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Circa Survive History

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Over the past ten years, Circa Survive has held the torch for the post-hardcore realm. They’ve toured with Thrice, Coheed and Cambria, Saves the Day, Dredg, Minus the Bear, and The Used, to name a few. They’ve outlasted bands in their realm, such as Thursday, The Receiving End of Sirens, Fear Before (the March of Flames), Dear and the Headlights, and My Chemical Romance. And they’ve even given voice to lesser-known artists with opening acts like Good Old War, Foxy Shazam, Touché Amoré, Balance and Composure, Now, Now, O’Brother, and Portugal. The Man. Circa Survive is also frontman Anthony Green’s longest lasting group. For a man that appears to be everywhere, from The Sound of Animals Fighting, to Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer, to his solo projects, and to wherever Saosin is at these days, it’s the one project of his that has remained stable. For all five founding members of Circa Survive to remain in the band for an entire decade is quite an admirable task that truly shows their unity and dedication to making music together. It’s a feat that very few bands can say they’ve done. Earlier this year, they released a 7-inch vinyl record …show more content…

It starts off very soft, with piercing guitar work and Green weaving in an out of the vocals like he just awoke from a dream or a drug-induced euphoria. He slowly drifts into a darker state of mind as he sings, “I’ve been lying wide awake / paralyzed by the buzzing of the television.” As the song carries along, its once soft appearance quickly dilutes to a haunting tone, accompanied with chaotic guitars and Green’s vocals echoing and collapsing into the noise. Green’s vocals are mimicked backwards, as if trapped in a paralyzing, limitless

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