162: Drew Speziale (Circle Takes the Square): Mystical Leanings
The First Ever Podcast
Jeremy Bolm
5.0 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
This week Jeremy interviews Drew Speziale of Circle Takes the Square
Jeremy and Drew talk the city of Savannah, haunted houses, Living Colour, his father's music career, Jimi Hendrix, Spawn comic books, Neil Young, TV guides, Dystopia, CRATE practice amps, Minor Threat covers, the genesis of Circle Takes the Square, playing with Terror, being influenced by T.S. Eliot, composing the album "As the Roots Undo", regenerative farming, his band Drawn Bow, and so much more!!!
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| 1:16.6 | Welcome to the first ever podcast. I am your host. And if this is your first ever podcast. |
| 1:28.3 | My name is Jeremy Bollm. |
| 1:29.8 | I am your host, and if this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today. |
| 1:40.4 | My guest this week for episode 162 is Drew Speziali of the band Circle Takes the Square. |
| 1:50.3 | I'm so thrilled this happened. |
| 1:51.5 | Drew hasn't done a lot of long form interviews, especially not podcasts. |
| 1:55.9 | This may be the first. |
| 1:57.2 | Don't quote me on that, but I was very honored that he was down to do this. This came to |
| 2:02.7 | fruition as Christina and I from Cowjewa talked about Circle Takes the Square on her interview. |
| 2:11.0 | And Drew and I got back in touch. We toured together back in 2011. I've always had such a deep love and affinity for Circle Takes the |
| 2:20.7 | Square. I find them to be one of the most unique bands to come out of the Screamo sort of world. |
| 2:27.0 | We get into what form their sound in this interview. And it makes so much sense, but also |
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