Circa Survive - On Letting Go (Ocrd)
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Artist: Circa SurviveBrand: Equal Vision Records
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-29
Music Label: Equal Vision Records
Soundtracks:
- Living Together
- In the Morning And Amazing
- The Greatest Lie
- The Difference Between Medicine And Poison Is In the Dose
- Mandala
- Travel Hymn
- Semi Constructive Criticism
- Kicking Your Crosses Down
- On Letting Go
- Carry Us Away
- Close Your Eyes To See
- Your Friends Are Gone
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Free Music Review: Definitely Not Going To Let This Album Go
Hit: 5 Stars
For people who know how Anthony Green sounds like, he doesn't sound much different in this album. Vocally, its basically slightly refined from Juturna, their debut, but perhaps that's merely the increased production in this album. As their sophomore, ON LETTING GO is a drastic leap from Juturna, which was rambling, and on which, some of the songs started sounding like the previous. Juturna grew on me, but I didn't see much of the guitars or even the drums being anything special. Not so with ON LETTING GO. This is hot and heavy fast. No matter what, a single sampling of "The Only Difference Between..." and you'll be in--all in. Swiveling, swiping guitars and effects, intense drums, even tightly wound basses frosted with Green's surroundly unique voice makes a perfect cake. No longer do the other guys seem like a touring band with a vocalist--instruments actually play equal roles this time around, unlike Juturna. Still, the lyrics are very powerful, more so than Juturna's "Eternal Spotless"-copied synopsis lyrics. "All I wanted to be was one of your children"
Are we even now? We are unrelated" from the title track is resonating in my mind. Its nothing positvely direct, but the meaning is abstract when other lyrics are involved, but a hot point is the "If blood is thicker than water
Then you'll drown quicker than we intended," which sounded cliched at first, but it relays a strong message when compounded with strong guitars and pedal effects. Although much of the guitars are basically played with varying amounts of distortion and rabid use of hammer-ons and pull-offs, the other effects used are also unimaginably settling. The mood that the album creates is more of an atmosphere--its like stepping into Willy Wonka and ordering everything at once. There are a few gripes. "Kicking Your Crosses Down" is so beautiful, and it stays beautiful until you hear the flamenco-acoustic cuts placed in between the beauty. You'll know it if you hear it. Its out of place. It kinda ruins the mood because the beauty is that its soothing and then flamencos kinda create a differing mood. The beginning of "Your Friends Are Gone" I thought was kinda pointless. It was an electronical voice speaking "your friends are gone" in a heavily distorted tone and it was totally unnecessary, as with the positive tone at the intro of the song of the instrumentals, as the song is kinda heavy-hearted. There isn't a "Meet In Montauk"-styled 8-minute silence, and the "Your Friends Are Gone" concludes when it concludes, and the ending seems kinda cut-short. It ends in a kind of toneless mood, with "Nobody cares". Still don't let it deter you at all. Before I forget, "Mandala" is weird. And its weird even for Circa. Flailing drums didn't really fit the lyrics, especially the "Let the people be free" chanting--it just didn't work at all for me, and its something I try to ignore in a rush--you know the one song you'll ditch in a rush.
The highest point where I could relate to was the wailing "Did you ever wish you were somebody else?" I truly loved that portion of the "THe Difference...". Either way, Juturna and On Letting Go are on different levels of the spectrum--and in differing points of stages--this is two years after, and with touring, the band wouldn't have been the same. If anything at all, if you aren't satisfied with hearing Green on Zolof, old-Saosin, The SOund of ANimals..., you'll get very satisfied here. This is totally worth it, and it works best under some stars or at night. This isn't much of a sunny album you hear with a convertible, just to let you know in my opinion. Its definitely nothing you've heard before.
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In early 2007, Circa Survive recorded their magical new album, "On Letting Go" with producer Brian McTernan (Thrice, Strike...see site for more info.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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