Calm down, Circa Survive followers. The band shouldn’t be breaking apart, although the group is on what singer Anthony Green calls “a little bit break.” Rumors of a doable break up began circulating on-line after the band altered the standing of their Patreon for followers, however Inexperienced has assuaged any fears of a break up.
A lot of the speculation started to surface through Reddit, with the sharing of the Patreon announcement and followers digging into which members of the group adopted one another on social media. However Inexperienced succinctly put the rumors of a break up relaxation, answering a fan on Twitter who requested if the band was carried out with a easy “No” response.
Earlier this 12 months, Circa Survive ended up canceling their deliberate tour to have a good time the tenth anniversary of their Blue Sky Noise album, with Inexperienced citing a choice to take time to work on his mental health. This additionally got here on the heels of the band issuing a pair of EPs on the finish of 2021 and starting of 2022. Within the time since, Inexperienced has issued the solo album, Increase. Executed, and most not too long ago turned up singing with the post-hardcore supergroup L.S. Dunes whereas additionally engaged on new Saosin music.
As for the choice to change the standing of their Patreon, the place the band had been releasing music month-to-month for followers, they issued an announcement revealing, “Firstly wished to apologize for the dearth of communication/readability right here. We have now had our personal struggles with communication/readability which have made definitive group statements & choices a significant problem. That mentioned we wished to make some modifications right here and be extra clear about the way forward for the Patreon. Going ahead the Patreon will primarily operate as an archive.”
They continued, “To be additional additional clear, there aren’t any future common posts or updates deliberate for the Patreon past information of merch or particular releases or something of this primary nature. There are solely two causes to remain a patron : 1 being that you just’d prefer to hold entry to the content material on right here and or #2 you’d prefer to proceed to assist us in our transition to search out stability outdoors of the band.”
“For the final 18 years Circa has been the middle of our lives in addition to our full time jobs & major supply of incomes. Transitioning out of this with zero discover has been difficult logistically and emotionally to say the least however your assist has been completely important & appreciated greater than you’ll ever know. The Patreon has been some of the lovely, inspiring and ‘profitable’ experiments of our total time as musicians and we will’t thanks sufficient for being part of it,” concluded the group. The total assertion was shared by the State of the Scene podcast, who additionally questioned if that meant the band was hanging it up.
Whereas Inexperienced’s tweet ought to suffice in regards to the standing of the group, the singer additionally elaborated on Circa’s standing throughout a newly posted chat with the Brooklyn Vegan podcast (heard beneath). “Circa’s taking a little bit break proper now, however I hope that we will get again to doing a little shit quickly,” mentioned the singer. With the evolving of their sound during the last two EPs, Inexperienced admitted he wasn’t positive what the subsequent step was musically after they do resume. “Circa’s a group-driven dynamic, so I suppose we would simply should get collectively and jam and see how it might go, however I’ve excessive hopes for it,” mentioned the singer.
Circa Survive’s Anthony Inexperienced on the Brooklyn Vegan Podcast
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