Moving back into more formal song structures, Burning Circle returns to true song-writing, and places equal emphasis on guitar as the electronics. However, the music is as intense and powerful as ever, conjuring up vast vistas of soundscapes which are captured in delicate webs of song and structure. Songs like “Pray” are positively dance friendly, while others find Lycia moving towards the fertile ground of darkpop. breathtaking in scope and beauty, exultant in vision, exhilarating in sensory delight. Lycia have arrived.
a high point of American dark rock and the band's greatest and most ambitious work.
Side A:
1. A Presence In The Woods
2. Wandering Soul
3. The Dust Settles (Part 1)
4. Sleepless
5. The Dust Settles (Part 2)
6. The Return Of Nothing
Side B:
7. The Dust Settles (Part 3)
8. Pray
9. The Better Things To Come
10. On The Horizon
11. Where Has All The Time Gone?
Side C:
12. Silence And Distance
13. Anywhere But Home
14. In The Fire And Flames
15. Slip Away
16. The Last Day
Side D:
17. August (Part 1)
18. Nine Hours Later
19. Nimble
20. August (Part 2)
Side E:
21. The Facade Fades
22. Resigned
23. Surrender
Side F:
24. These Memories Pass
25. The Burning Circle
26. The New Day