The Amulet (album)

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The Amulet
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2017 (2017-09-22)
StudioStudio 4
Genre
Length42:52
Label Hopeless
Producer Will Yip
Circa Survive chronology
Descensus
(2014)
The Amulet
(2017)
Two Dreams
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 70/100 [1]
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Sputnikmusic4.1/5 [4]

The Amulet is the sixth studio album by American rock band Circa Survive, released on September 22, 2017. [5] The Amulet is Circa Survive's first album released through Hopeless Records, after departing their previous label, Sumerian Records. [6] As with previous Circa Survive albums, Esao Andrews created the album artwork.

Contents

Release

In a September 2016 Reddit AMA, Anthony Green announced that a new Circa Survive album would be forthcoming. [7] The band announced The Amulet on July 10, 2017, and the album announcement was accompanied by the first single and music video, "Lustration." [8] The next month, they released "Rites of Investiture," with a music video made from a 1994 short film directed by Green's cousin Jonathan Michaels. [9] The title track was released on August 30, accompanied by a video shot at a fireworks convention in Fargo, North Dakota. [10] The last single before the album's release, "Premonition of the Hex," debuted on September 14, with a video directed by Josh Call. The video, which depicts a cult, was meant to "showcase the dangers of fundamentalism and extremism." [11]

The band announced a co-headlining tour with Thrice, accompanied by Balance and Composure and Chon, across North America beginning in San Jose on November 2, 2017. [12]

Track listing

All music is composed by Circa Survive.

No.TitleLength
1."Lustration"5:33
2."Never Tell a Soul"3:49
3."Premonition of the Hex"3:49
4."Tunnel Vision"3:35
5."At Night It Gets Worse"5:54
6."Stay"2:38
7."Rites of Investiture"4:10
8."The Hex"3:46
9."Flesh and Bone"5:08
10."The Amulet"4:30
Total length:42:52
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Dark Pools"4:50
12."Indra's Net"4:58
Total length:52:40

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [13] 26
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [14] 3
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [15] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] 4

Personnel

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