Johnny McAndrews · Album
Ascension
If I could come back changed, how much of myself would I want to keep?
Album · January 16, 2026
About Ascension
I can put a fear into a ruined city, or give it a body made of metal, and still find myself asking a very small question: would you stay? That question keeps finding its way through Ascension, even as the world around it gets stranger.
There’s a story running through these songs. I’d like you to find your way through it before I tell you where everything leads. The machines and the wreckage give me a way to get close to things that can be difficult to say without them.
Tracklist
- 4:24Spotify
Lightning Strike
About this song
I'm ready to feel something, even if it catches me off guard.
- 2:23Spotify
Aftershock
About this song
The moment has passed. My hands haven't caught up yet.
- 5:04Spotify
Storm in the Sky
About this song
I keep looking for your hand when there's nothing else to hold on to.
- 4:24Spotify
The Machine
About this song
If I could stop hurting, what else would I lose?
- 3:37Spotify
Disintegrate
About this song
I want to let you in. I don't know what you'll change.
- 5:19Spotify
Virus
About this song
The thought feels like mine. That's what makes me uneasy.
- 5:54Spotify
Shut Down the World, Pt. 1
About this song
I want a little space where nobody gets to decide who we are.
- 6:01Spotify
Shut Down the World, Pt. 2
About this song
I can keep fighting. I'm less sure what I'll have left afterward.
- 5:17Spotify
Ascension
About this song
I can leave without pretending none of it mattered.
- 3:47Spotify
Rust
About this song
Will you still want to be here when I have less to give?
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