Caspian - On Circles (Jan 24, 2020) Album • Page 7

I can’t get Ishmael out of my head

 

Where the fuck do Ishmael's eight minutes even go? It doesn't feel close to that long.

 

Circles on Circles has some AIC vibes in a very good way.

 

Drumming is a huge improvement on this as much as I loved Joe in the band.

 

I think kyle sounds great on nostalgist

 

Each time Collapser comes on, it just makes me fucking MOVE.

 

So uhh this record is insanely good huh

 

I have listened to this album 4 times today and Ishmael is definitely my favorite track.

 

I loved Joe but Justin really kills it here

 

I felt this

and then I REALLY felt this

 

How many lineup changes did they make between D&D and OC?

 

New drummer joined in 2018, that's all.

 

Yeah there’s some more interesting drumming on here for sure. No knock on Joe because I think he always just served the songs first and stopped there, but you can tell Justin makes his voice heard a couple of times throughout the album, most notably on Wildblood

 

Talking In Circles set me up to think this may not flow as well as prior Caspian records due to a more individualistic song approach but, man, it flows, very nicely

gonna make it to my local indie record shop tomorrow to get the exclusive variant

 

I had the same concern. I'm excited to go back and listen to those interviews now.

 

Wildblood live is something I need to experience big time. I've listened a few times today driving to and from work and there is a lot to love. If anything, I would say Nostalgist is really beautiful but I found myself waiting for an explosion of that wall of sound and then it just fades out..I feel like they could have used that restraint on another song as opposed to that one but the vocals on this are great and this seems like it should overtake the last album for me, however I don't think it will surpass Waking Season for me due to some very special listening experiences I had with that album and it's overall meaning to me but who knows

 

I've seen them play Wildblood twice and it rules.

 

I see they are coming to the Sinclair which is my favorite venue sound wise so I think I’m gonna have to check it out (alone, no friends who listen to this kind of music lol)

 

Honestly if all of Ishmael kept the same vibe as the first couple minutes I wouldn't even be mad

 

Anybody get their pre-orders yet?

 

Collapser is so much better with good headphones

 

Seems they're playing London August 19th... which just so happens to be around the time ArcTanGent 2020 takes place.

 

Can we talk about how incredible Yip's production on this is? Honestly might be the best thing he's done.

 

Wait this is Yip??

 

Yeah he really knocked it out of the park on this. My only complaint is that I wish Jani’s bass had a tiny bit more bite on Collapser but that’s it. The drums sound incredible.