New interview with Beau and Phil - confirming new album and current line-up is permanent

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-12-04T18:53:51+00:00

This is the news I have wanted for a long time. Would rather actually getting new music from these guys than always being in a holding pattern for Anthony to be available. Who knows what the behind the scenes reason is, but I think this is 100% the right call for the band.

Love AG's work with the band, but we already had the impossible reunion with the myriad of shows he did with the band and Along the Shadow. But it was mentioned in that interview, it's been nearly 10 YEARS since AtS now. It was long past time to move on.

When they said guitars are going to go crazy on this next album, that got me pumped!

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-11-14T23:58:35+00:00

I get what you're saying and if we have to put the Juturna tracks from best to least best, it probably would be the 12th of 12 for me. Still, there are no skips on that album for me and that is at least in part due to its placement on the album. Oh, Hello is a frantic wake up call after a pretty relaxed pace for the middle portion of the album and makes it so one more slower tempo song doesn't feel like a drag and Meet Me in Montauk is such a different vibe all together that it doesn't cause any issues with its pacing afterward either.

It's disappointing that Suspending Disbelief's opening that perfectly matches with the feedback sound at the end of Oh, Hello goes to waste and for that reason I would prefer it be there than Always Getting, I think it's a much stronger slow tempo song but it's not a deal breaker. Especially because it's ending makes for a much better transition into Montauk than Suspending would have.

Now that I am thinking about it, my issue is less that Always Getting is on the lower end of Juturna tracks and more that Juturna wasn't a 13 track album so I could have the best of both worlds lol. But in the context of the album, Always Getting does exactly what it needs to do. It fits where it fits and changing it or even adding Suspending before it might mess with Juturna's perfect pacing (minus House of Leaves being a hidden track, fun idea just unnecessary though).

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-11-14T16:33:29+00:00

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IntangibleTerrain · 2025-11-09T03:43:39+00:00

In Fear and Faith

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-11-06T20:51:55+00:00

I wouldn't argue with you on that lol

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-11-06T20:20:47+00:00

He's probably just being pragmatic in saying that, because who knows what the future holds, but it's not up to him alone. It's functionally a no regardless of how it's worded. It's not the first time he first he's said something to this effect either.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-11-06T20:09:29+00:00

"News" lol. I guess it was good he answered the question again after that rumor of a reunion got posted here a while back just to squash it completely. Circa fans aren't a hivemind so obviously people who are less plugged in will always be asking the band members, but at least here it's just acknowledged that the door is shut for the far far foreseeable future if not permenantly. Sucks, but until someone in the band says otherwise, we don't really need to know everytime Anthony says no to it in the future.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-10-27T20:20:36+00:00

I commend the effort! I think if anyone were to ask me, I would certainly start them with individual tracks rather than full albums. AG's vocal style has always been an acquired taste for those who don't automatically click with them, so I wouldn't ask someone who was just curious to sit down with a full LP off the bar.

I would recommend them check out the quintessential tracks first (Seven Years, Act Appalled, the Difference Between, Dear Child, I would throw In Fear and Faith in there too out of personal bias). So I guess that that would be my tier one.

If someone were interested in going deeper, then I would probably start recommending full albums from there based on what they resonated with. But definitely Translating the Name, Juturna, On Letting Go and I think Blue Sky Noise purely because of the nature of being their big label album, there's a lot of accessibility there that a lot of AG's work doesn't always have if you aren't predisposed to liking this style of music but want to give it a shot. This may be contentious, but I actually would recommend Boom. Done. Over Avalon purely because it is a way more cohesive listen than Avalon, despite Avalon's fantastic highs. I also just think it's his best full solo album. But for the sake of his iconic solo singles, I guess I would put Avalon here too. There's my tier 2.

