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Channeling U2 in the best ways, "Lights Out for Darker Skies" dispenses anthemic power chords without skimping on the complexities.
NPR: British Sea Power: For Those Who Like to Rock
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They include Shara Nelson, on anthemic 1991 hit Unfinished Sympathy, and Everything But the Girl singer Tracey Thorn on 1995's Protection.
BBC: Double Novello triumph for Elbow
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Heavy organic drums, soul samples bursting with horns, and pitched-shifted vocals tend to convey one of two moods: anthemic triumph or bittersweet melancholy.
NPR: Rapper Freeway a Veteran 'At Last'
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The warm strings and acoustic guitars that back his sparkling falsetto are equally as dramatic, and the sound he has created is huge and anthemic in spite of his modest solo artist oeuvre.
NPR: Jeff Hanson: 'Nothing Would Matter At All'
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The militant snap of Peter Prescott's drums, the howl of Roger Miller's guitar and the harsh plucks of Clint Conley's bass all return in an anthemic battle cry against excess titled "1, 2, 3, Partyy!"
NPR: Mission Of Burma: The Story Begins Again
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On the most anthemic of pieces "They Took a Vote and Said No" among them the album's arrangements move forward with all the dramatics of a lavish Broadway musical's cast escaping from a burning building.
NPR: Scenes from a Jaunty Rock Opera
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Something anthemic and bold.
BBC: London 2012: BBC gives first sight of Olympic titles