I’ll gladly go on record to say that I could be perfect happy to never hear Geoff Rickley from Thursday sing anything again, ever. Though they and I hail from the same Garden State, I was never a Thursday fan and remain true to that inclination. Pelican don’t feel the same way, and fair enough. The Chicagoan outfit — traditionally but by no means at this point exclusively instrumentalist — have Rickley singing on “Cascading Crescent” on this new EP complementing earlier 2025’s Flickering Resonance LP (review here), as well as two songs that I bought on the Adrift tape last year as they were getting money together to record the album, as well as an off-album track that isn’t streaming or I’d probably be telling you how long it is.

Oh and there’s a European tour with Russian Circles newly announced, tying together previous fest confirmations at Desertfest Oslo, Sonic Whip, Desertfest Berlin, Sonic Rites, and others. It all came down the PR wire thusly:

PELICAN – Ascending EP

Excited to share that our new EP Ascending is coming January 23 from Run For Cover – click the link in our bio to hear the previously un-streamable vocal version of “Cascading Crescent” feat. Geoff Rickly from Thursday. Originally recorded for the “Cascading Crescent” vinyl-only 7” (limited to 500 copies and very sold out), we had the chance to perform this version live in Cleveland when our tours intersected this past July, as documented in the music video out today. The experience made us eager for more folks to hear how Geoff’s melodies re-contextualize the song.

The EP is rounded out by “Ascending,” a hypnotic epic recorded at the Flickering Resonance sessions, and the vinyl debut of “Adrift” and “Tending The Embers,” recorded and self-released in 2024 just as we’d begun piecing the album together.

In honor of the EP, Laurent teamed with Will Killingsworth of Dead Air Studios to create Resonance, a custom reverb pedal that interacts with users’ playing and resonates in unique ways, varying from light echo to lush soundscapes to self-oscillating frenzy. The pedal and a new shirt design are available from the RFC site via the link in our bio.

We’ve also added some headline dates to our upcoming EU tour with Russian Circles. Hope to see you out there

Feb 1 – Something In The Way – Boston, MA
Feb 28 – Doom City Festival – Mexico City, MX
May 5 – Kollektivet Livet – Stockholm, SE
May 6 – Monument – Gothenburg, SE
May 7 – Skraen – Aalburg, SE
May 8 – Desertfest – Oslo, NO *
May 9 – A Colossal Weekend – Copenhagen, DK *
May 11 – Gruenspan – Hamburg, DE *
May 12 – Live Music Hall – Köln, DE *
May 13 – P8 – Karlsruhe, DE *
May 14 – dunk!festival – Zottegem, BE *
May 15 – Sonic Whip – Nijmegen, NL *
May 16 – Desertfest – Berlin, DE *
May 18 – Arena – Vienna, AT *
May 19 – Durer Kert – Budapest, HUN
May 20 – MeetFactory – Prague, CZ *
May 21 – Technikum – Munich, DE *
May 23 – Sonic Rites – Helsinki, FI *
* w/ Russian Circles

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Pelican, Flickering Resonance (2025)