Circa Survive on Atlantic & record with David Bottrill

Heres the official statement;

"Greetings everyone! We have wonderful news to share with you. After almost a year of writing, we have begun working on our third record in Toronto, ON. David Bottrill, who has made amazing albums with bands like Tool, King Crimson, Silverchair and Moneen, is producing. We couldn’t be more excited to be working with him and the songs are turning out beautifully. This is the most time we’ve ever spent on writing an album and possibly the hardest we’ve ever worked on anything as a band. We can’t wait to share this music with you. It feels like it will be so soon now.

After completing our contract with Equal Vision we embarked on a long search to find our next home. We met with lots of labels and decided that Atlantic Records is the best place for us to continue our growth as a band and to help us release our music around the world. Because this is a big step we feel the need to reassure you that we are and always will be the same band no matter what label we are on. We are so grateful for everything Equal Vision has done for us and having their blessing in this next step couldn’t mean more. Our friendship/relationship with them is strong and will continue to be so.

Over the next couple of months we will be updating our websites with videos and pictures from the studio to let you in on some of the recording process. As we do so we invite you all to take this journey with us. We can’t wait to be back out on the road playing these songs for all of you."

See you soon,
Circa

I think this is a great move for Circa. They seemed to go just about as far as they could in the punk/warped tour world in terms of size and sound. I think their music is unique yet wide appealing enough to be successful.

David Bottrill also seems like a great choice. I love the production (Brian McTenernan) on both of their previous cds, but to me they do sound quite a bit alike. I think a new producer with a much different background and a studio in a Toronto, a city which really seems to fit the sound of their band, is just perfect. I'm excited and can't wait to see where they take their sound.

Lettuce @ Gathering Of The Vibes

I went to Gathering of The Vibes in Bridgeport, Connecticut last weekend and as the same as last year it was a great experience. But the musical highlight was definitely Lettuce. One of the most fun live performances I've seen. Here's a video;