Glenn Branca: Ascension Vinyl LP
$25.95
<p class="faq-quote">"Glenn Branca's first full-length album The Ascension is a colossal achievement. After touring much of 1980 with an all-star band featuring four guitarists (Branca, fellow composers Ned Sublette and David Rosenbloom, and future <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct&q=Sonic+Youth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sonic Youth</a> member Lee Ranaldo) along with Jeffrey Glenn on bass and Stephan Wischerth on drums, Branca took his war-torn group into a studio in Hell's Kitchen to record five incendiary compositions. Originally released in the summer of 1981, The Ascension effectively tears down the genre-ghettos between 20th century avant-garde and ecstatic rock 'n' roll. On 'The Spectacular Commodity,' chiming, shimmering tones unfold into sinister drone-territory à la Tony Conrad, while abrasive guitars and repetitive beats retain the raw primitivism of No Wave. The title track attains a densely packed, larger-than-life sound and (as author Marc Masters says best) 'never stops climbing skyward.' With artist Robert Longo's stark front cover that depicts Branca battling an unidentified man, The Ascension is a must-have record not only for fans of early <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct&q=Swans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Swans</a> and Sonic Youth, but also of <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct&q=Steve+Reich" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Reich</a> or <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct&q=Slint" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Slint</a>'s <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct&q=Slint+Tweez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tweez</a>." - Superior Viaduct</p> <ul> <li>black vinyl pressing</li> <li>original release year: 1981</li> <li>music label: Superior Viaduct 2025</li> </ul>.