6th August 2007 - Twilight Of The Innocents In North America
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ASH's latest and 'final' album 'Twilight of the Innocents', released in the UK at the beginning of July, is now available to purchase in Canada. The album hasn't yet been released in the U.S. and it seems unlikely that it will be for a few months, as the band will not be available to tour in America until January next year.
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16th July 2007 - Twilight Of The Innocents
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After entering the UK album chart last week at number 32, ASH's latest and 'final' album 'Twilight of the Innocents' last night slipped down to number 89. While the album actually rose in the Irish charts from last week's 26 to 22.
You can purchase the album now from Virgin Megastore, HMV or download it from iTunes, or get it from any good record store or supermarket.
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8th July 2007 - Twilight of the Innocents Enters UK Album Chart
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ASH's final album 'Twilight of the Innocents' today entered the UK album chart at number 32. The album unfortunately dropped a few places from it's mid week position of number 28.
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5th July 2007 - Twilight of the Innocents
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Ash have released their highly anticipated, last ever studio album 'Twilight Of The Innocents'. The album is an anthemic, pop rock masterclass and shows ASH at their very best! Album highlights include the singles 'You Can't Have It All' and 'Polaris'. You can order your copy from iTunes right now with an exclusive two-part video documentary about the making of the album!
Below are some of things that have been written about the final studio album!
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"The perfect summer rock album" - Heat magazine
"Spikey blasts of pop sunshine, big guitars and even bigger choruses" - The London Paper
"Anthemic pop rock" - Independent On Sunday
"Proof That Growing Old can mean getting better 4/5" - The Mirror
"A clutch of brooding, widescreen epics revealing an unexpected sense of adventure 4/5" - Daily Mail
"Twilight..... is a reassuringly pop collection from Downpatricks cartoon wreckheads. But this time the three minute pop gems are stretched out with strings and emotion. 7/10" - NME
"A hot mix of crunchy melodies. ****" - Nuts
"Wheeler has confounded the sceptics and delivered an album of consistent quality and assurance." - Classic Rock
"Gum-tingling power pop that burns with radio friendly hooks and blistering guitar solos." - Mojo
"Now beginning to bloom into a big league British rock band 8/10" - Rocksound
"A stash of great tunes.... Splendid." - Uncut
2nd July 2007 - Twilight Of The Innocents - New Album Out Now!
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The wait is finally over! Over a year since ASH moved into their New York studio armed with 27 demos, pizza and a determination to follow up 2004's Top 5 album 'Meltdown' with their best work yet, ASH release their new and "last" album today, July 2nd, on CD, limited edition CD, 12" vinyl, download and iTunes.
The album includes download 'I Started A Fire', singles 'You Can't Have It All' and 'Polaris', future single 'End of the World' and live favourite the epic title track 'Twilight of the Innocents'.
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"Masterpiece" - RockSound / "Splendid" - Uncut / "gum-tingling power-pop" - Mojo
Twilight Of The Innocents tracklisting:
1. I Started A Fire
2. You Can't Have It All
3. Blacklisted
4. Polaris
5. Palace Of Excess
6. End Of The World
7. Ritual
8. Shadows
9. Princess Six
10. Dark And Stormy
11. Shattered Glass
12. Twilight Of The Innocents
ASH will be at the Oxford Street Virgin Megastore in London tonight (July 2nd) at 6pm, to celebrate the launch of the new album 'Twilight Of The Innocents' and then perform an acoustic set, sign copies, smile incessantly and kiss babies. Call in today to get wristbands or just push your way in... they'll hardly kick you out!
29th June 2007 - ASH On Twilight Of The Innocents
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"We're as busy as ever at the moment, we just finished the run of in-stores we told you about, all of which went really well. It was fantastic to see so many of you again and the live performances and signings were among the best we've done! Thanks to all of you who took the time to come along and bought copies of Polaris!
