Anberlin is an alternative rock
band comprised of Christian members formed in 2002. Even though their debut album, Blueprints for the Black Market, was released barely a year after the
band formed, Anberlin were already amassing a dedicated fan-base through steady touring with other bands on their label, Tooth & Nail Records and promotion via their myspace. Lead singer Stephen Christian stated in an interview that the
band'
s name "Anberlin" was created when he was thinking about cities in Europe he wanted to visit. In his mind he listed "
London,
Paris, Rome, and Berlin". Stephen thought that "And Berlin" would be a cool name for a band and so when the band was looking for a name Stephen suggested "And Berlin", which was then modified to "Anberlin". Anberlin released an exclusive download on PureVolume on 04 September 2006 of their song A Day
Late done in an acoustic version, during Tooth and Nail's New
Music Release week on Tooth and Nail's PureVolume, MySpace and their website.