"Up until recently, I could not bring myself to like the so-called emo bands," he said. "I'm not sure what triggered it, but upon hearing 'Niki FM' by Hawthorne Heights, I knew that I was hooked."
Anberlin recently returned to the U.S. after a tour in Australia. The band's current tour is three weeks long, and the members play a show almost every night.
"It's been a little rough without having days off and because of the cold weather, we've been getting sick," band vocalist Steven Christian said.
Aside from the current tour, Anberlin has other projects in the works.
"Besides recording, we have the Tooth & Nail tour coming up," Christian said. "After that -- and this is all tentative -- we're going to try to go to Australia and Japan with Copeland. There's no definite plans."
Christian said Anberlin's music is progressive rock. He said everyone in the band contributes to the writing process.
"Pretty much we all write together," Christian said. "The guitar player comes up with a melody on the computer. We all throw in stuff and write our own parts."
Anberlin currently has two albums out. Christian said the band is happy with both, but spent more time writing together on the second release.
"On the first record, we weren't sure what we wanted to do," Christian said. "We hope to keep maturing and developing [the sound]."
Students are looking forward to hearing Anberlin in the upcoming concert.
"Anberlin is one of the best live bands out there," Kristofer Simpson (junior-religious studies) said.
Leah Triola (freshman-education) said she was excited when she found out that Anberlin would be playing.
"I only discovered Anberlin a few months ago and immediately fell in love with them," she said.
Emery, who will also play at the show, formed in South Carolina but then moved to Seattle.
"We wanted to move somewhere that sounded like it had a good music scene," guitarist Devin Shelton said. "We also kind of wanted to move to the West Coast for something different."
At this new location, Emery started to create music.
"I always like to say rock music, but then people have some sort of expectation about it," Shelton said. "It's somewhere between emo and hardcore."
Shelton said the sound has progressed between their first CD and their second.
"[The first album] is not immature, but we added some elements to it to make it more dancey and melodic," he said. "It's more mature musically and probably lyrically, too."
Shawn Whyte (sophomore-art) of Penn State Altoona said he likes Emery's musical and live performance style.
"The 'sing-and-scream band' has been played out so much recently, by bands like Hawthorne Heights, but Emery has something different to them," he said. "The vocalists in the band have amazing voices, and an incredible live show. Usually, they are dressed up in some sort of costume. I've seen them as astronauts and doctors."
Steven Untch (junior-art) has also attended an Emery performance in the past.
"They just exude energy on stage and really love their fans," Untch said.
Brianne Lilly (sophomore-education) of Penn State Erie saw Emery at the Warped Tour in the summer.
"They gave [my friends and I] their autographs, and they were very nice," she said. "I had never heard of any of their music before then, and after they were done playing, I was a fan."
Shelton said Emery doesn't have any set plans for its future.
"We're trying our best to make it a successful band," he said. "We want to support our families financially. If it doesn't pan out, you can't do it forever."
Bleed The Dream will also be playing at Sunday's concert.
"I am very excited to see Bleed The Dream again in concert," Leonard said. "I saw them at the Ottobar in Maryland, and they put on an awesome show, and I am looking forward to watching them rock out again."
The band June is originally from Chicago but has been traveling to many different cities on its current tour, which began in February and ends in mid-March.
Their debut full-length album, If You Speak Any Faster, was released in 2005 as a follow-up to their independently released The June EP.
"I started listening to Anberlin and June from my roommate this year, and I've really been getting into them for the past half year," Phil LaDuke (sophomore-kinesiology) said. "They're really good."
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