Circa Survive Band • Page 116

100%, I generally love his work. I adore the covers for OLG and Descensus

 

I'm really glad they have the relationship they do. It means Circa always get great album artwork and I get to see his art often.

 

OLG artwork is amazing

 

This thread has inspired me today.

 

VW deluxe is definitely better to me but whatev. Esao good.

 

I thought I had always seen people say they prefer the alt version (which strangely seems to be the version all streaming services use). But maybe that was somewhere else.

 

i think the first three songs on violent waves would all make it into my circa top ten

 

I met him in Austin when he was painting a mural for SXSW a few years back. He was such a nice dude. Genuinely couldn't have been nicer. He even stood in front of the mural in-progress for a photo (admittedly the sun was insane that day, hence him covering his eyes haha).

 

Maybe they did, but that's crazy IMO. Love that original artwork and hope they keep using it when it eventually gets repressed one day.

 

Love that! Would be nice to see some of his work IRL one day too!

 

I got to see his Epilogues show in NYC in early 2014 and Descensus was there before the record revealed/announced. People around were speculating wildly which one was gonna be the new circa cover since the band was posting snippets from studio 4 at the time and the hype was HUGE. it was electric! He was nice enough to take some awkward photos with me and my sister in law (huge fan of esao completely separate from circa weirdly enough. She has no interedt in their music, so he does have his own fans for sure).

Awesome memory

 

My shirt with the VW album art on it is one of my favorites, I’ll wear it until it’s ragged

 

i'm still doing the discog run, amazing how every record this band puts out rewards attention and makes you want to come back to it a million times

i also want to say i love "rites of investiture" and i think it's the right mood for the amulet to turn toward after "stay" and before the heart-rending denouement of the record

 

"indra's net" is an incredibly dope song though, i get it

 

my ranking as it stands feels stupid because every record is so good

 

I'm really loving the EPs in a way that surprises me. I can see younger me really not clicking with these EPs even a few years ago. Like even if this came out during the Amulet cycle 2016-2017 I'd be bummed probably and struggling to enjoy them. Especially a bop like Late Nap. I'm just grateful I'm in a place to appreciate these for what they are.

Late Nap at this point is the song I'm looking forward to hearing the most when I put these on. It's just delicious. I can't help but bounce with it.

I feel like bands like From Indian Lakes or Portugal the Man or DGD get way more allowances from their fans to experiment in this realm and I think the fan base at large owe Circa the same.

 

The end of Lustration bops like some of these ADAD songs. That has become my favorite part of that record over the years. It just slaps.

 

Lustration is so special

 

Random anecdote but I was listening to The Amulet on a drive home from an incredibly emotionally heavy night with my wife who got very drunk as a result, and that line "You don't have to repent tonight" hit me like a fucking brick.

 

I wish I could tattoo every line of flesh and bone onto my body

 

Probably my favorite part of the whole song. That groove is so tight

 

Bird Sounds has always reminded me a lot of Jigsaw Falling Out of Place. Deeply underrated song. It's a crime that this band repels so many would-be fans because of the stigma of early 2000s scenester post hard-core that it's associated with.

 

Bird Sounds -> Blood from a Stone -> I'll Find a Way is the band's strongest closing stretch. Extremely stiff competition though. They know how to close that shit out

 

Listened to the remastered 2xLP of BSN and felt like it sounds a decent amount better than the OG studio version. Songs breathe a little more, and I think it’s a little easier to pick out each instrument.

 

yeah I prefer this cover for Violent Waves:





I also like the hand painted version that was used for the deluxe box set (which I'll always want but know I'll never have). I'm just happy to own this on vinyl at all.



This is a cool variation as well: