Ash have today announed that their new studio album is now available for pre-order at PledgeMusic. The currently untitled album, their first full-length since Twilight of the Innocents in 2007, will be released early in 2015.
By ordering your copy of the new Ash album at PledgeMusic, you will gain access to exclusive content that will bring you closer to the band, the recording process, and Ash’s journey towards the release of the record than you’ve ever been before. You’ll receive updates directly from the studio and see the record’s tracklisting and artwork before anyone else.
There are a whole host of PledgeMusic exclusive items, such as signed handwritten lyric prints, and rare vinyl test pressings most of these are limited so order early to avoid disappointment.
Tim Wheeler has today released the music video for his new single “Vigil”. The video was filmed in New Hampshire last month with director by Alex Turvey and cameraman Jeremy Lynch.
Ash returned to the live arena this past weekend playing two shows in New York and New Jersey and gave a live debut to a new song with the working title “Fortune”. The setlist for both shows was as follows:
Tim Wheeler has posted an audio stream of the first single from his upcoming solo album Lost Domain. The track “Vigil” can be heard above. Tim said of the track:
It’s about the actual time that my dad died and we were at his bedside. We were by his bedside for three days, holding his hand, some of us sleeping on the floor and watching the sun come up over the mountains outside every morning. It was a really hard time, but kind of a beautiful time as well, with the closeness of the family. We were glad that we all got to be there and share that time together.
Tim will be heading to New Hampshire this weekend to shoot a promo video for the single.
Ash will release Letters from Alphabet City for Cassette Store Day on September 27th 2014. The limited edition cassette features 15 tracks from the A-Z Series hand picked by the band themselves.
SIDE 1
Return of White Rabbit / Arcadia / True Love 1980 / Dionysian Urge / Binary / Neon / Gallows Hill
SIDE 2
Dare to Dream / Tracers / Spellbound / The Dead Disciples / War With Me / Summer Snow / Midnight in the Garden / There is Hope Again
The cassette will be avaliable from independent record shops on Cassette Store Day and online the very next day from Post/Pop Records and ash-official.com.
Tim Wheeler has today announced a small selection of UK solo tour dates to support the release of his debut album Lost Domain, released on 3rd November. The live dates are as follows;
November 4th
Bush Hall, London
November 5th
Deaf Institute, Manchester
November 6th
ABC2, Glasgow
November 7th
Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
Tickets go on sale on Friday (5th) morning at 9am.
Ash frontman Tim Wheeler has today announced details of his forthcoming debut solo record Lost Domain, which is set for release on November 3 through Sony Red. You can hear the track “First Sign Of Spring” above.
Lost Domain artwork
The record deals with the death of Tim’s father to dementia and the subsequent effect it had on the singer’s life and family. Speaking about the situation, Wheeler said, “It was a really hard time, but the closeness within my family made it a powerful bonding time as well.”
Although Wheeler is credited as playing the majority of instruments on the album himself, ex-Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows is also featured, and there are performance credits for Fred Aspelin of Alberta Cross, the London Metropolitan Orchestra, Leanne Macomber of Neon Indian and Wenzl McGowen of Moon Hooch.
A portion of the proceeds gained from sales of the record will be given to the Alzheimer’s Society, a charity Wheeler has worked closely with since his father’s death. The album can be pre-ordered via Pledge Music now.
The tracklisting for Lost Domain is as follows:
Snow In Nara
End of An Era
Do You Ever Think of Me?
Hospital
Medicine
Vigil
First Sign of Spring
Vapour
Hold
Lost Domain
Monsoon
The four-track EP Sheltered Youth is also avaliable, featuring the following tracks:
Ash have announced they will be playing two US shows in September. They will be joining The Boomtown Rats, The Stunning and Mundy for The Big Session at Terminal 5 in New York on September 26, tickets are available now. They will also be playing Northern Soul in Hoboken New Jersey as part of Smithwick’s Sessions. This gig is on a first come first served basis, once venues are full no one else will be let in.
