Circles doesn’t build on Swimming so much as riff off it. It’s not a fresh chapter that gestures towards Miller’s untold future, but rather a genuine companion piece, a time capsule to be placed alongside Swimming. The songwriting is comparatively languid and often carries the feeling of a dream, as Miller constantly retreats into his head, a refuge and a prison, to nurse his battered spirit. One moment he’s stumbling, the next he’s flying. He imagines himself traversing the natural world—flowers, clouds, the cosmos, the seasons. On the centerpiece and single “Good News,” pizzicato guitar strings splash like dewdrops as he sings, “Wake up to the moon/ Haven’t seen the sun in a while but I heard that the sky still blue.” On the next track “I Can See,” he emits a cry for help: “I’m in an oasis / Well, I need somebody to save me before I drive myself crazy.”
| A1 | Circles |
| A2 | Complicated |
| A3 | Blue World |
| A4 | Good News |
| B5 | I Can See |
| B6 | Everybody |
| B7 | Woods |
| B8 | Hand Me Downs |
| C9 | That's On Me |
| C10 | Hands |
| C11 | Surf |
| C12 | Once A Day |
| D13 | Right |
| D14 | Floating |
