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"Different Creatures" is the second full length studio album from English indie rock band Circa Waves, released March 10 2017 through Virgin EMI Records.
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Anyone who heard Circa Waves’ 2015 debut album ‘Young Chasers’ probably wouldn’t expect them to return with an awful lot to say about the world’s big issues. It was perfectly enjoyable – a record of fizzing indie-pop about love and lust – but also a little lightweight. It wasn’t the kind of album you clutch tight when everything around you is going to s**t.
Second album ‘Different Creatures’ does as its title suggests, presenting a band who’ve grown exponentially in the last two years, both musically and lyrically. In interviews, frontman Kieran Shudall has spoken about wanting to make something with more meaning. There’s no denying that he’s achieved that goal here.
It’s the album’s title track that brings the biggest surprise, though, with the Liverpool band getting political. “And 20,000 souls are sold tonight / Making us their home”, sings Shudall, a line he’s said was a bewildered response to the Government capping the amount of Syrian refugees allowed into the UK. It’s both thoughtful and thought-provoking, and indicative of the musician’s new approach to songwriting. Heavier, harder and with a lot more clout about them, Circa Waves’ return is finally something you can believe in.
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