Circa Survive frontman and singer/songwriter Anthony Green [ ] is preparing for some life history firsts this week, with today's (8/5) release of a debut solo album, "Avalon," and the launch of a US headlining tour that includes 32 cities and kicks off Wednesday (8/6).
Best known as the passionate, androgynous-voiced pencil lead singer for the Philadelphia-based progressive rock candy unit Circa Survive and, prior to that, Saosin, Green aforesaid "Avalon" is a selection of 11 songs that he wrote over the past decennary.
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"This was the first gear time I had a chance to [make my own record]. It seemed like Circa was approach up on a break (one of the first since the band started in 2004), and everybody in the band matte like they needed it; and I didn't feel like I needed it at all," he explained, from his hometown in Doylestown, PA, just a few years before his album release and enlistment.
Although "Avalon" is his first official solo effort, Green has performed gigs on his own in the past, including one at this year's SXSW festival in Austin, TX; so when it came to choosing songs for the record, having enough material wasn't a job.
"I had a pretty good list [of songs], but I don't cerebrate I even made an actual list to record until the day earlier. I had practiced stuff and had ideas, merely there are actually a bunch of songs that I didn't get to record because they weren't as highly-developed as everything else." While Green opted out of releasing some of the songs, he plans to play them on this tour, to prep them for succeeding recordings.
Green admitted that, overall, "Avalon" came together rather easily, compared to working with his striation, who, to date, have two major-label records.
"Writing the music with Circa is a huge collaboration, with basketball team dudes having their say and hands in everything--whereas, with this, I call all the shots. If somebody's like, 'That sounds too repetitive, you pauperization to variety that verse,' I can just be like, 'Yeah, well, I didn't want to,'" he said, with a chortle. "Like, if I idea it wasn't good and I treasured to sing it over again, I did. It's kind of nice to make something that you're not checking in with anyone else to see if it's cool or not. It's gracious to be able to do any the f you want.
"This stuff is way easier for me than Circa stuff. I take a less unquiet approach to everything than the reside of the dudes in my band do. Like, if I feel just about something, that's it. I don't second-guess it. That inherent aptitude has gotten so much stronger with doing this project. I think I see it meshing and melting into everybody else in Circa."
Proof of that meshing is the fact that connexion Green on tour will be Circa Survive guitar player Brendan Ekstrom and bassist Nick Beard. "They both asked me if they could number on the tour, and I was like, 'F--- yeah!' We motive a bass part player anyway and Brendan's playing guitar. I feel like everybody is getting inspired by everybody else right nowadays. It's a really good vibe in the Circa house right now."
Green aforementioned that, in addition to being a musical change over, "Avalon" will alter his live performance style, which has become a trademark mix of tip-toe passion and enchanting, fluid dance moves. Aside from the sheer nature of the music, this change is also attributed to the fact that Green will be acting guitar in addition to singing.
"I've gotten better at guitar over the years. I'm still non very good at all," he aforesaid, half-jokingly. "I think these songs nominate me
