Ascension is the fourth album by The Laconic, and a spiritual successor to Amor Fati. The first seven tracks form an extended piece loosely based on the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, while the final and titular track is Read more
Ascension is the fourth album by The Laconic, and a spiritual successor to Amor Fati. The first seven tracks form an extended piece loosely based on the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, while the final and titular track is a cover of the climax of Mike Oldfield's The Songs of Distant Earth.
From the soaring melodies of "The Mind Freed" through the guitar harmonies and hypnotic patterns of "The Memory of Everything", the contemplative passages of "No Greater Harmony", and the uplifting tone and polymeters of "Throw Open The Windows Of Your Soul", concluding with a respectfully poppy version of "Ascension", the album is pure Laconic, progressive but not typically so, eclectic and evocative, and always aiming to be epic AF.
From the soaring melodies of "The Mind Freed" through the guitar harmonies and hypnotic patterns of "The Memory of Everything", the contemplative passages of "No Greater Harmony", and the uplifting tone and polymeters of "Throw Open The Windows Of Your Soul", concluding with a respectfully poppy version of "Ascension", the album is pure Laconic, progressive but not typically so, eclectic and evocative, and always aiming to be epic AF.
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The Mind Freed 8:440:00/8:44
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0:00/2:56
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The Memory of Everything 14:080:00/14:08
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0:00/3:28
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No Greater Harmony 10:170:00/10:17
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0:00/4:26
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0:00/6:52