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Our final ever studio album 'Twilight Of The Innocents' comes out on Monday, 2nd July. The album includes the singles 'You Can't Have It All' and 'Polaris'. Our decision to make this the last album was one we had in mind for some time; we have always been a band that has moved with the times and we think that releasing digital only singles will not only benefit us as artists but will benefit you, the fans! We're going to be able to get more great tracks to you more consistently!
As far as final albums go, we are really proud that this is it, as a body of work we honestly think its up there with the best we have done. You can pre-order your copy from iTunes right now with an exclusive two-part video documentary about the making of the album and extra track 'New Tattoo'.
We're playing an in-store on Monday 2nd July at Virgin Megastore Oxford Street to mark the album release, we'll be performing and signing copies of Twilight Of The Innocents, and we perform at 6pm, hope to see you down there!
As always, thanks for the support, it really does mean a lot, we hope you like the final album! Thanks, Ash."
29th June 2007 - Twilight Of The Innocents - New Album Out Monday!
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ASH's new and "last" album is released next Monday, July 2nd and you can pre-order it on iTunes. iTunes orders include the exclusive album track 'New Tattoo'.
You can listen now to the whole of the fantastic new ASH album 'Twilight of the Innocents' right now on at www.nme.com. Click on Media Player on the right hand side, a new window will open and you either need to register or log in, and click 'next' as TOTI is now on the second page.
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The NME Media Player also has an interview with Tim, where he talks about each track and you hear clips of each song, if you'd like to wait till Monday for the full album.
Twilight Of The Innocents tracklisting:
1. I Started A Fire
2. You Can't Have It All
3. Blacklisted
4. Polaris
5. Palace Of Excess
6. End Of The World
7. Ritual
8. Shadows
9. Princess Six
10. Dark And Stormy
11. Shattered Glass
12. Twilight Of The Innocents
13. New Tattoo (iTunes pre-order only)
ASH will be at the Oxford Street Virgin Megastore in London on July 2nd at 6pm, to celebrate the launch of the new album 'Twilight Of The Innocents' and then perform an acoustic set, sign copies, smile incessantly and kiss babies. Call in on the day to get wristbands or just push your way in... they'll hardly kick you out!
ASH are also playing a secret gig at The Boogaloo, London tonight and an exclusive iTunes show at the London ICA on Sunday July 8th.
27th June 2007 - Twilight Of The Innocents - New Album Out Monday!
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ASH's new and "last" album is released next Monday, July 2nd and you can pre-order it on iTunes. iTunes orders include the exclusive album track 'New Tattoo'.
ASH are also playing an exclusive iTunes show at the London ICA on Sunday July 8th. Get to www.ash-official.com straight away to find out how you can win tickets - first come, first serve! If you need any help answering the question look in the TOTI section (4th Jan '07).
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Twilight Of The Innocents tracklisting:
1. I Started A Fire
2. You Can't Have It All
3. Blacklisted
4. Polaris
5. Palace Of Excess
6. End Of The World
7. Ritual
8. Shadows
9. Princess Six
10. Dark And Stormy
11. Shattered Glass
12. Twilight Of The Innocents
13. New Tattoo (iTunes pre-order only)
26th June 2007 - Twilight Of The Innocents - Listen Now!
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You can listen now to the whole of the fantastic new ASH album 'Twilight of the Innocents' a whole week before it's released next Monday (2nd July) at www.nme.com.
Click on the Media Player button on the right hand side of the home page, a new window will open and you either need to register or log in, and then TOTI is the sixth link down the left hand side. Two links above is an interview with Tim and 30 second clips of the tracks.
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26th June 2007 - Twilight Of The Innocents - New Album Out Monday!
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Following the release of singles YCHIA and 'Polaris' ASH's new and final album 'Twilight of the Innocents' will be released on Monday, 2nd July, on CD, 12" vinyl and download.
To celebrate the much anticipated release, ASH will playing a run of four nights at the London KOKO, from Tuesday to Friday next week. A few tickets are still available.
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On the left is the album artwork and below is the Twilight Of The Innocents Tracklisting:
1. I Started A Fire (formerly The Girl Who Can't Be Owned / Can't Be Owned)
2. You Can't Have It All
3. Blacklisted
4. Polaris (formerly Paino Song)
5. Palace Of Excess (formerly Suicide Girls / Subterraneans)
6. End Of The World
7. Ritual (formerly Roulette / Keep It In)
8. Shadows
9. Princess Six
10. Dark And Stormy
11. Shattered Glass
12. Twilight Of The Innocents (formerly In Hell / The Boy Who Lived In Hell)
The Japanese release of 'Twilight of the Innocents' is on 2CDs and features YCHIA b-side 'Saskia' as a bonus album track and a second live CD featuring material spanning across over 13 years of ASH. The live recordings are likely to come from the Higher Education UK tour earlier this year.
1. I Started A Fire (formerly The Girl Who Can't Be Owned / Can't Be Owned)
2. You Can't Have It All
3. Blacklisted
4. Polaris (formerly Paino Song)
5. Palace Of Excess (formerly Suicide Girls / Subterraneans)
6. End Of The World
7. Ritual (formerly Roulette / Keep It In)
8. Shadows
9. Princess Six
10. Dark And Stormy
11. Shattered Glass
12. Twilight Of The Innocents (formerly In Hell / The Boy Who Lived In Hell)
13. Saskia
1. Lose Control
2. Burn Baby Burn
3. You Can't Have It All
4. Orpheus
5. Walking Barefoot
6. Polaris
7. A Life Less Ordinary
8. Girl from Mars
9. Twilight Of The Innocents
10. Petrol
11. I Started A Fire
12. Kung Fu
31st May 2007 - The Twilight Of The Innocents Demos Where Are They Now?
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Before ASH started to record the album 'Twilight of the Innocents' they demoed 27 different songs. Below are the titles of each of these demos and what has happened to each of the... Whether they made the album, have been released as a b-side and had a name change.
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1. Wasted on You
2. Princess Six On the album
3. Suicide Girls On the album now titled 'Palace of Excess'
4. Lay Down Your Arms
5. Rope Dancer
6. Roulette On the album now titled 'Ritual'
7. Shadows On the album
8. Piano Song On the album now titled 'Polaris' and released as 2nd TOTI single
9. Hospital
10. Saskia B-side to 'You Cant Have It All'
11. You Can't Have It All On the album and released as 1st TOTI single
12. What Is The Meaning B-side to 'You Cant Have It All' now titled 'Comet Temple 1'
13. Dead Fairy
14. Wish You Were Dead
15. A Little High - B-side to 'Polaris' now titled 'Kingdom of Shadow'
16. Thin Air
17. Obsolete
18. Come On Over B-side to 'Polaris'
19. Can't Be Owned On the album now titled 'I Started A Fire' and released as free download
20. New Tattoo
21. Running Away Again
22. Carlos D
23. Dark and Stormy On the album
24. Shattered Glass On the album
25. End of the World On the album
26. Kill Your Friends
27. In Hell On the album now titled 'Twilight of the Innocents'
More of these demos may appear as b-sides to singles released after the album has been released (2nd July) or may even be held back to be worked upon for future albums or recordings.
'Polaris' b-side 'Chinese New Year' is a song ASH began performing live acoustically in 1999 before it was retired in January 2001. While 'Singapore Song', which is rumoured to be set for an exclusive iTunes release, has previously been performed live only once in January 2000 and demoed/recorded for both 'Free All Angels' and 'Meltdown' albums.
The other track to make it into the album 'Blacklisted' not one of the original demos and was written during the recording process.
4th April 2007 - Twilight Of The Innocents - New Album Title Officially Revealed!
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Well after teasing everyone for the past few months playing the Hangman game ASH are glad to finally announce the title for the new album! (Drum roll...) TWILIGHT OF THE INNOCENTS.
The album will be released on Monday 2nd of July just before ASH's run of KOKO shows in London. There has also been a fourth KOKO date added on Friday 6th July.
