 Halos, Melodic indie rock band maybe? Some sweeping melodic
sound scales, easy to listen to, even the louder
parts are nice and doesn't lose the melody in
fact it takes every song up a notch, although
each song seems to follow the same path, while
that could be annoying the crowd is really soaking
it up and applauding after each song. The chugging
riff at the start of the 5th song is catchy, it
builds before it goes into the rest of the song,
it's really explode but it's still a really decent
song. The vocals are pretty decent they soar above
the band when the guy really gets into it but
the mix isn’t all that great if I'm honest
but the sound of the band is still decent. They
key boards are pretty decent with some bands it
doesn’t work, but the keys seem to be an
integral part of the sound rather than an afterthought!
The visual show is pretty good the band have decent
stage presence and isn’t afraid to really
feel and get moving about with their music which
is always nice to see! Overall it's a really top
performance that will take some beating
 Circa survive, A band that seems to be a cross
between 30 seconds to Mars melodies and the Mars
Volta explosiveness! They really cut lose it's
a good modern prog rock sound with tons of energy
unleashed on stage. There's two real contrasting
parts in every song which every song seems to
follow a quieter part and then the part that rips
your head off, but you like every progressive
minute of it. It's not an original sound by far
but you’re not going to find too many bands
that do it better than this.
While the academy 2 tonight isn't packed to the
rafters I'd say that most if not all of the people
here tonight are diehard fans as I don't think
this is the sort of band not unlike the Mars Volta
that has casual fans, there tons of singing along
from the crowd where normally isn't for most bands!
This is a top performance tonight, and it’s
good to see some bands being progressive and doing
it really well, hope to see them again soon!
Circa Survive - 4/5
Halos– 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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