| Anniversary | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ed Roland |
| Cover: | File:Ed Roland - Anniversary.jpg |
| Released: | 2016 |
| Recorded: | December 2014 |
| Genre: | Rock |
Anniversary is an unreleased studio album by American rock musician Ed Roland.
Roland wrote and recorded Anniversary in honor of his wife, Michaeline.[1] The couple dated for three years before marrying on February 17, 2006 in Savannah, Georgia.[1] [2]
The album was made available for streaming via SoundCloud on February 14, 2016, exclusively for Valentine's Day; and to celebrate the Rolands' impending tenth wedding anniversary.[1] There are no immediate plans for Anniversary to be commercially released.[1]
Anniversary was recorded over three days in December 2014.[1] The album features Roland's current Collective Soul bandmates Will Turpin and Jesse Triplett, along with former Collective Soul drummer Shane Evans and guitarist Peter Stroud.[1] Prior to recording, Roland performed "Something Like That" at the 2012 Symphonic Rocks concert in Cape Town, South Africa;[3] while "Utah Moon" was written and performed on the spot at a Collective Soul concert in Sandy, Utah on June 12, 2014.[4] [5] A music video for "Searching For" was released via Vimeo on February 13, 2015.[6]