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Ash have today confirmed details of the bonus tracks that will appear on the upcoming A-Z Vol. 1 release. The tracks are all newly recorded, including a re-recorded version of Carly Simon’s Coming Around Again, the band originally recorded this for a radio session back in 1995. The full list of bonus tracks is as follows:

Return Of White Rabbit
Coming Around Again
The Creeps
CTRL-ALT-DEL
Do You Feel It?

The Japanese release will also contain two further bonus tracks:
Kamakura
Disenchanted

A-Z Vol. 1 is released on 19th April 2010 and is available to pre-order now.

Ash have revealed details of the 3rd free and exclusive bonus track to be given away to A-Z series subscribers. Subscribe to the groundbreaking A-Z Series before midnight Thursday 25th February 2010 and receive an exclusive bonus track, ‘Night Terrors’.

Night Terrors will NOT be available anywhere else, the ONLY way to get this track is to subscribe to the A-Z Series now in the Ash store. The free bonus track will be sent to both new and current subscribers the w/c 1st March.

Ash have announced today that they will release A-Z Vol. 1 on the 19th April 2010 through Atomic Heart Records. The release marks the halfway point in Ash’s groundbreaking 26 single campaign the A-Z Series. Wrapping up singles A to M, the CD will also feature a host of bonus material. There will also be a limited edition CD/DVD format, featuring the A-Z Tour diary filmed last autumn. The band are currently back in their Manhattan Studio recording tracks which will complete the second half of the series. The A-Z Vol. 1 track listing is as follows:

Return Of White Rabbit
A. True Love 1980
B. Joy Kicks Darkness
C. Arcadia
D. Tracers
E. The Dead Disciples
F. Pripyat
G. Ichiban
H. Space Shot
I. Neon
J. Command
K. TBA
L. TBA
M. TBA
i. TBA
ii. TBA
iii. TBA
iv. TBA

Ash released the third single in the A-Z series ‘Arcadia’ yesterday. Frontman Tim Wheeler has posted the lyrics of the song and a brief introduction message:

Dear friends and fiends,

It’s great to hear Arcadia getting such a good reaction from you. This song was a little gift from the cosmos. One day this spring I was walking to the studio instead of taking the subway because it was a really nice day. Somewhere between Union Square and the Flatiron building the melody of the chorus started to evolve in my head. It kept going round in a loop, so I rushed to the studio to record a quick guide melody before I had the chance to forget it. It’s one of the freshest songs we have, we started recording it in the last session we did with Rick. I think it was in May. Then I started writing the lyrics on the plane back to NYC from the Kendal Calling festival. The recording was only finished a few months ago in August. We’ve played it every night of this tour and I’m looking forward to seeing people singing along now that it’s been released

Here are the lyrics for your pleasure…

Tim

x.

Arcadia
Light up, spark the detonator
Now I’m homeward bound, way to see you later
If you make that step you’re the instigator
Got my mind made up, I’ll be your navigator
If you want me to travel over moonlit miles
For a precious smile
Following my lonely heart
Call on me, take me…

Far over the seas
I return in my dreams
Sailing home under the stars
To be safe in your arms
Ever near, travel through time
Ever close in my mind
Say you will truly be mine
Say you’ll always be mine

We are a winning combination
We’re two stars aligned in a constellation
When I get too low you’re my inspiration
Never let me down, you’re a revelation
One that comes along once in a lifetime
Oh I realise
You give me love free and wild
Oh my child, lead me…

Far over the seas
I return in my dreams
Sailing home under the stars
To be safe in your arms
Ever near, travel through time
Ever close in my mind
Say you will truly be mine
Say you’ll always be mine

Our empire stretches from the deserts
To the ice fields
Love and courage can take us anywhere
We dare to go

Far over the seas
I return in my dreams
Sailing home under the stars
To be safe in your arms
Ever near, travel through time
Ever close in my mind
Say you will truly be mine
Say you’ll always be mine

Ash released the second single in the A-Z series ‘Joy Kicks Darkness’ today. Frontman Tim Wheeler has posted the lyrics of the song and a brief introduction message:

“I love that we’ve just released our second single in a month. We’re 6 shows into the tour and are having a blast. The Panama Kings have renamed the tour from A-Z to A-Dead. So far no casualties though.

