Circles Around The Sun Live at Relix | 2/28/20 | The Relix Session

Circles Around The Sun (Adam MacDougall, Dan Horne, Scott Metzger, and Mark Levy) live at Relix on 2/28/20.

[abacik]

God rest Neal, LOVE Metzger for the replacement. YES! Sounds great.

[dekraut]

Just stumbled on this - Love hearing Scott play out so much. In the live shows in March 2020, I felt like he was taking it easy, perhaps easing into a tough situation in front of fans, taking Neal's place... But we loved you Scott, and you and boys keep things rolling and we'll be in the crowd anywhere in the mid-atlantic!

[BoscoBoots]

From their website:
Circles’ new sound was created partly by design, but also partly by tragic circumstance. On August 26, 2019, a week after laying down his tracks for Circles Around the Sun, founder Neal Casal committed suicide. He left behind a note for the group, asking for them to continue in his absence—to continue recording, touring, and playing together. They’ve chosen to honor his wishes. “Our mission is to extend Neal’s musical legacy, ” says drummer Levy. “He was a classy dude and had a regal vibe about him. The other side of it is the mental health legacy. Maybe there are people out there in the same sort of darkness Neal was in, who can hear us and say we can work positively on multiple fronts in his memory.”

In this metamorphosis, Circles Around the Sun spans both heartbreak and hope. Doors close; windows open; new directions extend themselves in mysterious ways. But sometimes you know it’s real from the first beat. It just clicks. We’ll see you on the dance floor, at the festival, at the next jam session, where everyone comes together and all is forgiven. It’s just how Neal would want it. It’s Circles Around The Sun.

[adamgoldman]

Really appreciate Scott's playing here. Distinctively different from his JRAD style. And you have to love his The Shining - Ghost Twins T-shirt. That Moog is an artifact, but to my ear the grooves seem to date from that early-mid 70's Jazzy fusion with Steely Dan type changes . Thanks Relix!

[John-ooec]

Neal's artistic creation lives on.

[victoriarichardson]

Floating one of grooviest bands around love u guys hope to see ya n april

[geedus]

Love that keyboard stand of a stool plus a couple of books propping the moog up.

[thev]

they sounded great earlier this week in Cambridge MA

[reforestfertility]

Yes we do circ the sun, but we spin on our own too.

[joshuap]

couldnt they give the drummer a tamborine or something?

[kclange]

That’s got to feel weird to fill the mans shoes who made this band who they are. RIP brother