The second offering off On Circles, the upcoming fifth album by post rock stalwarts, Caspian, is Circles on Circles, a folk-bent piece with vocals from the band's co-founder and guitarist, Philip Jamieson.
"I can’t say that taking pen to paper and opening up my voice for the first time in 15 years was the moment of total catharsis that I was looking for when writing this song during a bout of isolation and especially rough depression over the holidays of 2018," explains Jamieson. "I did discover however that the decision to keep going anyways and move through the swirling circles of gray is more often than not a softer, more gentle and ultimately tender acknowledgment than I was always led to believe. What we did musically for this song is an ode to that realization and felt like the appropriate closing statement for a record that tried its hardest to cover a familiar spectrum of emotions, including endings, which can be gentle too."
On Circles is promised to be the most organic and down to earth record in the experienced band's trail thus far, and to all appearances that seems very true, as the band sounds to be steering off the usual post rock truisms and extraneous over-complications.
Produced by Will Yip, On Circles arrives January 24th, 2020 via Triple Crown Records.
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Caspian tour dates:
January 16 Boston, MA On Circles Experience Museum of Science Charles Hayden Planetarium (no performance, visual experience – 2 events, early show is Sold Out)
January 30 Los Angeles, CA Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
January 31 Phoenix, AZ Rebel Lounge
February 1 San Diego, CA The Casbah
February 3 Fresno, CA Strummer’s
February 4 Felton, CA Felton Music Hall
February 5 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
February 7 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
February 8 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
February 9 Seattle, WA Neumos
February 11 Sacramento, CA Holy Diver
February 12 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Art Theatre
March 31 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
April 1 Buffalo, NY Rec Room
April 3 Boston, MA The Sinclair
April 4 Boston, MA The Sinclair
April 5 Woodstock, NY Colony
April 6 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
April 8 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
April 9 Washington, DC Black Cat
April 10 Richmond, VA Gallery 5
April 11 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle Tavern
April 12 Durham, NC Motorco Music Hall
April 14 Atlanta, GA Aisle 5
April 15 Orlando, FL The Abbey
April 17 Nashville, TN Exit In
April 18 Louisville, KY Diamond Pub & Billiard Concert Hall
April 19 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
May 31 Cleveland, OH Mahall’s
June 1 Ferndale, MI The Loving Touch
June 2 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme
June 5 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
June 6 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
June 8 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
June 10 Kansas City, KS The Record Bar
June 11 Oklahoma City, OK 89th Street
June 13 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill
June 14 Austin, TX Barracuda
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Cover art by Jordan Butcher
Band photo by William McLean
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