I was sitting in my friend Steve Rivers’ bedroom with no air conditioning, in the middle of summer, and it was a scorcher. We were staying out of the hot midday sun, playing Grand Theft Auto as Steve was quizzing […]
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Anberlin’s ‘Never Take Friendship Personal’ Turns 10 Years Old
February 4th, 2015 
Kellie Gannon 
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Stream Anchor & Braille’s Two New Singles
October 5th, 2014 Kriston McConnell Even though Anchor & Braille are still experiencing some technical difficulties with their website, their two new singles are now available to stream through their label’s Soundcloud page. They are titled “Fatal Flaw” and “Detroit Stab.” You can listen to the both of them by taking a look beneath the break. Now that Anberlin have […]
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Anberlin Frontman Posts All Song Lyrics And Their Meaning Online
June 21st, 2014 Kriston McConnell Anberlin will be releasing their final studio album, Lowborn, next month. The band has been around since 2002, and in that time they’ve released six albums. As you can imagine, the band has dozens of songs to their name. It’s not always easy to know what a song’s lyrics mean so Anberlin’s frontman, Stephen Christian, […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Anchor & Braille – “Goes Without Saying”
September 28th, 2012 Kriston McConnell Anchor & Braille have released the music video for the song “Goes Without Saying”, which is taken off their recently released full length album The Quiet Life. You can watch the video by checking right below the jump. This is one of my favorite tracks on the entire album, so if you haven’t had the […]
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Stephen Christian (Anchor & Braille) Interview With Artist Direct
September 17th, 2012 Kriston McConnell Vocalist Stephen Christian (Anchor & Braille, Anberlin) recently sat down with Artist Direct to talk about the most recent release his band, Anchor & Braille, made. The album is titled The Quiet Life, and you can read the full interview by heading right here. If you have not listened to The Quiet Life yet, then […]
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July 24th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Anberlin frontman Stephen Christian has released a new song from his solo moniker Anchor & Braille, called “In With The New,” and can be heard right here. The UTG staff has been waiting patiently for the return of this project and the results are quiet impressive. Listen to the new song from the upcoming project, […]
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RELEASE INFO: Anberlin – Vital
July 23rd, 2012 Michael McCarron Winter Haven, Florida alternative rock quintet, Anberlin, will be releasing their sixth album, Vital, sometime in mid-October via Universal Republic Records. Vital will be Anberlin’s first record since their divisive 2010 album, Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place. As well, Anberlin have revealed to AbsolutePunk.net that Vital‘s first single, “Self Starter”, will drop […]
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Anchor & Braille Announces Album Release Date
May 14th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Anchor & Braille (Stephen Christian’s side-project) have released news that they will be putting out their debut album, The Quiet Life, on July 31 via Tooth & Nail Records. UTG is excited to finally get our hands on this album because it has taken a long time to come together. Head to the band’s Facebook […]
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October 16th, 2011 Martin Anberlin singer Stephen Christian has decided to leave the tour early due to urgent family issues. The group has been on the road with Switchfoot since the first of this month. Anberlin has announced they will continue the tour without Stephen and will have temporary vocalists for the remainder of the dates. To read more […]
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Half of new Anchor & Braille record completed
August 14th, 2011 Michelle The new record from Anchor & Braille, the side-project of Anberlin’s lead singer, Stephen Christian, is reportedly “half-done,” according to a tweet sent by Christian: working w/ dave elkins was amazing, can safely say that 1/2 the A&B record is complete now. whole new respect for the guy on several levels. As stated in the […]
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May 11th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Stephen Christian (Anberlin/Anchor and Braille) is giving the general public a chance to read his new book, entitled You Are Safe Here…, by heading to the official Tumblr account. Please give us your thoughts on it by sounding off in the comments section.
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December 16th, 2010 James Shotwell Every Avenue have recruited Anberlin’s Stephen Christian to help them write their next album, which is due out sometime next year.
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