Pelican is about to return as soon as once more with Ascending, a brand new four-song launch arriving digitally and as 12″ vinyl EP on January 23 from Run For Cowl. Serving as each an extension of and companion to this 12 months’s Flickering Resonance, the EP gathers uncommon and beforehand unavailable materials that showcases the band’s revitalized founding lineup of guitarists Laurent Schroeder-Lebec and Trevor Shelley de Brauw with brothers Bryan and Larry Herweg at a second of renewed inventive vigor.
Centered round its expansive title monitor “Ascending,” a beforehand unheard track from the Flickering Resonance periods, the EP additionally contains a uncommon model of the album standout “Cascading Crescent,” with vocals by Geoff Rickly (of Thursday, United Nations, and extra). Together with the announcement, Pelican launched the monitor in the present day alongside a video comprised of dwell footage captured the only time the band and Rickly carried out the track collectively.
Rounding out the EP are “Adrift” and “Tending the Embers,” two songs the band recorded and self-released in 2024 simply as the fabric that grew to become Flickering Resonance was taking form. Paired with the brand new songs, the EP acts as a full circle second, marking each the opening and shutting of this period of the band as they put together for the following chapter.
In celebration of the album and the EP, Laurent from Pelican and Will Killingsworth from Useless Air Studios teamed to create a customized guitar pedal impressed by the sound of the band’s latest materials. The result’s Resonance, a pedal whose reverb interacts with customers’ taking part in type and resonates in quite a lot of distinctive fashions, various from mild echo to lush soundscapes to self-oscillating frenzy.
Pre-orders for the EP and pedal are available here.
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