Circa Survive Band • Page 147

Been listening to the more recent Circa albums cause I kind of fell off after Violent Waves. I really dig Two Dreams more than I was expecting.

 

Young Legs has my favorite AG solo track (Conversation Piece).. Overall the album is not his best but it has some gems.

Also, "I'll Miss You" is another favorite from that one.

 

Wow, you're so right about the Good Old War reference. Never even crossed my mind.

I like it all, but I personally think Boom. Done. Was his solo masterpiece. Wish we could still stream the solo version of 2022.

And Two Dreams gets some hate, but it's the Circa album I come back to the most still.

 

Two dreams rulez

 

My spicy take would be that Two Dreams > The Amulet by a comfortable margin. I kinda see their post-BSN output as gradually dwindling in creative inspiration until they made the radical electronic shift at the end. Anthony's parts in particular are just so much more interesting and earwormy than they'd been for a hot minute.

 

I don't think that's spicy at all, I think the amulet is their worst by a large margin

 

Love the amulet. Descensus is their worst for me

 

Not even a "reference" when it really essentially IS a Good Old War record with Anthony singing haha ;d well, and agreed with 2022, wish it could return in the future, Boom. Done is perfect nonetheless, but the runtime is lacking without that one more track

 

My hot take is BSN is their least interesting album but still fun. VW at least tries some cool stuff yet the overall vibe is off. Descencus is a rebound. The Amulet follows suit. Two Dreams is perfection

 

Does anyone have an album they like more than Juturna and/or OLG?

 

No.

 

BSN
Juturna
Descensus
OLG
TD
VW
TA

 

Not even close. Doubt I ever would've gotten into this band if their discog started with BSN. I still appreciate a lot of the later stuff and am glad those phenomenal gateway records got me in, though.

 

1. Juturna/OLG
2. The Amulet
3. A Dream About Death
4. Descensus
5. Blue Sky Noise
6. A Dream About Love

And that's their entire catalogue, no other releases to consider.

 

no-one talking about how Appendage is in their top tier smh

 

I never understood the Appendage love, those songs are... fine?

 

On Letting Go
The Amulet
Blue Sky Noise
Juturna
Two Dreams
Descensus
Violent Waves

 

all four of the non-demo ones are in my top 20

 

fine i will listen again

 

Appendage is cool but "Stare Like You'll Stay" is the only song that would be top 20 worthy for me, "Lazarus" is close. I'd probably put it above Descensus.

 

Juturna/On Letting Go
Blue Sky Noise
Two Dreams
The Amulet
Descensus (nesting dolls is one of my fav songs tho)
Violent Waves

 

Blue Sky Noise
Two Dreams
Descensus
On Letting Go
Juturna
The Amulet
Violent Waves

 

Blue Sky Noise
Violent Waves
Descensus
The Amulet
On Letting Go

Juturna
Two Dreams

People seem to like this band for very different reasons. I've never much gotten into Juturna or Two Dreams. Tried many times, for Juturna at least.

 

Part of their charm is that it came at a time people were hella thirsty for Circa, and it almost felt like getting more b-sides/hidden tracks, like House of Leaves.

If it was a full album, I can imagine it would be a weaker album, weirdly.

I CANT EXPLAIN AND I KNOW IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE

 

not cool! ;d