''Godspeed EP'' is the first
EP (and third release overall) by the band
Anberlin
Anberlin is an American alternative rock band formed in Winter Haven, Florida, in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band consists of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, guitarists Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney, bassist Deon Rexroat, ...
. It was December 26, 2006, though it was originally proposed to be released two days later. Included in the EP are two tracks. The first track is "Godspeed," the first single of their third album ''
Cities
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'', released on February 20, 2007. The second is "The Haunting," which appears on the compilation album ''
Lost Songs'', released on November 20, 2007.
Single
Singer
Stephen Christian
Stephen Christian Arnold is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Anberlin, as well as the vocalist of his acoustic side-project Anchor & Braille. He and his bandmates started Anberlin i ...
discussed the meaning of Godspeed in an interview:
It's about different stories through rock and roll history where drugs played a major downfall or death in the persona's life, such as Jimi Hendrix
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, Jim Morrison
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, Nico
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Nico had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's '' La Dolce Vita'' (1960) and Andy Warhol's ...
, Moon
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, Vicious, etc. It's selfish and tiring. I feel that "rock stars" start believing their own hype and begin on an egocentric journey that inevitably ends in destruction.
He also stated in another interview that "Godspeed" was the hardest song of ''Cities'' to record, stating,
I think 'Godspeed' was the most difficult ong to record Not as much lyrically but it got frustrating because we couldn't figure out the chorus to the song. We may have come up with literally like 15 choruses. Or I did, it was just rough and it turned out all right! Rush Hour Scenes Interview
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Track listing
Godspeed EP
# "Godspeed" - 3:04
# "The Haunting" - 5:54
Godspeed 7"
#"(God)speed"
#"The Unwinding Cable Car"
Music video
A
music video
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was filmed for "Godspeed", and featured the band performing the song in a forest amid many special effects.
References
External links
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2006 debut EPs
Anberlin albums
Tooth & Nail Records EPs