Circa Survive Band • Page 137

A dude in senior year of high school showed me Tiger and the Duke and that basically lead to me finding Circa and Saosin. I never got to thank that guy, sadly.

 

My favorite memory of CS was seeing them in '05. They were in Des Moines and happen to be playing while Warped Tour was going on in Minneapolis(all the local scene kids go to that). Maybe 20 people showed up, so they played all of Juturna.

 

My favorite memory of seeing Circa Survive is either seeing them play at the King of Prussia mall for the Journey’s Backyard BBQ back in 2012 or seeing them play a secret show to 150 people, if that, at Boot And Saddle in Philly in 2015. I mean in favor of that secret show because I couldn’t believe I was lucky and fortunate to be there and seeing Nesting Dolls live was next level

 

Side note, I’m doing one of those “rank every song” things and I’ve included their seven albums and the following songs:

Suspending Disbelief
Handshakes at Sunrise
The Most Dangerous Commercials
1000 Witnesses
Sleep Undergound
Stare Like You’ll Stay
Every Way
Backmask
Lazarus
Battle My Love
Nobody Can Change
Bad Heart
Awake In a Dream
Dark Pools
Indra’s Net
Metanoia

Do I include the unique demos that were released on the 10-year anniversary albums for their first three albums, or just go with everything I’ve included already? Feeling like I shouldn’t get lost in the weeds of including demos because then I’ll feel inclined to rank the demos they’ve released through their Patreon and idk if I wanna go that far. At least the songs listed above were officially released, most of them played, almost all have good-sounding recordings and clearly made it past the demo stage, etc

But what do people think? I’m sure once I post my ranking that others will want to post theirs too

 

Lazarus is one of my favorite CS songs.

 

It’s goated

 

I did the thing

 

Well that's fun.

 

Can't wait to do this on my lunch today. haha

 

Blue Sky Noise will forever be in my top ten album lists. I love that album to death and hearing it live was spiritual haha

 

I think there are some things I would slightly change with my rankings, but it looks very accurate for the most part

 

1. Suspending Disbelief
2. Your Friends are Gone
3. I Will Find a Way
4. Descensus
5. Only the Sun
6. Living Together
7. In the Morning and Amazing
8. The Difference Between Medicine and Poison
9. House of Leaves
10. Holding Someones Hair Back
11. The Glorious Nosebleed
12. Wish Resign
13. Meet Me in Montauk
14. Stop the Fuckin Car
15. In Fear and Faith
16. The Great Golden Baby
17. At Night It Gets Worse
18. Lustration
19. Child of the Desert
20. Stay
21. Handshakes at Sunrise
22. Semi Constructive Criticism
23. Kicking Your Crosses Down
24. On Letting Go
25. Act Appalled
26. Dark Pools
27. The Amulet
28. Never Tell a Soul
29. Schema
30. My Only Friend
31. Bird Sounds
32. 1000 Witnesses
33. Get Out
34. Always Begin
35. Oh Hello
36. The Lottery
37. Sleep Well
38. Late Nap
39. The Greatest Lie
40. The Most Dangerous Commercials
41. Fever Dreams
42. Through the Desert Alone
43. Glass Arrows
44. Frozen Creek
45. Compendium
46. Birth of the Economic Hit Man
47. Sovereign Circle
48. The Hex
49. Buzzhenge
50. Tunnel Vision
51. Die on the West Coast
52. Phantom
53. Awake in a Dream
54. Always Getting What You Want
55. We Are All Thieves
56. Premonition of the Hex
57. Rites of Investiture
58. Imposter Syndrome
59. Quiet Down
60. Suitcase
61. Electric Moose
62. Travel Hymn
63. Blood from a Stone
64. Brother Song
65. Close Your Eyes to See
66. Strange Terrain
67. The Longest Mile
68. Sleep Underground
69. Dyed in the Wool
70. Flesh and Bone
71. Curitiba
72. Gone for Good
73. Carry Us Away
74. Stare Like You Will Stay
75. Our Last Shot
76. Drift
77. Battle My Love
78. Nesting Dolls
79. Even Better
80. Metanoia
81. Indras Net
82. Discount on Psychic Readings
83. Mandala
84. Sharp Practice
85. I Felt Free
86. Imaginary Enemy
87. Backmask
88. Lazarus
89. Every Way
90. Phantasmagoria
91. Think of Me When They Sound
92. Nobody Can Change
93. Who Will Lie With Me Now
94. Spirit of the Stairwell
95. Bad Heart

 

I feel like I need to do it a few more times lol. I don't fully agree but the top 20 and bottom 20 feels right in no particular order

 

I felt free and imaginary enemy dead last is a vibe. Kudos

 

Spirit of the Stairwell second last is absolutely wild

 

Are these lists of their entire catalog, damn. I don't think I could do it haha

Now look up all those songs on your Apple Music and see if most played is the same as your list. That would be cool if that was still possible. Or it might be, not sure.

 

it's one of those fortnights where I only listen to this band and think about what a body of work they left. like even my least favourite album has several moments that totally eclipse what their peers were capable of. creativity and consistency of these guys was just off the charts

 

Had the same thought over the weekend, their entire discography holds up incredibly well. Even my least favorite album from them, has some amazing songs on it. If these guys never make new music again, they surely left a great mark on music history.

 

Been listening almost exclusively to this band over the last week. Been a great feeling

 

Seeing this in my notifications last night reminded me that Anthony was in my dream last night and he was talking about Violent Waves being bad and I told him it was one of my favorites, along with Boom. Done. He seemed nice lol

 

I had a VIP ticket when I saw them in late 2014 on their Descensus tour and I remember overhearing Nick talking with a fan about Violent Waves. I guess the conversation was about why the album wasn’t well-represented in their setlists because I distinctly remember Nick expressing that he was surprised by the lukewarm response from fans (presumably at shows) after the album did well critically with reviewers.

 

I hope Dream Anthony knows now that Violent Waves absolutely rips

The Lottery man

 

I’d say The Amulet is probably my least listened to Circa album. I need to spin it more.

 

Great album. Seven of their best songs are from that era. Arguably my third favorite album they've done behind OLG and BSN

 

Even Better is so fucking good ugh