Circle Works with Fender Music Foundation

With their debut album The Middle sitting in record stores, Sydney band Circle are turning their attention to charity. The band has recently been named ambassadors for the Fender Music Foundation.

The local indie popsters will follow in the footsteps of OK Go in drumming up support for music programs in schools and communities. The video for their forthcoming single “All The People” will help raise awareness for this important cause.

“Circle’s video is a beautiful story about the universal power that music has over people,” explained The Fender Music Foundation’s executive director Moriah Scoble. “The teachers who have received instruments from our organisation often report back to me of this, how music has given their students a place to belong and a way for their students to learn to better communicate with their peers.”

Good on Circle for finding a way to give back. What do you think of their work?

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Circle Step Into Studio for The Middle

Sydney’s Circle have stepped out of their bedrooms and into the studio for their latest album The Middle.

Despite recording six albums, this is the first recorded in a proper studio. That should bring a bit of refinement to the band’s 70s inspired pop rock tunes. Don’t think we’ll lose the band’s originality though. Circle founding member Radi Safi produced the album, with the aid of industry vet Mike Stavrou (America, David Bowie, Kate Bush).

Look for The Middle in stores on August 1.

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Circle Serves up Retro Pop

Sydney indie popsters Circle have chased away my winter blues with their cheerful retro single “Fashion Me a Drum.”

The song recalls The Pet Shop Boys with its wave of synths and deceptive simplicity. The track gives us a taste of Circle’s highly anticipated new album The Middle. While the band has released plenty of discs before, this one is the first recorded in a real studio rather than a bedroom!

Enjoy this slice of perfect pop before The Middle drops on August 1.