Constants keep parts moving at all times. Even just a subtle change in chord progression or drum pattern makes a big difference, and that unwillingness to stay tethered to one sound is what keeps every song interesting. - Punknews
As the title suggests, the album is conceptually divided up into three 'movements' of sorts, and will appropriately be available on gatefold 3xLP (100 brown/gray/clear and 300 cream). As if the brilliant music itself (think spaced-out, epic, ardent post-rock with lots of textures and ample use of chorus/delay on the guitars) wasn't enough, those little details right there have me gaga for this record - Crustcake
With The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension Constants continues to make waves in the rock world as they showcase their talent towards writing intricate, dynamic, and ominous rock music. - Scene Point Blank
Call it space rock, call it art rock, call it progressive indie textural mamma jammas. Call it whatever you want, but creating beautiful, challenging, conceptual epics is something that appears to come easy to Boston, MA's Constants. After showing unlimited potential on their 2004 debut, "Nostalgia For The Future" and its follow-up, 2006's "The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril," the band has now firmly and undeniably come into their own on their latest opus.
Following their recent split 7" with fellow Bostonians in Caspian, the courageously ambitious three-part exercise in atmosphere and mood on display within "The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension" is truly a haunting experience. It knows when to build, when to change, when to climax, when to breathe and when to stop. This is an album of such subtle extremes and tasteful intricacies that the further you delve into it's many layers, the more lost you become, and the more rewarded you will be. Not for the faint of heart, this is a music lovers album on every level.
* Constants have just returned from a full European tour and will be announcing full US tourdates in the coming weeks.
Constants Live!
09.11.09 "Art Hop" @ 420 Pine St. Burlington, VT w/ Vitals
09.12.09 Casa del Popolo Montreal, Ont w/ The Yage Letters
09.13.09 The Boat Toronto, Ont w/ The Yage Letters
09.14.09 East Village Art Co-op London, Ont w/ The Yage Letters
09.15.09 Trumbellplex Detroit, MI w/ The Summer Pledge and Morseville Bridge
09.17.09 1009 N. Clinton Bloomington, IL w/ Zebras and The Night Brigade
09.19.09 The Cure is Knowledge @ The Plaza Skate Park Winnipeg w/ Comeback Kid, High Five Drive, The Lytics, Hope Atlantic and more
09.21.09 The Aquarium Fargo, ND w/ Sleeping In Gethsemene
09.24.09 Cactus Club Milwaukee, WI w/ White Problems
09.25.09 The Rhizome Rock Island, IL w/ Lord Green
09.27.09 Community School of Music Ithaca, NY
* Full US tour dates coming soon!
www.myspace.com/constants
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