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Devine’s election also coincided with the growth of a broader conservative, Christian legal movement that has since been ascendent across the nation.

The second, “16 Carriages” is a soulful slow-burn with ascendent organs and steel guitar, Beyoncé singing an ode to hard work and legacy.

It is necessary context for the band’s 14th studio album, “Saviors,” which maintains Green Day’s no-nonsense criticism of power players delivered atop ascendent power chords.

Or just another way to appreciate the smooth turns of her Latin-pop meets R&B meets reggaetón meets something more ascendent.

“World on Fire” is theatrical arena rock to the highest degree — big drums and bigger power chords — sonically ascendent and thematically frustrated.