The Amulet

by Circa Survive

Overview

The Hopeless Records-issued sixth studio long-player from the Pennsylvania-based progressive rock/post-hardcore unit, The Amulet opens with frontman Anthony Green crooning "Fed by hand and caught with force/our bed, sweet death." After planting those seeds of disquiet in the tenderest tenor ever, Green and company launch into the meat of The Amulet's lead single, "Lustration," an icy-hot blast of meticulously crafted prog pop, and arguably the most engaging song on the album. Follow-up "Never Tell a Soul" impresses as well with its nervy, sci-fi post-punk atmospherics and Green's effortless shift from clarion to guttural, but the meandering and melodically inert "Premonition of the Hex," also released as a single," kills some of the momentum. What follows is pretty much textbook Circa Survive -- jarring tonal shifts, epic drumming, sweet/sour melodies, and enough mathy bits to advance you two grades ahead -- with highlights arriving via the hard-hitting "Rites of Investiture" and the slow-building, but ultimately rewarding title track. Longtime listeners will know the drill, but newbies looking for some frame of reference might want to imagine Sigur Ros, Mew, and Sunny Day Real Estate in an art school lunchroom brawl. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	09/22/2017
Label:	HOPELESS RECORDS
UPC:	0790692238729

Tracks

1. Lustration
2. Never Tell a Soul
3. Premonition of the Hex
4. Tunnel Vision
5. At Night It Gets Worse
6. Stay
7. Rites of Investiture
8. The Hex
9. Flesh and Bone
10. The Amulet

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Circa Survive   Primary Artist
Ken Vasoli   Guitar
Will Yip   Percussion,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Michael Lopez   Art Direction
Circa Survive   Composer
Anthony Green   Lyricist,Group Member
Ryan Smith   Mastering
Steve Clifford   Group Member
Nick Beard   Group Member
Will Yip   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Vince Ratti   Mixing
Esao Andrews   Artwork,Art Direction
Jay Preston   Assistant Engineer
Justin Anstotz   Assistant Engineer
Colin Frangicetto   Group Member
Brendan Ekstrom   Group Member