''Descensus'' is the fifth studio album by the American
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band
Circa Survive
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, released on November 24, 2014. Descensus is Circa Survive's first album released through
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'' which was released on August 28, 2012. As with Circa Survive's previous albums,
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Life
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created the album artwork.
Recording
During an interview in August 2014, Anthony Green stated that the next Circa Survive record was finished and that the band was in the final process of getting the final mixes.
Style
Anthony Green on the new record:
"Every song just got crazy attention put on it. We didn’t overthink things for months. We had parts worked out beforehand, but all the vocal melodies got written by me and Will over a span of eight or nine days. Some of the songs got written in the studio. The music would come in that day; a day later, there would be vocals on it, and boom—that was the meat and potatoes of a song. That’s the first time Circa have ever done that. Usually we spend months writing and demoing at the house. I would say there are only a couple songs that got sussed out musically before the ecording process We really went in with very little, and focused during that time we were in the studio. Will Yip’s direction and aura in the studio is unbelievable. There is an album title, but we’re not 1,000 percent on it yet; there is a tentative release date, but I can’t say what it is. It’s definitely the most aggressive Circa record we’ve ever made. It’s the first record of ours I’ve been able to listen to front to back without having that song that I’m like, 'Yeah, I could’ve done better here.' Every song has this moment in it that makes me feel ridiculous. I feel like I just outdid myself. I feel like we did better than we did before. That’s what you always hope for. I absolutely, without a doubt know that anybody who’s an actual fan of Circa Survive is gonna fuckin’ be able to jerk off to this record."
Release
On October 16, 2014,
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History
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, Merch Connection, Merch Now, Impericon, and iTunes. Shortly afterwards on October 24, 2014,
Sumerian Records
Sumerian Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and London. The label was founded in 2006 by Ash Avildsen.