If you’ve listened to Circa Survive and you didn’t like it before, odds are that you won’t change your opinion. However, if you enjoyed Juturna and On Letting Go, then great news because Blue Sky Noise takes what worked best in those efforts and takes it to the next level. To be honest, to me On Letting Go felt like a step sideways, consolidating talents but not necessarily presenting anything better than the debut. That is not the case in their third full length album. The music is tighter, the writing is better and there’s more hooks on this album than a meat plant. I’m pretty sure the polarizing factor in whether you like this band or not is on Anthony Green’s voice, because musically I only have good things to say about their progress as a band. His voice however might annoy a couple of people. I don’t mind it but I’ve shown a taste for high pitched musicians, Rush, Deadletter Circus and Mars Volta to name but a few. The only other thing that people might have a beef is the occasional child choir offering backup vocals on tracks like Glass Arrows and Dyed in the Wool, but I sincerely think it worked. But, if anything, Circa Survive truly proves that being a Hot Topic local doesn’t mean you have to listen to crappy bands.
Highlight Tracks: Strange Terrain - Get Out - Imaginary Enemy - Frozen Creek - Spirit of the Stairwell - Dyed in the Wool
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