With recent shows at The Roundhouse in London, appearances at ATP and from being heavily featured in Black Dog Publishing's 'No Wave' book, interest in Glenn Branca is on the up again. These days it's hard to listen to Glenn Branca without thinking of Sonic Youth, whose two guitarists (Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo) both served tours of duties in Branca's guitar armies. That famous guitar sound, dissonant, jarring, clanging, ringing, chiming, heavenly, beautiful, which first appeared in the Static and the Theoretical Girls, would be used by Sonic Youth in more accessible manners to influence a new generation of alternative rockers. Acute's release of The Ascension marks its domestic debut on CD, and to celebrate, we've added lots of extras. Our version is completely remixed by Chicago neo-no wave legend Weasel Walter of the Flying Luttenbachers. We have added a short but intense video clip of Glenn performing live in Soho from 1978. Lee Ranaldo has also supplied us with liner notes that give a fascinating insight not only on his work with Branca, but on the overall social and artistic atmosphere of downtown New York City in the early 80s. Additional artwork by Robert Longo (who designed the original cover) is also included.