Circa Survive

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I realized it had been a while since we put a straight forward update on here… so allow me to break it down for you.
We’ve been writing/recording demos for our 3rd album. We’re slowly turning the corner on this process and Im starting to feel like the core of the album has begun to rear its head. We’ve had some meetings with some potential producers and the excitement is building.

As far as the songs go… there are alot to choose from still and they run the gamut of everything we’ve ever wanted to be as a band. its gonna be really interesting to see what this collection becomes because of course we’re still writing new songs on the daily and each time a new one is born it is somewhat immediately competing with a hundred others for our attention. regardless these are by far our most advanced works. its been a ridiculously odd luxury to have time to truly focus and refine our ideas before entering a studio. in an effort to avoid redundancy im going to end this now with 2 words…. thank you.

-colin

“Terms such as ‘nonobjective’ or ‘abstract’ are nothing more than a screen for concealing a defect. People who have nothing to say take shelter behind a disguise labeled nonobjective or abstract.”
-Henri Matisse on Abstractionism

Thoughts? Discuss…

hey yall

i have a couple paintings in a group show this friday.
its at The Rat Gallery in Doylestown

The Rat is located at the intersection of Rt 413 and Point Pleasant Pike in Doylestown Pa.
4723 Point Pleasant Pike
Doylestown, PA 18902

its from 7- 9pm. a ton of art will be on display/for sale
they’ll be food, wine and tunes. should be cool. see ya there.

-colin

is one of my favorite smelling plants. it comes in beautiful colors and gives off an aroma that makes me feel drunk with nostalgia. my mother would keep them in the house this time of year & the other day while is was walking my dog lily( which is strange because hyacinth was originally considered as kind of lily, but now as the type genus of the separate family Hyacinthaceae) and i saw one so i knelt down to give it a wif. for a brief moment i was traveling through time and space with the scent, i went back to different eras in my existence and then somewhere totally beyond anything i can ever remember having experienced . its only for a split second. then the rain came, cleansing and making way for new smells. what does that for you this time of year? don’t you think there should be thanksgiving in every season ???
a-

its not sad- not after i think about it enough-just the way it is
its woven in between the stitches covering the cages-
its just humanity
as i see it from this point -all eyes on the magician
and little to no concern of the trap door …
or the rabbit and how fast it can run
.. until its to late
its not the work its the worry. still i can hardly tell them apart.
i was wrong about everything i ever thought i ever wanted.
it was all just a feeling
and nothing else
-nothing
no matter how certain i am
that i was touched
it was all just a story i told over and over until it was all i thought
to be true
but i remember clearly now
after hearing it said-(your doing all the right things)
that i felt nothing through out it all
nothing-
and its not sad-
not after going threw it
even just for a moment
not after being dragged over the soil
and sand
and sidewalk
and cities
from coast to coast
into and out of places i never could of imagined
—its shattering
and explosive
and its needs to have an image
it needs to have a voice .

a-

As many of you know we’ve been working with Invisible Children to try to end the war in Uganda where children are being forced to fight as child soldiers and we wanted to bring attention to a HUGE event.

On APRIL 25th in 100 cities across the world people will be gathering for an event called The RESCUE that is going to raise attention to both media and governments in all sorts of different countries. The momentum from the events will be used to motivate and encourage these governments to support the rescuing of the child soldiers by arresting the rebel leader Joseph Kony.

This is a very important time in this struggle and as unbelievable as it sounds this could actually bring a lot of these hardships to a close. We know a lot of you have already taken part in this and that’s amazing. Whether you’re familiar with the situation or not, please watch this film to learn more about why we need to get these kids home and how you can help.

Watch the film here!
http://therescue.invisiblechildren.com

thanks everyone,
circa