Ascent: Secrets Of Flight – Music Review

Submitted for your approval…. a husband an wife duo making music under a vague moniker, collecting a disparate bunch of influences and somehow making it all work. That is what you get when you peel back the lid on Secrets of Flight by ASCENT. Hailing from LA husband and wife team of Christina and Bruce Baldwin take the attention away from them selves directly with the clever name and an even more clever musical palate. Their adventurousness and ability brings everything together lock tight, and still leaves room for pop catchyness.

I miss the old days (the 1980s) when a band had a song named after themselves and it was often the best song they had or it was their only good song at times. “Ascension” almost does the trick as a very strong lead track with electronics, a cool beat and Christina’s sultry vocals. “Ascension” takes a few turns stylistically and lands at an upbeat, urgent pop rock song. “Adaptation” has a cool bass line and even cooler lyrics. Christina doubles her own melodies here to great effect. The chorus is a little light for my tastes, but I like the risk

of contrasting the darker sown verses with the musical ear candy. “Talking In Circles” is a real surprise track. The beat is like a Bangra-influenced Trip-Hop trance, but the guitar lines have a Middle-Eastern slickness that is really impressive. U2 has

been trying to copy this style for years and couldn’t do it as well. The outro of the song has a terrific percussion heavy vibe going on. Although the musical backdrop is solid, Christina really shines when she hangs herself out there vocally. She’s very creative in her melodic choices on cuts like “Vacancy”, “Independence” and “Indigo”. She really has a lot of sass and charisma too, which just adds to the fuel of these tracks. “Act of Grace” was my favorite track with its ethereal mood and beautiful piano parts. When the duo falls into the strict balladry of “Hiding from Reality”, I found myself less moved. Making up for that is the epic closing song “Descent” (clever, again). When they mix all of these different elements (spoken word, goth, industrial, capoeria, prog, rap) into a fun, digital stew and let Christina work her magic- that is truly when ASCENT is at their zenith.

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Author: Keith Chachkes