photos by Kelly Robertson
Following the May release of their now acclaimed third album, Our Road To Dust, on The Lasers Edge, New York City’s eclectic progressive rock quartet EDENSONG has been announced to play the annual ProgDay festival this month.
ProgDay 2025 marks the 30th edition of the world’s longest-running progressive rock festival, the gathering set to take place Saturday, August 30th and Sunday, August 31st at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The event will include performances by Nospun, Ensemble Volcanic Ash, Mono Means One, Inner Ear Brigade, The Twenty Committee, Woodenhead, and Corima, with EDENSONG closing out the festivities on Sunday night.
The band’s James Schoen writes, “EDENSONG is incredibly excited to be making our third trip to ProgDay! It’s just a legendary festival, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a more eclectic ‘prog’ lineup anywhere else. Each of our performances has been with a different incarnation of EDENSONG and has marked a very different chapter in the band’s evolution. It’s exciting to get a chance to showcase new material from Our Road to Dust and breathe new life into some classic songs as a quartet. Thanks to Michael and the rest of the ProgDay crew for inviting us back!”
EDENSONG Live:
8/31/2025 ProgDay @ Storybook Farm – Chapel Hill, NC [tickets]
Since 2004, 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’s acclaimed third album Our Road To Dust – their first album to be crafted as a quartet – 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 EDENSONG 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, and mixed by Johan Martin/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.
Listen to EDENSONG’s Our Road To Dust on all digital services and watch the lyric videos for “Hall Of Statues,” “Book Of Complaints,” and “Our Road To Dust” HERE.
Our Road To Dust is available on CD at The Lasers Edge label webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
“Musically, it often teeters on the edge of a prog-metal explosion but never quite spills over, defusing the tension via big melodic passages and sparse acoustic segments instead. There are plenty of rhythmic shifts to keep things interesting and vocal harmonies to die for. It’s a captivating musical journey and one that will hopefully continue for a long time to come.” – Prog Magazine
“The influences in their music are both old and new, resulting in a varied collection of tunes. The inclusion of flutes in some tracks draws an obvious comparison to the likes of Jethro Tull and Camel…gems like this don’t appear too often, and you need to seek them out.” – The Progspace
“…it is fresh, modern, bold, artistic, and their melodic sensibilities will have you coming back for more time and time again. 9/10” – Metal Temple
“EDENSONG’s Our Road To Dust is one of the best progressive rock albums of the year…It is as if Kansas and Jethro Tull took a walk through the desert and came up with this concept and these wonderful songs. Every note is a perfect reminder that there are…great American progressive rock bands…take EDENSONG’s wonderful life journey and sit down somewhere that you can enjoy it in its entirety, without interruption.” – Progressive Rock Central
“…a reflection on fractured artistic relationships, petty conflict, and the odd places inspiration can strike.” – Sonic Perspectives
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