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The band uses a mix of modern and medieval instruments, such as the lute, bongos and the modern bass and electric guitars. They claim to believe in fairies and pixies, and they have been known to play their live shows with the audience sitting on the floor.^{[citation needed]} A medieval era lute. ... Bongos being played Bongos are a percussion instrument. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... by Sophie Anderson A fairy, or faery, is a creature from stories and mythology, often portrayed in art and literature as a minuscule humanoid with wings. ... Pixies are mythical creatures of English folklore, considered to be particularly concentrated in the areas around Devon and Cornwall. ...

Press

Circulus were featured in a two-page spread of an NME issue in 2005 and a two page interview in Terrorizer in 2006. Their album Clocks are Like People was reviewed in Metal Hammer magazine in September 2006, receiving 8/10. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Metal Hammer (sometimes MetalHammer) is a monthly heavy metal magazine in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in Germany, Austria, Spain, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, Serbia and Montenegro by a different publisher. ... September 2006 is the ninth month of 2006 and has begun on a Friday. ...

They were also interviewed on BBC2's The Culture Show on 3 February 2007 as part of an item on the 'new folk'. BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... The Culture Show is a weekly 50 minute long topical arts program broadcast on BBC Two. ... is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Mojo magazine chose Circulus to cover "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" for their 40th anniversary Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute album, "Sgt. Pepper...With A Little Help From His Friends", given away with their March 2007 issue. Mojo is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a song written mainly by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney) in 1967, and recorded by The Beatles for their album Sgt. ... The Beatles U.S. chronology Back cover The back cover of the original 1967 UK LP. This release featured (for the first time on a Beatles album) complete lyrics. ...

Discography

• Giantism (1999) (EP)
• The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to be Sent (2005) (CD/LP)
• "Swallow" single (2005) (CD Single/7")
• "Split" 7" with Witchcraft (2005) (7")
• Clocks Are Like People (2006) (CD/LP)
• "Song of Our Despair" single (2006) (Cd Single/7")

Not to be confused with the death/grind band Brujeria. ... Clocks Are Like People is the second full-length album by psychedelic folk band Circulus. ...

External links

• Circulus' Official Website
• Circulus on MySpace
• Petridis, Alexis. "'I like tights - and very pointy shoes'", The Guardian, 2005-06-17. 
• Cox, Tom. "If you go down to the woods today", The Observer, 2005-06-19. 

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Interview links

• Interview with Circulus on Trilogy Rock (Spain)