the second album of between the buried and me really helped the band in terms of popularity. 'alaska' was the breakthrough i think, but 'the silent circus' definitely paved the way. musically they pushed their very own sound a step forward. while the self titled record sounded like they put together riff after riff, songwriting improved here.
of course it's still an early stage of the musical path of btbam but some real pearls found their way on 'the silent circus' already. check out 'mordecai', which broadly speaking is the name of a biblical figure that denied to kneel before authority. if my researches are correct, that is.
furthermore you should give 'ad a dglgmut' a listen. great song! the name of it seems to come from a text message that vocalist tommy recieved from a friend. that friend dropped the phone while writing and the outcome was that gibberish. funny story if true.
i ordered this record directly from victory in november 2013. they had a sale going on (black friday sale, i believe) and among two more btbam records i got this one on lovely green marble vinyl. i could have taken the more limited red variant of the second press, but green seems to match the new cover perfectly and looks just so nice. 552 copies made. victory records.
when being in the victory e-store and that sale prices alluring me, i just could not say no to this nice slipmat. looks lovely!
two down, seven to go...