Article 323, Originally Published on September 15th, 2026

Circumstantial Saint is one of my favorite artists to feature. He’s just got a phenomenal story. He’s always working. What is his job? He’s a fighter. His opponents are the enemies of society: the oligarchs, the patriarchs, the oppressors, and the corrupt. What is his weapon of choice? A pen.

52. Album Review of remember my name. by Circumstantial Saint

Earlier this year, I caught up with Saint and we had a conversation about his writing. I was really surprised to learn how much output there was. He is often writing, he is often recording, and he produces all of his work. His turnaround from pen to paper, to track, to press is something to aspire to. He has released dozens of albums and EPs and more than 100 singles, and he’s been doing this less than a decade.

With all of these releases, it is impossible to pick a favorite. I’ve listened to so much of his work. The first album I reviewed of his, remember my name, will always be special because it was the first time I heard him. But I also love all four volumes of Black History, I love Wordvomit, and I love his Fall of the Empire series. He’s done so much great work.

There is something special to say about every era of the Saint, but his latest era is particularly memorable.

Free the Saint

Free the Saint is the latest release by Pennsylvania-independent recording artist, Circumstantial Saint. It released September 1st, 2026. At 11 songs, it has a run time of just under 40 minutes. It was written, recorded, and produced by Circumstantial Saint and released through The Revolutionist Collective Sounds.

Circumstantial Saint is technically a spoken-word poet but he would be the first to say that his art isn’t bound to anything. He is one of the more experimental people I know and his intelligence is intimidating as he hides it away behind an hora of humility and compassion. Therefore, it is no surprise to me that he would be able to execute a project where he would be able to bridge the genres of spoken-word poetry and rap/hip hop and do it in a way that is both subtle and significant.

Free the Saint opens with Drown the Supremacy, a percussive heavy track that opens with layers of his vocal work. This song is more traditional spoken word and serves more as an intro to the entire body of work.

Next is Youda Best, which is when we really hear the merge of the two genres. The beat is styled to a vintage 70’s sound with horns and piano. Saint’s cadence is a very smooth, mellow, delivery which draws the focus of his performance to the lyrics.

Come hOMe has a little bit of a club beat and Saint’s cadence starts to get a little more fluid and busy. What I love here is the performance starts as a poem, then it transitions to a rap, then back to a poem, and back to a rap again. The transitions are seamless and he maintains an even flow throughout the song.

My favorite song on the album is Work (Sucks). This song almost plays like a remix club track. It is performed as spoken word poetry, and the track is very percussive and digital. It is one that people can get out and dance to for SURE.

Another favorite of mine is Communication Politics. Saint slows the beat down for this one and it is an interesting performance vocally because it is spoken word but he flirts with a hip hop cadence throughout. It’s as if, instead of merging two genres into one performance, this one performance is two things simultaneously. It really sounds like he was into his thoughts with this performance and that is when he is at his best.

Do They Hear You? is one of his more experimental songs musically. The track almost sounds like it could be percussion for a Radiohead song on an album like The King of Limbs or Hail to the Thief. It features samples of birds chirping to one another. The percussion is panned out to either side and it flows so nicely.

Free Saint is a big performance. This track is more of a rap performance and it is musically complex as he jumps in and out of the song. He delivers some of his lines syncopated to the beat and it is so cleverly crafted.

As Free the Saint comes to an end, the song Agape performs as more of a traditional spoken word performance over a track that hits a chill vibe. I love the piano progression that gives a contemplative feel to the entire song.

Final Thoughts

Circumstantial Saint would be the last person to know if he were to ever become famous. If one of his songs, posts, or videos were to happen to go viral, he wouldn’t know because he would be too busy tracking the next song. If he were to win an award or be recognized for his work, they would have to find him at a protest or rally to present it to him.

Circumstantial Saint doesn’t perform for glory, fame, or personal achievement. Everything he does, he pours into his real work, which is the longing for a better, fair, and inclusive society. A better world. That is the success he works towards. He doesn’t want to be rich. He wants the community to be happy and provided for.

Free the Saint may be the most important album he ever released because I think it is his most commercially relevant album. The crossover aspect is something that can appeal to a larger audience. I laugh because that wouldn’t matter to him and he certainly didn’t take that into consideration when he recorded it. He’s an artist. He goes where the art takes him, not where commercialism takes him. In fact, he despises commercialism. So, no, he wouldn’t be thinking about that. But I think about it for him. Not because I think he should, but because he has a voice I think everyone needs to hear.

They might not want to hear it. There might be some who are opposed to his platform (fuck those people). There might be some who are complacent and don’t want to get involved; who want to compromise their lives for simplicity. That’s more understandable. It takes courage to stand up and fight, especially knowing that there will be a lot of losses before there is a victory. Not everyone is built for that.

Regardless, we are all people who should hear this message. Saint is a leader. He was built for this fight. We can be his amplifier. There is just one thing we gotta do.

Go press play.