Circle Gets the Square
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Circle Gets the Square is Kevin Devine
's first studio album
as a solo artist. It was released in 2002 through Immigrant Sun Records. The songs featured here contrast those of Miracle of 86's (a band in which Kevin was the lead singer and guitarist). Kevin felt the style and themes of the songs did not fit in with the rest of the band's music.
The song "Protest Singer" was inspired by a lyric in The Smiths
' "Shakespeare's Sister": I thought that if you had an acoustic guitar then it meant that you were a protest singer.
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine is an American songwriter and musician from Brooklyn, New York, who is known for alternately introspective and political lyrics and melodic acoustic guitar songs...
's first studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
as a solo artist. It was released in 2002 through Immigrant Sun Records. The songs featured here contrast those of Miracle of 86's (a band in which Kevin was the lead singer and guitarist). Kevin felt the style and themes of the songs did not fit in with the rest of the band's music.
The song "Protest Singer" was inspired by a lyric in The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
' "Shakespeare's Sister": I thought that if you had an acoustic guitar then it meant that you were a protest singer.
...I just used the lyric for a flyer for one of my first solo shows. Then when I thought about it, I realized it was true. Before Dashboard ConfessionalDashboard ConfessionalDashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The name of the band is derived from the song "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" from the debut album The Swiss Army Romance....
and all that, everyone associated a guy with an acoustic guitar as being a folk protest singer.
Track listing
- "Fingerprints & Photographs" – 3:43
- "Write Your Story Now" – 1:39
- "Protest Singer" – 3:22
- "Guys with Record Collections" – 3:28
- "If We Meet Today" – 3:48
- "This Box Is Empty" – 3:47
- "Working in Quiet" – 3:39
- "Letting a Good One Go" – 3:39
- "Confessional at 6 P.M." – 3:57
- "Lullaby for a Snow-Faced Girl" – 3:52