ADVENT HORIZON
US-based progressive rock group Advent Horizon returns with a new studio album titled Falling Together. The follow-up to their critically acclaimed album 2023 release A Cell to Call Home will be released on May 15th, 2026, and is available for pre-order now.
"Falling Together" is a record about holding your beliefs under a microscope, and determining whether they are truly yours, or whether they were planted by others when you were young and impressionable. Vocalist/Guitarist/Songwriter Rylee McDonald explains, “I’ve spent the past decade re-examining my upbringing and realized many of the ‘truths’ I was taught were carefully shaped beliefs. While rooted in my own experience, it revealed how we still divide ourselves by religion, politics, and class — an enduring ‘us vs. them.’ Falling together is my attempt to capture those reflections in song.”
Work on the new album traces back further than it might appear. Much of the material began taking shape during the sessions for A Cell To Call Home, when early ideas — including the expansive “In a Lone and Dreary World” — proved too large in scope to fit that record. Rather than force it into the previous release, the band set those songs aside and began shaping a follow-up built around the same musical DNA. By the time A Cell To Call Home arrived, roughly a third of the next album already existed, and the following year was spent refining and expanding it into a complete statement. The goal became clear: distill what makes the band distinct into something heavier, tighter, and more representative of their identity.
Track listing:
- In a lone and dreary world - 19:04
- Faith's window - 5:20
- Patience - 4:46
- Past life parable - 5:09
- Gravity I - 2:35
- Gravity II - 4:49
- Animals - 5:35
Advent Horizon is:
- Rylee McDonald - Vocals, guitars, keys, percussion
- Mike Lofgreen - Drums, percussion, screams
- Cason Wood - Bass, fretless bass, synthesizers, electric and acoustic pianos, organs, hand claps
- Grant Matheson - Vocals, keys, guitars
- Kristen McDonald - Vocals
Additional musicians:
- Zach Boorman - Guitars, pianos, synthesizers, backing vocals, percussion
- Doug Robinson - Supplemental guitar on “In a Lone and Dreary World”
- Cressa and Griffin McDonald - Background vocal ambience on “Animals”
Produced by Advent Horizon and Zach Boorman
Recorded, edited, and mixed by Zach Boorman
All tracks recorded at Cold House Studios in Provo, UT, January-May 2025
Mastered by Jens Bogren
Music and lyrics by Rylee McDonald and Mike Lofgreen (BMI)
Artwork, logo, and layout designs by Travis Smith
