I was planning on NR this regardless of how I felt about it before it released. Now that we have it, the sources claiming this was largely compiled and finished prior to Mac's death seem true. This largely feels as if he was present for the creation of most of this. The overall sound of Circles is somewhat unexpected, feeling like a refined version of The Divine Feminine. There's a liberal use of groovy, electronic, almost dance samples that I don't think one could have predicted coming out of ... read more