Six Organs of Admittance, the braindchild of Californian Ben Chasny, is returning with a new album titled Ascent on August 21. I’m told that through the writing process, Ben “cast his mind forward and foresaw an epic of science-fantastic proportion – a trip involving humans in space, and the combination of fallibility and cold fate that our lives mean in the crushing all-jaws of the Universe”. Take that for whatever it’s worth to you, or just listen to new track “One Thousand Birds”. Tour dates below as well.

Tour Dates

Thu. Sep. 20 — San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Fri. Sep. 21 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Sat. Sep. 22 — San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Tue. Oct. 2 — Vancouver, BC @ The Waldorf Cabaret
Wed. Oct. 3 — Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Thu. Oct. 4 — Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Tue. Nov. 27 — Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
Wed. Nov. 28 –Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
Thu. Nov. 29 — Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo
Fri. Nov. 30 — Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Sat. Dec. 1 — New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
Sun. Dec. 2 — Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Mon. Dec. 3 — Washington, DC @ DC9
Wed. Dec. 5 — Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
Thu. Dec. 6 — Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub
Fri. Dec. 7 — Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
Sat. Dec. 8 — Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle