Anberlin @ House of Blues New Orleans 3.26.07

Setlist went something like this:

A Whisper & a Clamor

Never Take Friendship Personal

Hello Alone

Readyfuels

Adelaide

A Day Late

The Unwinding Cable Car

A Heavy Hearted Work of Staggering Genius (interlude: recording)

Dance, Dance Christa Paffgen

Paperthin Hymn

Dismantle.Repair.

Godspeed

Fin (encore)

I was disappointed they missed off 4 songs from their latest album Cities. But it's good they are avoiding the pitfall of many other bands: not playing enough old (and respected) material. Out of the newest songs off Cities, "Hello Alone" and "Dismantle.Repair." are the best "live." "Dismantle.Repair" was raw energy and emotion, just simply stunning in a live performance. It is still barely beat out by the epic "Dance, Dance Christa Paffgen," my favorite song of all time and the best Anberlin song in their live show. It was nice to have some acoustic guitar on two different songs this time, and the show was much better than the last 2 Anby shows I went to, as they headlined and had the whole stage to themselves for an hour and a half. This is my third time seeing this band "live" and they are still my favorite. The musicianship, the lyrics...and Stephen Christian's man-angel vocals.