This limited-edition CD package includes a lavish 28-page booklet, 'secret' document, and high-quality digital download card. Featuring photography by Lou Dommett Young.
"Debut album of the year - it's absolutely stunning." The Titus Jennings Experience
"Steve Tilling has made a compelling debut. It's a tight, dark intelligent album… albeit one plentifully and carefully decorated with accessible hooks and melodies... the depth of Tilling's wonderlust is his most progressive asset." Prog Magazine
"Steve Tilling has given us a musical spectacle that will stand the test of time. Great songwriting combined with superb musicianship and a concept that works, CIRCU5 is a triumph." Progradar
"CIRCU5 would unquestionably have been a huge ‘hit’ back in the day. And unlike some of Tilling’s prog contemporaries, who have a tendency to overegg – and often overcook – the pudding, it is equally palatable today. Impressive." Get Ready To Rock
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The subject is intermittently unresponsive to external stimuli. Vital signs are normal. MRIs reveal heightened levels of stimulation and activity spikes in the amygdala.
When emerging from the catatonic state, the subject displays various delirious behaviours, including grasping for imaginary objects and excoriation to the extent that the hands, arms and chest are bloodied. The hands are clenched so tightly, the subject's nails are penetrating the palms.
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lyrics
She walks into the room and pulls the shroud away
And washing out the wounds, she whispers through the grey
"Wake now my son, the time has come, the crowds above are waiting"
Flying over mountains down through fields of eyes
A thousand faces stare into the burning sky
"Rise now my son, you are the one, divine the signs appearing"
I'll make you tell the world a stranger's story
I'll leave a trail into my empty soul
I'll take the blame and bathe my name in glory
I'll bleed your veins and make you take control
The silent masses stand and raise their hands in praise to visions of a kingdom shining through the haze
"Lay down my son, your time has gone, the seed is sown and growing"
In the garden of earthly delights
So we'll flow through a prism of darkness and light
The world will come to know you are The Chosen One as we fall into the centre of the sun
I'll make you tell the world a stranger's story
I'll leave a trail into my empty soul
I'll resurrect your fear with every warning
I'll keep you near until I make you whole
credits
from CIRCU5,
released September 15, 2017
Written by Steve Tilling
Steve Tilling: vocals, guitars, bass, field recording
Lou Young: spoken intro
Alan van Kleef: drums
Produced by Steve Tilling
Recorded at The Crypt, Swindon, and Axis Recording Studio, Doncaster
Additional production (drums): Matt Ellis at Axis Recording Studio
Mixed by Stuart Rowe and Steve Tilling at The Bunker
Additional mixing: Alan van Kleef
CIRCU5 is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Steve Tilling. The debut album features guest performances
from Dave Gregory (XTC, Big Big Train), Phil Spalding (Mike Oldfield), Matt Backer (Julian Lennon), Alan van Kleef (Ariel X), Johnny Warman (Peter Gabriel) and Andy Neve (Steve Hackett)....more
supported by 6 fans who also own “The Chosen One - Resurrection”
The lyrics alone are outstanding.
The album doesn't "flow" as good as their latest album Amazingous, but instead offers more experiments and stays even more quirky.
A track like "Teddy Bears" predates what will be A.M.A.Z.I.N.G a few years later.
Really, a must-have for any fan of awesome pop/rock/exerimental stuff. Chris <(")
supported by 6 fans who also own “The Chosen One - Resurrection”
Fantasy progressive rock is not something I'd ever thought of. Yet Foreign Land, especially the Foreign Land track itself, transported me straight into an unknown, magical fantasy world. Hakim Zulkufli
The Long Island metal band's third album etches arena-sized hooks into their jagged compositions, deftly balancing experimental and poppy inclinations. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 12, 2022