GLENN BRANCA - The Ascension LP hardcore a seven-note symmetrical pattern that

a seven-note symmetrical pattern that formed the sign found on the tarot card

when it was first issued on CD through Atavistic's Unheard Music Series

I had never played music or sang or been a performer

non-stop wailing guitar but some mellow

and 7th beats that are emphasized in this song have symbolic meaning

GLENN BRANCA - The Ascension LP hardcore a seven-note symmetrical pattern thatBack in Print. Glenn Brancas 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 Sonic Youth member Lee Ranaldo) along with Jeffrey Glenn on bass and Stephan Wischerth on drums, Branca took his war torn group into a studio in Hells Kitchen to record five incendiary compositions. Originally