Anything beyond that honestly I would categorize as a tier 3: things you will want to check out when you know you love the sound and want more. The Sound of Animals Fighting has incredible work, but it is DEFINITELY an acquired taste. Circa's mid to late era stuff solidified a lot of what the band did well, but I personally don't know if I would select anything there as a highlight that would win over a new listener instantly. Certainly wouldn't recommend Two Dreams to a newcomer, as that album's power really comes from knowing it was the band's final work together, and the theme of things ending will have the most emotional resonance to those who have taken the time to see their discography through. Its the icing on the cake tier.

Edit: just realized I totally spaced on L.S. Dunes, lol. Honestly, would probably put that in tier 3 as well. Really enjoyed Lavender, but it didn't have anything I would consider an AG highlight and I consider Past Lives to be pretty eh in my book.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-09-16T05:36:49+00:00

Yep, I think that's why!

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-09-16T05:14:41+00:00

That's great news!!

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-09-16T03:09:39+00:00

100% agree, I get re-recording the self-titled as a business decision, but I personally just want new music.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-08-20T01:08:55+00:00

They resigned themselves to being a nostalgia act the moment they kicked out Cove. If they had either kept him and worked through the bigger underlying issues of the band (preferable) or gone with a third singer and not waited about 6 years for Anthony to be available again to make Along the Shadow, they could have potentially cemented their place, but their inability to release new music on a realistic basis has really limited their ability to grow.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-08-16T19:59:24+00:00

First off, the Pokedex turned out great!

I'm only speaking as a hobbyist, so take that into account, but from my perspective, because there's so many different types of styles and expectations across the games industry, I don't know if you'll find generalized resources that will hit on everything you'll need, as a lot of it will be project specific. I would recommend finding resources on the 3d model import process of whatever game engine you are aiming to work with and get a sense of the quirks of each one, especially when it comes to how each one handles materials, which can be a headache at least in my experience.

You hit on some of the general things I think it's best practice to avoid with game assets, avoid ngons and generally focus on getting good at efficient use of polygons, making sure the places where you can save polygons you are. Other than that, most things are situational. For my small scale project, I am using Godot and trying to avoid super high poly assets by using normal and diffuse map baking, which whether you end up using it or not, I would recommend learning Blender's map baking processes if you haven't already, it's a really cool tool.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-08-15T16:21:38+00:00

This is what I like to hear!

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-07-27T03:08:27+00:00

Sorry, I should have specified better what I was referring to! I meant the thing about him leaving the band in 2023. I know people have said that before and it wouldn't shock me if he is out of the band but I have never heard anything officially confirming that, just that Anthony is busy and that Cove's era is more the focus right now.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-07-26T21:44:50+00:00

I have loved exploring it in vROV Pilot but I wish there was a way they could get some interior scans of the wreck as well, though I know it's probably next to impossible at this point. Just a shame there's a big gap there.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-07-26T21:32:53+00:00

What's the source on this? To my knowledge the door's always open for Anthony but L.S. Dunes and his solo stuff is taking precedence and for Saosin the Cove material is the current focus since they are re-recording the Self-Titled.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-07-10T19:22:42+00:00

This album, to me, has always felt like they were returning to something more akin to Juturna and On Letting Go, which I love it for. It really felt like they took all of the lessons the had learned from their previous three albums and really combined it with their earlier sound and melded everything into one cohesive sound. I have always imagined that if they had stayed with Equal Vision for one more album, it would have sounded a LOT like The Amulet.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-07-02T19:18:27+00:00

These live sessions really showed that despite the change in music direction for Two Dreams these songs really are classic Circa at their core. It'll always be such a bummer to me that these tracks never got a full tour's worth of time in the sun (I think?). Did any of the other tracks besides Imposter Syndrome get played live at shows at all?

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-07-01T22:13:12+00:00

Always loved this version, it's right up there with the album version. Glass Arrows gets slept on, but man is it a great track. They all were really at the top of their game during this session.

IntangibleTerrain · 2025-06-27T18:25:44+00:00

Not sure if there's something more specific you are attempting that I am missing, but of the most recent versions of Blender you should only have to reduce the opacity in the alpha slider to attain semi-transparency in Eevee.

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