Descensus is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Circa Survive, released on November 24, 2014.

I absolutely, without a doubt know that anybody who’s an actual fan of Circa Survive is gonna fuckin’ be able to jerk off to this record.

"[2] On October 16, 2014, Sumerian Records uploaded an album teaser video on its YouTube page, and announced that Descensus would be released on 11/24/14.

Shortly afterwards on October 24, 2014, Sumerian Records uploaded another video on its YouTube page, which contained a second clip of a new song.

The video also promoted the band's upcoming tour with Title Fight, Tera Melos, Pianos Become the Teeth from November 5 to December 14, 2014.

[13] Regarding the new single, Anthony Green stated, "“‘Only the Sun’ was the first song we tracked vocals for on Descensus, and it was our first indication that we made the right choice working with Will Yip.