{"id":2310893,"date":"2026-03-03T20:13:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2310893"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:13:04","slug":"rhododendron-share-firmament-from-new-album-ascent-effort-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rhododendron-share-firmament-from-new-album-ascent-effort-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhododendron Share &#8220;Firmament&#8221; From New Album &#8216;Ascent Effort&#8217;: Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Since forming in 2019, the trio Rhododendron have been a regular fixture in the live music scene of their native Portland, Oregon, earning a reputation for prog-y, big-swinging experimental rock. They&#8217;ll be bringing that sound to the masses this spring with <em>Ascent Effort<\/em>, their latest LP and first for new label home the Flesner. Today the trio are announcing the album with &#8220;Firmament,&#8221; a dose of anxious, intense post-rock that gets a little math-y and a little post hardcore-y in its eight-minute sprawl. <\/p>\n<p>A press release says <em>Ascent Effort<\/em> is about &#8220;a period of change defined as much by instability as progress, where confusion and renewal unfold at the same pace,&#8221; and I&#8217;m getting a sense of all those emotions in &#8220;Firmament.&#8221; Check that out below along with the full album tracklist, which is only five songs, so I&#8217;m guessing there&#8217;s some more long and unrelenting music afoot.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rhododendron \u2013 Firmament (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ey_NUuAP96U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TRACKLIST:<br \/>01 Firmament<br \/>02 Like Spitting Out Copper<br \/>03 Stow<br \/>04 Family Photo<br \/>05 Within Crippling Light<\/p>\n<p><em>Ascent Effort<\/em> is out 5\/15 via the Flenser. Pre-order it <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nowflensing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source stereogum.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since forming in 2019, the trio Rhododendron have been a regular fixture in the live music scene of their native Portland, Oregon, earning a reputation for prog-y, big-swinging experimental rock. They&#8217;ll be bringing that sound to the masses this spring with Ascent Effort, their latest LP and first for new label home the Flesner. 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