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Circu5 [sur-kuh-five]: Twisting songs wrapped in a story about a child raised as a psychopath. www.circu5.com
Infinite Lucid Geometric Fever Dream, from the new Circu5 album Clockwork Tulpa, out now.

Watch the music/lyric video: youtu.be/pP2B6_2Cfws
October 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Life lesson #1087: Never read the comments on old videos of gigs. 🤣😂 youtu.be/R3adRa9a2Yo?...
September 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday – a great day to bag yourself some new music...

Go on, treat yourself. Check out CIRCU5's Bandcamp page at circu5.bandcamp.com :)
September 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
CIRCU5 orders to the US are back on!

Get in now before the orange imbecile slaps a 150% tariff on the UK for being a 'Radical Left Communist/Marxist' country or some bullsh*t like that.

www.circu5.com/store
August 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The debut CIRCU5 album (2017) is now on all music platforms – and still on CD at www.circu5.com). To mark this momentous (ahem) occasion: The Amazing Monstrous Monstrous Grady feat. Dangerous Dave Gregory, Johnny Warman & Lou Dommett Young. Video by Yvonne Wootton & Dan Sollis.
August 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
CIRCU5 welcomes new guitarist/vocalist Paul New! Paul joins as the band preps for gigs following the acclaimed Clockwork Tulpa album. Steve Tilling: “He believed in CIRCU5 before it was even a band. Now he's in it. The stars have aligned.” circu5.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hi folks! There's an article on Steve Tilling/CIRCU5 in the new issue of Prog magazine. It's out tomorrow (newsagents and online).
May 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
CLOCKWORK TULPA - the new album from CIRCU5

Package includes:

- streaming & download code
- 10 new songs plus bonus track
- deluxe hardcover case
- 24-page lyric & artwork booklet
- story insights insert

Available from www.circu5.com/store

Photo: Dommett Young Photography
May 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Continuing the stories behind the songs of Clockwork Tulpa... Skin Machine was the first song written for the album. Here's how it came about. www.circu5.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The new CD-only album, CLOCKWORK TULPA, with unlimited streaming and download access code. www.circu5.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The new CIRCU5 album, Clockwork Tulpa, and 2017's self-titled debut are back in stock at the Burning Shed store!

Here's the link: www.burningshed.com/artists/circu5-artists

Thanks folks!

@burningshed.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We've only gone and bloody done it!!! Seven interminable years following the debut CIRCU5 album, the follow-up - CLOCKWORK TULPA - has just gone out of the door to our supporters!

Thanks everyone for your patience and support.🙂

Love,
Steve x
P.S. To grab your own CD, please visit www.circu5.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hi folks, I'm n-n-n-n... knee-deep in CDs, packaging, and assorted gubbins, which can only mean one thing...

Your very own new CIRCU5 album, CLOCKWORK TULPA (and extras, if you ordered them) will be with you soon! (Video taken Monday)... 😃 www.circu5.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Whatever the response and reviews, I couldn't be prouder of what Lee, Mark and I have achieved.

I can't wait for you to hear it.

Steve x
www.circu5.com

Photos: Dommett Young Photography (@dommett.bsky.social)
Design: Jennie Anderson (@jennieanderson.bsky.social)
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
For the next two years, I focused solely on CIRCU5. The songs flowed. We knocked them into shape, recorded and mixed them. It wasn't always easy. But it was hugely enjoyable being back with friends, producing our own music.
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I left the US, returned home, convalesced and immediately wrote two songs: Make No Sound and Don't Spare Me (the latter of which deals with my experiences from my last gig with that band. When life gives you lemons, don't get bitter, get writing.)
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Then I'd met up with Mark Kilminster after being mightily impressed by him and his band, Tin Spirits. We got off to a cracking start, writing three top songs (Skin Machine, Scars and Sing Now) in a few weeks.
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I'm still proud of that album, but it was quite a lonely task. I needed compadres to make an album where everyone contributed to a fresh musical identity.

I'd met Lee Moulding as part of his dad's band, TC&I, and become friends. So there was CIRCU5's drummer.
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ever found yourself trapped in a coercive and controlling relationship? SKIN MACHINE - from our upcoming album CLOCKWORK TULPA - explores the psychological manipulation of CIRCU5's protagonist, Grady. Video: https://buff.ly/3D39bMv . Pre-order the album at www.circu5.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Ruff crowd!

Thanks to Nigel Waller for sharing this video of his beautiful dogs, captivated by CIRCU5's Clockwork Tulpa video. :) (youtu.be/kNqWSicGz8U) www.circu5.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:12 AM
After a long and emotional journey, I’m excited to share some big news. CIRCU5's new album, CLOCKWORK TULPA, releases on Friday 7 March 2025, and pre-orders are available now at www.circu5.com. I can’t wait for you to hear it.
November 20, 2024 at 11:09 AM