You can find listening samples at http://www.myspace.com/circasurvive, and the music video for the title track at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iSflCQLVi8&feature=related
When toothaches change your life… In 2004, Anthony Green, then the singer of a metal band called Saosin, traveled to Philadelphia to see a dentist. During this trip, he visited his friend Colin Frangicatto (This Day Forward) to have a jam session. On his way back to California, he realized that he had gained more than just dental healing; he had an epiphany. Spontaneously, he left Saosin, contacted Colin, and founded CIRCA SURVIVE.
Green and Colin then brought in bassist Nick Beard (ex-Taken) and drummer Steve Clifford, while Colin brought along Brendan Ekstrom (guitar) from This Day Forward, and they all locked themselves in the rehearsal room. By 2005, they re-emerged with their indie album Juturna, named after the Roman goddess of new beginnings, and set out on their journey: They played the Warped Tour and Bamboozle and soon flew to Europe to support Coheed And Cambria and Thrice as opening acts. When their second indie album On Letting Go was released in 2007, the name CIRCA SURVIVE had already spread widely in the scene, and the album debuted in the US Top 30. That same year, they made such an impact at Coachella that Spin magazine erupted in praise for Green's voice: "His crystalline soprano voice whips up the turmoil that arises between the dueling guitars."
With Blue Sky Noise, CIRCA SURVIVE now presents their major debut, produced by three-time Grammy winner David Bottrill (Tool, Muse, King Crimson) and mixed by Rich Costey (Interpol, The Mars Volta, RATM). The whole thing sounds a bit like an engaged, uplifted screamo version somewhere between My Chemical Romance, … And The Academy Is, and The Used, with CIRCA SURVIVE able to outdance them all in terms of complexity, urgency, and sound breadth.
CIRCA SURVIVE is considered the most exciting live act in the USA right now and has shared the stage with My Chemical Romance, The Gaslight Anthem, Pelican, Rise Against, and many others.
