It’s our first listen of new Circle Takes The Square material in seven years. During the 9-minute sprawl of “”Hymn-Like Labyrinthine Chaos”, it’s easy to see just why it took so long. Throughout the songs schizophrenic structure, Circle Takes The Square journey through emotive depths and chaotic valleys in a way that only they are [...]

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Avid Circle Takes The Square followers can all now take a collective sigh of relief. It’s been seven years since these guys unleashed their all-time classic As The Roots Undo unto the world and we FINALLY have concrete information about it’s follow-up. The wait won’t be long. In fact, the band will be putting out [...]

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I can’t tell if this is a preview of an individual song or the new album as a whole. With these guys, either guess would be just as valid. Either way, this probably means we’re getting pretty close to finally hearing DECOMPOSITIONS.

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More studio update footage has dropped from Circle Takes The Square. The band has finished tracking guitars, bass and vocals are up next. In this clip you actually get to hear a studio preview of one of the new songs. I couldn’t possibly be any more amped for Decompositions at this point. Keep your ear [...]

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View the first update here. It looks like Circle Takes The Square have hit back with a few more studio updates since the last time I saw them. The “seven or so” songs that they’ve been working on seem to be getting finished at the moment. In the band’s own words on their last update [...]

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For the last 3 years, Circle Takes The Square has been on the top of my list of most anticipated releases…After 5 years of songwriting, the band are finally in studio to create the follow up to one of the most important records of the last decade. Here’s an studio vlog from the band that’s [...]

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there are few things more enjoyable than re-connecting with an old album or song from your past. the feeling of getting taken back to an older time or place in your life has always been one of the most entertaining aspects of being a music addict. back in 2004, circle takes the square released as [...]

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As 2009 nears it’s end, it’s time to look ahead to a year full of more new music. I always get excited during the crossover from December to January when best of the year lists start dropping and the new release period starts picking itself up out of the holiday lull. Don’t forget to check [...]

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On the heels of my recently posted best records of the decade, i’ve spent quite some time compiling what are, in my opinion, the top 50 songs released from 2000 to the end of 2009. as always, if you dig the song, support the artist! the picture is of my brother getting punched in the [...]

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as we enter the last quarter of 2009 and the first decade of the new millennium nears it’s end, it’s likely that you’ll see more of these lists begin to pop up than you’ll be able to digest. before you get too full on the lists that will surely begin to amass themselves all over [...]

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