Circuitous by Blessed
Blessed's sophomore release, “Circuitous”, cements and expands on their status as a band’s band: a patient, eclectic career outfit guided by the intense pursuit of an internally-dictated creative agenda. Here, the group has sharpened their strengths, bringing an ever-growing depth of songwriting and artistic evolution to their craft.
Composed from hours of jam material and hundreds of demos, “Circuitous” comprises eight tracks that sprawl and thrash and burst and fall — a sweeping, hyperreal, industrial art-rock tragedy rendered in walls of noise, controlled drums, meandering ambience, and staccato syncopation. The record speaks on agoraphobia, isolation, grief, the hyper-control of capital and the numbness it breeds.
Tracklist
| 1. | Redefine | 5:57 |
| 2. | Trust | 5:28 |
| 3. | Anything | 4:11 |
| 4. | Agoraphobia | 3:55 |
| 5. | Person | 4:58 |
| 6. | Peeling | 3:52 |
| 7. | Provoked | 7:48 |
| 8. | Guillotine | 5:46 |
Credits
Recorded at Rain City Recorders with engineering by Matt Roach and assistance from Emily Ryan.
Mixed by John Congleton. Mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service.
All songs and arrangements by Reuben Houweling, Mitchell Trainor, Drew Riekman, Jake Holmes with additional pieces of arrangement by Matt McKeen.
Art direction and design by Nathan Donovan and Jacob Dutton.
License
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Blessed's sophomore release, “Circuitous”, cements and expands on their status as a band’s band: a patient, eclectic career outfit guided by the intense pursuit of an internally-dictated creative agenda. Here, the group has sharpened their strengths, bringing an ever-growing depth of songwriting and artistic evolution to their craft.