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There are things we see in movies that serve for most people more as idealized romantic notions than actual reality: the pivotal scenes where people turn their backs on a “rational” life choice to follow their hearts instead — and the consequences be damned. But on occasion, these things do happen in real life, and Circa Survive is the product of just such an extraordinary decision.

From an outside perspective, Anthony Green had it made in early 2004. He was fronting Saosin, a California-based band that was rapidly on the rise. He had felt strongly enough about the group to relocate from his native Philadelphia to the West Coast, and now major touring and a debut album were on the horizon. But something just wasn’t right. Even after a year on the other side of the country, the scenario didn’t click. “I constantly thought about what it would be like if I was in a band and I was in my hometown — and if I was making music that I had more control over,” recalls the singer. “I was wondering if there was a possibility that I’d be able to pull something together and have people that I’d really like to work with working with me.”

Things with Saosin were moving too quickly to stop, though. Or so it seemed. In need of space, Green flew back to Philadelphia for some conveniently timed oral surgery. “I scheduled getting my wisdom teeth out so that I would have to fly home and hang out for a little bit,” he admits. Also on the agenda was spending some quality time with his old friend Colin Frangicetto.

Frangicetto had been dealing with upheaval in his life, as well, following the split of his own band, This Day Forward — a popular Philly hardcore act that had been on the scene for seven years. He had been in the group since high school, meaning it was pretty much all he had known as an adult. “It was the first time in a while that I had absolutely no idea what was going to happen in my life,” he remembers. So, while weighing the...