Clear Path Ensemble - Ascending (Vinyl) [email protected] The National strikes a delicate

The National strikes a delicate balance between light and dark

silken voice to lead

Doctor Mc Bride 4

Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)

which will be out November 1 via Yep Roc

Clear Path Ensemble - Ascending (Vinyl) [email protected] The National strikes a delicateAscending is the fourth album from Clear Path Ensemble. In the past, bandleader Cory Champion tracked his first three albums, Clear Path Ensemble (2020), Solar Eclipse (2022), and Black Sand (2025) with a cast of some of the finest jazz musicians in Aotearoa New Zealand. This time around, he chose a different approach: improvising with, and in response to, himself, building a series of layered sonic landscapes recorded over a single day in the same