Rhododendron * Ascent Effort [New LP] CD with slipcase Dehydration 5

Dehydration 5

personal disruptions and destruction

genre-defying band who channel the anxieties of each era—technology

I didn't have a concept when I started

an Andalusian Elegy~Sunday (Domingo)

Rhododendron * Ascent Effort [New LP] CD with slipcase Dehydration 5Transformation, growth, and rebirth drive Ascent Effort, the latest release from Portland, Oregon trio Rhododendron. The title points upward, but not toward arrival. The record documents a period of change defined as much by instability as progress, where confusion and renewal unfold at the same pace. Formed in 2019 while the band's members were still in high school, Rhododendron's Ezra Chong (guitar, vocals), Gage Walker (bass), and Noah Mortola