“I THINK WE started in 2010?” laughs Ted Furuhashi, guitarist, backing vocalist and main songwriter for Australian prog metallers Circles, newly slimmed to a trio following the departure of bassist Drew Patton. The Compass, the band’s debut EP, was released in 2011 on Basick Records and since that time, Furuhashi doesn’t think the core foundation of Circles has shifted all that much. “We’re noticeably older,” he acknowledges with a smile. “Musically? I don’t think we’ve ever changed, to be honest.”