The Lasers Edge presents “Our Road to Dust”, the first new album in nine years from New York City-based progressive rock troupe Edensong.
Hailed as a “a great example of contemporary Progressive Rock” by Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, Edensong has delighted audiences throughout the US and abroad with their genre-bending blend: a hard driving rhythm section, flute playing that ranges from serenely melodic to avant-garde, lush vocal harmonies, and more than a touch of orchestral ambition. They have supported diverse acts including Kings X, Ozric Tentacles, Pain Of Salvation, Neal Morse Band, and Anglagard, and have headlined their own tours throughout the US, UK, and Canada.
Edensong now returns with their long-awaited new studio album “Our Road to Dust” in 2025, their first since releasing the critically adored “Years in the Garden of Years” in 2016. Their first album to be crafted as a quartet, the record embodies the ambitious, detailed, and eclectic sound they have cultivated over the years, but is far heavier, more focused, and full of infectious melodic hooks.
With additional recording, sound design and production elements handled from allies across New York, London, and more, “Our Road to Dust” was produced and recorded by James Byron Schoen at Firecat Audio in New York City, mixed by Johan Martin, and mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden (Katatonia, Opeth, Amorphis). The record is completed with photography by Kelly Robertson and artwork by Nate Dorr and Ben Wigler.
With the lead single from “Our Road to Dust”, the epic title track which closes the album and features guest performances from Shelby Logan Warne (Kyros) on keys and Chris Baum (Bent Knee) on violin; James Schoen offers: “‘Our Road to Dust’ is Edensong’s first ever ‘title track’. We didn’t initially consider it a ‘single’, but it has always resonated deeply with us and others who have heard it. It’s our love letter to classic progressive rock and is perhaps the one song on the new album that feels like the most quintessentially classic ‘Edensong’”.
He continues: “This album marks a time of deep change for the band, both personally and sonically, and ‘Our Road to Dust’ is the thread that binds us to our past. It’s a song about getting older, losing loved ones, and the death of a dream, but also about brotherhood, taking stock of what really matters, and choosing – perhaps misguidedly – to keep traveling that dusty road. Oh, and there are plenty of odd meters and polyrhythms and other proggy nonsense along the way…”
Stream the new single “Our Road to Dust” here.
The prog authorities at The Lasers Edge will release “Our Road to Dust” on CD and on all digital platforms on May 9th, 2025. Find presaves and preorders through the label webshop and Bandcamp – with both standard and hi-res audio – here.
Videos and additional audio previews of the album will drop over the weeks leading up to its release.
Tracklist:
1. Of Ascents
2. The Illusion of Permanence
3. These Old Wounds
4. Black Crow
5. Hall of Statues
6. Book of Complaints
7. Of Ascents (Reprise)
8. Wykkr Bäsct
9. Our Road to Dust
Edensong will also return to the stage in support of the album, having already confirmed a release show in Brooklyn on May 8th, followed by a special performance at the Terra Incognita Festival in Quebec City on May 17th.
US Live Shows 2025:
5/08/2025 Main Drag Music – Brooklyn, NY *
5/17/2025 Festival Terra Incognita @ La Chapelle Spectacles – Quebec City, QC [tickets]
* (Record Release Show w/ Laura Meade and John Galgano)
Line-up:
James Byron Schoen – Vocals, electric/acoustic guitars, Portuguese guitarra, six string banjo, keyboards
TD “BenBen” Towers – Vocals, bass guitars
Barry Seroff – Flute, bass and alto flutes
Nick DiGregorio – Drums, percussion
Guest contributions:
Chris Baum – violin (8, 9)
Shelby Logan Warne – mellotron (9), Keyboards, sequencing (4)
Stefan Paolini – piano (5)
Robby Schwartz – additional backing vocals (9)
Josh Wigler, Emily Fox, Alana Rosen – additional vocals and sounds (4)
