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Despite Hurricane Irene’s torrential downpour and horrendous winds, fans packed the sold-out Black Cat venue in Washington, DC on August 27 to see experimental indie-hardcore band Circle Takes The Square perform for the first time together in three years…and NPR.org was there to record the entire set.

Circle Takes The Square are streaming their new EP ‘Rites of Initiation’ in full below. This is the band’s first new music since their 2004’s classic debut As the Roots Undo, and the first chapter from their forthcoming second full length Decompositions: Volume 1, which is due out in November. You can purchase a copy […]

Experimental rock foursome Circle Takes the Square has unveiled their first new song in over seven years, “Way of Ever-Branching Paths,” today, exclusively on

Seven years after the release of their heralded debut, As the Roots Undo (listen to it in full at the foot of the post), experimental cult rock heroes Circle Takes the Square have announced plans to release their second full-length album, Decompositions: Volume I, in November via their own Gatepost Recordings. Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Anthony Stubelek […]