Artist: Circa Survive
Album: Blue Sky Noise
Date Released: April 20, 2010
Genre: Experimental/Post-hardcore
Album Review:
I KNOW I KNOW....this album hasn't come out yet...so you might ask: how can you review an album that hasn't come out yet? Well.....I have my ways....
This album is different from Circa Survive's older two, in that it is more diverse, and the album artwork meshes to create a very spacey feel. This album builds off the other two to leave you dazed by Anthony Green's awesomeness. From start to finish, it definitely contains that experimental tone that some trying bands put out, but unlike the others, this album comes from a single source, it has a sound that it always goes back to, to the point that any song off this album will make a listener ask: "hey, this is Circa Survive right?".
While I definitely like the old Anthony Green stuff, including Saosin's old stuff, this album is for those who want to see Green go in a different direction. The instrumentality is still spacey, but it has a fuller feel than Juturna or On Letting Go. I think it's 43 minutes of genius. I definitely recommend this album, whether you're a fan of them or not!
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Song-by-song:
Strange Terrain: Amazing intro track. Perhaps the strongest intro track i've heard in a while, and that's saying a lot. It has a very poppy sound to it.
Get Out: This song has more of their older sound in it, but it's more edgy than the normal ethereal sound. All the same, I love this song as well.
Glass Arrows: This song, with the delayed guitar licks and wailing vocals even more closely resembles On Letting Go material. But again, there is something that is less reserved about it.
I Felt Free: I love the lyrics in this one : "nothing to say, nothing to report because the future happened yesterday" .......perhaps my favorite track off the album. No, most definitely so.
Imaginary Enemy: Emotional song, with a message of neglect; "chances are, you never even cared at all, i'm sure you had your reasons but i'll never get to hear them".
Through the Desert Alone: A long intro that makes you feel like you are indeed alone in a desert captures the essence of the song. It definitely has a sad feel to it.
Frozen Creek: Again, Circa Survive has masterfully named this song. A wintery sound hits you, something you'd expect from Mew or some other foreign band. One of the longer and slower songs, it is a good fit for the album's feel.
Fever Dreams: I like the vocals in this song, faster paced than Frozen Creek as a sharp change.
Spirit of the Stairwell: Slow song of the album, also the longest. Sometimes I wonder if people ever came up to Green as a child and said "your voice....it's amazing!" It sounds good on the low and high end, making this song a win.
The Longest Mile: Maybe this is just me, but the album did not end as strong as it started. This song is a good song regarding its message, but it's too upbeat for an ending track...
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