NEW Circa Survive Album "Descensus" - Review

 

 

Finally, Circa Survive just released their new album, "Descensus" two days ago! This is Circa Survive's 5th full-length album with another abstract album cover art, but the music is not as good as their earlier stuff and I said the same thing when they released their last record in late 2012, called "Violent Waves".

Earlier albums like "Juturna", "On Letting Go", and "Blue Sky Noise" have most of the band's best work on them. It was that very specific sound that couldn't be compared to any other band. Anthony Green screamed in high pitch singing, which made it sound so powerful and raw, especially when accompanied by those soaring melodies and crazy guitar effects.

However, the past 2 records are missing those signature Anthony Green vocal explosions, and they're filled with a lot more slow songs instead. Just as I said over a year ago in my review of "Violent Waves"; I think Anthony Green has trouble performing their older stuff and hitting those high pitch notes LIVE in concert.

So, now they've made 2 albums that are much easier for Anthony to perform live without straining his vocal cords. Still, I wish they weren't changing their sound at all,  although, this new album is not completely terrible... It features a few classic-Circa songs like "Schema", "Child of the Desert", the self-titled track "Descensus". and the song "Always Begin", which I GUARANTEE will be the single on this record.

Other than those 4 tracks, their new album; "Descensus" is slow and boring. Not at all what I've come to expect from Circa Survive. This is by far their worst album - I give it a  4 /10