Here are the lyrics for Joy Kicks Darkness to celebrate it’s release. The lyrics are about mortality with funeral pyre imagery and references to Ulysses. The title comes from a Jack Kerouac quote, I switched the first two words around.

We started recording the song a year ago and finished sometime in the spring. It’s so great to play live.

Many more beauties like this to come…”

The lyrics to the song are as follows:

Joy Kicks Darkness
On the wind the ashes rise
I’ve been searching for you all of my life
Tears are welling in your eyes
Listen to me Daddy, you don’t need to cry
For I know one of these days
I will travel there among the vast array and take my place

Here we go
we’ll leave all fear behind
Sailing into the sun
This is our time
Death and glory
Supreme sacrifice
We will meet again
On the other side
Rising into the light

We can’t wait, there is no time
You cannot predict when lightning will strike
There’s no chance to hesitate
Destiny has looked you straight in the face and called your name

Here we go
we’ll leave all fear behind
Sailing into the sun
This is our time
Death and glory
Supreme sacrifice
We will meet again
On the other side
Rising into the light
We’ll meet again
Be released in the end

Here we go
we’ll leave all fear behind
Sailing into the sun
This is our time
Death and glory
Supreme sacrifice
We will meet again
On the other side

Come on
We’re going into the light

Here we go
we’ll leave all fear behind
Sailing into the sun
This is our time
Death and glory
Supreme sacrifice
We will meet again
On the other side

Ash have today announced that Joy Kicks Darkness will be the next single released in the A-Z series. The single, letter B of the series will be available from Monday 26th October as download and limited 7″ vinyl.

Ash have released the full subscription details of the A-Z singles series. The band will release 26 singles in one year, with a new single released every two weeks. The singles will be available as digital downloads and limited edition 7″ vinyls. There will also be a limited edition vinyl collectors box available. Subscription opens on October 6th. The full pricing details are as follows:

DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
Subscription to all 26 tracks: £13
Individual downloads will be available from all digital retailers

LIMITED 7″ VINYLS
Subscription to all 26 vinyls and downloads: £130 (inc. p&p)
+ 7″ Vinyl Collector’s box for £10 (plus £2.50 p&p)
Individual 7″ Vinyls will be priced at £5 (inc. p&p)

LIMITED 7″ VINYL COLLECTOR’S BOX
This is exclusive to ashofficial.com: £20* (plus £2.50 p&p)
*Note there is a £10 discount when purchased with Limited 7″ Vinyl Subscription.

For more details and to subscribe to the series visit the Ash Store

Ash have also produced a promotional video which you can see below. The video was produced by Big Button with Nico acting as director/Lead Animator.

To celebrate the first plays of the bands next single True Love 1980 on the radio last night, frontman Tim Wheeler has posting the lyrics to the song:

True Love 1980
True love
A silver heart upon a chain
In 1980 was engraved
A heart so innocent
Before you knew a world of pain
Before you learned to be afraid
And lived through times so cruel
But you can start again
For what you mean to me
No words they can explain

I’ve been trying to discover
Something that can last forever
We’re two fools who stand divided
You and I should be united
True, true love

I watch you dance across the room
Your eyes are closed, so beautiful
You’re in another place
The music has enraptured you
So free of cares, I wish that you
Could always feel this way
Oh we can start again
For what you mean to me
I’ll never walk away

I’ve been trying to discover
Something that can last forever
We’re two fools who stand divided
You and I should be united
Don’t be scared of your emotions
I will give you my devotion
True, true love

True love
A silver heart upon a chain
In 1980 was engraved
A heart so innocent
Yeah we can start again
For what you mean to me
No-one could take your place

I’ve been trying to discover
Something that can last forever
We’re two fools who stand divided
You and I should be united
I’ve been trying to discover
Something that can last forever
Don’t be scared of your emotions
I will give you my devotion
True, true love