Band : Circle Takes the Square
Album : Circle Takes The Square EP
Release Year : 2002
Release Year : 2002
Genre : Screamo | Experimental
Tracklist :
1. Our Need to Bleed
2. Eleven Owls Have Eyes
3. A Disclaimer to the Self
4. Comes With the Fall
5. Houdini Logic
6. In the Nervous Light of Sunday
7. Houdini Logic (Remix)
As you can see by the recent ‘Best of 2004’ post, Circle Takes the Square has gained an enormous amount of respect in a very short amount of time. Bending from solid riffs to intertwining guitar and bass segments, Circle Takes the Square brings a monstrous sound to their music with limited resources. The long ambient sections are far less on their first release but the ideas are still there. Whether it be using harmonics to create a vivid landscape to scream over, or introducing the album with a quote; Circle Takes the Square takes time to construct every one of their songs into a vivid, luscious landscape.
This is a great album that clocks in at around 20 minutes which is a good length for an EP. The intensity and emotion put into these songs gives it an edge over most bands in the screamo category and it really helps define Circle Takes the Square as a band. Along with this emotion comes a great technique for making the songs complex in there working but simple in their hearing. While they may not seem like a very technical band in comparison to bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan and Dream Theater every aspect of a Circle Takes the Square song is there for a reason and creates a one of a kind experience, I recommend this to everyone.
2. Eleven Owls Have Eyes
3. A Disclaimer to the Self
4. Comes With the Fall
5. Houdini Logic
6. In the Nervous Light of Sunday
7. Houdini Logic (Remix)
As you can see by the recent ‘Best of 2004’ post, Circle Takes the Square has gained an enormous amount of respect in a very short amount of time. Bending from solid riffs to intertwining guitar and bass segments, Circle Takes the Square brings a monstrous sound to their music with limited resources. The long ambient sections are far less on their first release but the ideas are still there. Whether it be using harmonics to create a vivid landscape to scream over, or introducing the album with a quote; Circle Takes the Square takes time to construct every one of their songs into a vivid, luscious landscape.
This is a great album that clocks in at around 20 minutes which is a good length for an EP. The intensity and emotion put into these songs gives it an edge over most bands in the screamo category and it really helps define Circle Takes the Square as a band. Along with this emotion comes a great technique for making the songs complex in there working but simple in their hearing. While they may not seem like a very technical band in comparison to bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan and Dream Theater every aspect of a Circle Takes the Square song is there for a reason and creates a one of a kind experience, I recommend this to everyone.
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