Another Cirlce Round The Park

It’s been awhile since I attempted to write a blog post which contained some meaning and while I am currently working on an article I have to pause and switch my focus as yesterday came some rather sad news. Circle Round The Park have called it a day. For many of you, you will have probably never heard of them and given this piece of news it may remain that way.

CTRP struck a chord with me the very moment I listened to their demo CDs that was handed to me by my former housemate. The pop quartet has lifted their inspiration from other musical artists such as Jeff Buckley, Coldplay and The Killers and consisted of Gary on Drums, Ben on Lead Guitar, Adam on Vocals and Tom on the Bass.

The CD I was handed only had three songs on it and the track names where just scribbled onto the disc along with their MySpace page. It was a few weeks after I was given the disc that I finally got around to listening to it and I was instantly hooked. Having been part of a band myself I was astounded by just how professional the recordings sounded and while not perfect their harmonies managed to tug at my heart strings and I started watching their MySpace page like a hawk.

I also had the good fortune to meet Tom, their bassist on a regular basis during my third year at University as he often came to visit Adam (My housemate) and we’d go out boozing to Propaganda, have Fifa tournaments and drink copious amounts of alcohol. It was during this time that I got to hear them an awful lot. Adam’s final major project was a drama based around the song “I Don’t Know How You Knew”, which was then re-edited to be used as a music video and the band also provided an original soundtrack of instrumental pieces for the film but it wasn’t until the band released “Love To Lose” that made me realise just how much I had fallen for them.

In my mind there are three tracks that CTRP has done which simply make them stand out above all else. “In Traffic”, “Somewhere In Between” and “Love to Lose” for me those three tracks will always be my favourite songs that the band has released although “Lose You To The World” which was released on the 5^th of March was itself a sign of just how far the band have come.

Boys, it’s been a pleasure to see you grow into fine young musicians and seeing you win the Semi-Finals of the Surface Unsigned Festival ’09 back in July was a fantastic sight that will always stick with me along with the celebratory chicken and Fifa tournament at 3am. It’s not often that I pay so much attention to an unsigned band but time and time again you guys have delivered fantastic musical pieces into my earlobes and I wish you all the best in your future endeavours.