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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Circulus might at first glance seem like a bit of a novelty band - not a bit of it! The lyrics are sublime, the musicianship is fantastic.
This is without a doubt the best album I've heard for a long time.
'Lick On The Tip...' was great, but this surpasses it in every way.
I love all the songs on the album but the final track, 'Reality Is Fantasy' is a beautiful proggy epic finale (with a wicked little drum solo). Moogtastic!
This is without a doubt the best album I've heard for a long time.
'Lick On The Tip...' was great, but this surpasses it in every way.
I love all the songs on the album but the final track, 'Reality Is Fantasy' is a beautiful proggy epic finale (with a wicked little drum solo). Moogtastic!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm homesick, I'm marooned on the other side of the world, longing for the leafy lanes of England, ancient dolmens, folklore, and quirky people who believe in fairies and sit on hillsides through the depths of the night hoping to see crop circles form, and this album evokes all of that.
At times Circulus bring to mind Genesis circa "Selling England By The Pound" with their whimsical prog-rock meanderings, at others I think of the Incredible String Band's flights of ethereal fancy, "In Memory Of A Free Festival" by David Bowie, or the pastoral moments by Pink Floyd like "Grantchester Meadows". I suspect somebody in Circulus might also be into Gryphon. At any rate, "Clocks Are Like People" is a magic carpet ride into the heart of an alternate and beguiling England, unseen by the hustle and bustle of the mainstream, where there is still time to sit and listen to the quiet and watch the sun shuffle the shadows from one side of the tree to the other, and evenings are spent watching Monty Python And The Holy Grail in black and white. As "Wherever She Goes" drifts by I conjecture that Kate Bush has at times wandered along these pathways too: "Oh, England, my lionheart..."
My favourite songs here are the delicate, spellbinding "To The Fields" and the wonderful "This Is The Way", two of the lovliest songs I've had the pleasure of falling into the arms of in years. In between these two Circulus launch into a delightfully hokey and deliciously cheesy prance through the traditional "Bouree". If Britain were warmed by the heat given off by irate medievalist purists, then this song would be on the soundtrack they'd be listening to for the greater comfort of the nation on chilly winter nights - but I love it!
I've owned this album for some time now, and I still haven't bought "The Lick On The Tip Of The Envelope..." I must be out of my mind, because "Clocks Are Like People" is a thoroughly delectable confection.
At times Circulus bring to mind Genesis circa "Selling England By The Pound" with their whimsical prog-rock meanderings, at others I think of the Incredible String Band's flights of ethereal fancy, "In Memory Of A Free Festival" by David Bowie, or the pastoral moments by Pink Floyd like "Grantchester Meadows". I suspect somebody in Circulus might also be into Gryphon. At any rate, "Clocks Are Like People" is a magic carpet ride into the heart of an alternate and beguiling England, unseen by the hustle and bustle of the mainstream, where there is still time to sit and listen to the quiet and watch the sun shuffle the shadows from one side of the tree to the other, and evenings are spent watching Monty Python And The Holy Grail in black and white. As "Wherever She Goes" drifts by I conjecture that Kate Bush has at times wandered along these pathways too: "Oh, England, my lionheart..."
My favourite songs here are the delicate, spellbinding "To The Fields" and the wonderful "This Is The Way", two of the lovliest songs I've had the pleasure of falling into the arms of in years. In between these two Circulus launch into a delightfully hokey and deliciously cheesy prance through the traditional "Bouree". If Britain were warmed by the heat given off by irate medievalist purists, then this song would be on the soundtrack they'd be listening to for the greater comfort of the nation on chilly winter nights - but I love it!
I've owned this album for some time now, and I still haven't bought "The Lick On The Tip Of The Envelope..." I must be out of my mind, because "Clocks Are Like People" is a thoroughly delectable confection.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought "the lick on the tip..." after hearing a track on a magazine sampler and was won over by the humour,song writing skill and the sheer bloody madness of the album. "Clocks.." did not make that initial impact, but it is more grown up. With every listening I warmed to the album and, of the two, it is the album I play most. It does not put the insane grin on my face that "the lick.." does, but it is and altogether more accomplished work. "Velocity Races" is quite beautiful. There is nothing else like this. If you like a bit of folk/Tull/Floyd and don't need to feel "cool", play it, smile and enjoy it. Clever and different and ,above all, fun music.
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Makes reality a fantasy
I first heard Circulus on the Freak Zone on BBC 6Music and I was hooked from the get go! Beautiful lyrics and a wonderful mix of instruments. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2010 by D Lauchlan
Possibly event licks, lick the tip of the envelope.
This band just leave you wanting more, playing a wonderful mix of psychedelicised folk whilst hankering to a more pastoral time, but always feel uncomforatbly bang up to date. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2009 by V. Nice
There be dragons here!!
I first heard some of these songs just prior to their release when they performed at Brighton's 'The Komedia', and couldn't wait to here them again. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2007 by Mr. M. P. Duffy
Folk Muck
Circulus are an extremely funny, if somewhat long-drawn, joke - a kind of Spinal Tap take on British Folk Rock from the early 1970s. Read more
Published on 26 July 2007 by Philip S. Walker
a fine second album but ...
When the first Circulus album "Lick on the tip ..." fell onto my path I was delighted with the energy, wit and quite unique blend of rock/folk/psychedelics of the record, and was... Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2007 by J. R. P. Wigman
Forsooth! My mellotron!
A more mellow feel that their previous release, with a fabulous rich sound. The stunning 'Song of Our Despair' is straight out of 1972/1572.
Published on 7 Oct 2006 by Chris
To the fields!
What a great way to follow up the Lick of.... and, as we could have expected, an equally strange name for the album (a line from Trumpton). Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2006 by Jhitmee
I really was looking forward to this, but...
Moments of brilliance, a handful of beautiful compositions and a fantastic turn on the part of Oliver Parfitt (Keyboards / Moog) save this from just being a mediocre record. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2006 by Mr. Mark J. Charlesworth
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