{"product_id":"glenn-branca-the-ascention","title":"Glenn Branca - The Ascension","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlenn Branca's first full-length album The Ascension is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecolossal achievement. After touring much of 1980 with an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eall-star band featuring four guitarists (Branca, fellow composers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNed Sublette and David Rosenbloom, and future \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSonic Youth member Lee Ranaldo) along with Jeffrey \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlenn on bass and Stephan Wischerth on drums, Branca \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etook his war-torn group into a studio in Hell's Kitchen to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erecord five incendiary compositions. Originally released in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe summer of 1981, The Ascension effectively tears downåÊ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe genre-ghettos between 20th century avant-garde and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eecstatic rock n roll. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn The Spectacular Commodity, chiming, shimmeringåÊ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etones unfold into sinister drone-territory a la Tony \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConrad, while abrasive guitars and repetitive beats retain \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe raw primitivism of No Wave. The title track attains a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edensely packed, larger-than-life sound and (as author Marc \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMasters says best) never stops climbing skyward. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith artist Robert Longo's stark front cover that depicts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBranca battling an unidentified man, The Ascension \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a must-have record not only for fans of early Swans and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSonic Youth, but also of Steve Reich or Slint's Tweez.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322739765625,"sku":null,"price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/glenn-branca-the-ascension-south-records-ltd_f2f49df3-2425-4371-8c9b-44c2d5c919c9.jpg?v=1787903093","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/glenn-branca-the-ascention","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}