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On the left is the album artwork and official press release photos. Below is the Twilight Of The Innocents Tracklisting:
1. I Started A Fire (formerly The Girl Who Can't Be Owned / Can't Be Owned)
2. You Can't Have It All
3. Blacklisted
4. Polaris (formerly Paino Song)
5. Palace Of Excess (formerly Suicide Girls / Subterraneans)
6. End Of The World
7. Ritual (formerly Roulette / Keep It In)
8. Shadows
9. Princess Six
10. Dark And Stormy
11. Shattered Glass
12. Twilight Of The Innocents (formerly In Hell / The Boy Who Lived In Hell)
4th April 2007 - Album Details Delay
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As previously reported ASH were planning to do a press release on Monday past, to announce the new album title (TOTI) and tracklisting. This has been delayed as they are trying to decide on the final title for a certain song... The full album details will be coming very soon.
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30th March 2007 - Twilight of the I........ Album Details
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Ok so a lot of sites have been jumping the gun and announcing what the full title is for the new album 'TOTI', but the official ASH press release will be on Monday (2nd April) with title, tracklisting, Artwork and new Bio.
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27th March 2007 - Guess The ASH Album Title (TOTI) Hangman Style - Final Round
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'T' beat 'O' in round 7 and so has almost brought the hangman competition to it's natural end. We're now at T _ _ _ _ GHT / OF / TH _ / I _ _ _ _ _ _ T _ remember 'TOTI' was giving to us at the start. So ASH have decided to wrap the game up with one final round, there's 5 potential titles in the final hangman poll to vote for.
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What the heck is the final title? Find out more and vote at ASH-Official.
20th March 2007 - Guess The Ash Album Title (TOTI) Hangman Style
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For starters ASH let us know the first letter of each word 'TOTI'. Rounds 1 and 3 revealed there was no 'A' or 'M' in the title, rounds 2, 4 and 5 revealed there was a 'G', a 'F' and two 'H's. Now Round 6 has revealed another two 'I's.
T _ I _ IGH _ / OF / TH _ / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Go to the ASH Official forum to vote in Round 7.
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12th March 2007 - Guess The Ash Album Title (TOTI) Hangman Style
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For starters ASH let us know the first letter of each word. Rounds 1 and 3 revealed there was no 'A' or 'M' in the title, rounds 2 and 4 revealed there was a 'G' and a 'F'. Now round 5 has revealed two 'H's. T _ _ _ _ GH _ / OF / TH _ / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Go to the ASH Official forum to vote in Round 6.
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3rd March 2007 - 'TOTI' Tracklisting
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Mark revealed last night, following the gig in Liverpool during which he came stage for encore and played 'Petrol' wearing a Moose's head, that ASH have decided which of 14 tracks recorded for 'TOTI' will be on the album. Only two haven't made it, but which 12 will be on the album? You'll have to wait a little longer to find out...
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3rd March 2007 - Guess The Ash Album Title (TOTI) Hangman Style
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For starts ASH let us know the first letter of each word. Then round 1 and 3 revealed there was no 'A' or 'M' in the title, round 2 revealed there was a 'G' and now round 4 has revealed there's a 'F'. T _ _ _ _ G _ _ / OF / T _ _ / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Go to the ASH official forum to vote in Round 4.
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27th February 2007 - Polaris 2nd Pre Album Single?
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Following the release of new single 'You Can't Have It All' in April, 'Polaris' is rumoured to the second pre album single released at the end of the May. Though nothing concerning the second pre 'TOTI' single has yet been confirmed, the new album 'TOTI' will be released in early July.
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26th February 2007 - New ASH Logo
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The ASH logo used on the Higher Education tour posters has now been confirmed as the ASH logo that will be used for the forthcoming album 'TOTI'.
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25th February 2007 - The 'I Started A Fire' Video
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The 'I Started A Fire' video filmed in rehearsals in New York, before the current tour, is now available from www.ash-official.com. The video was shot and edited by their friend Josh Kletzkin. It's nothing too fancy... Wait til you see the video for the upcoming single 'You Can't Have It All'!
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23rd February 2007 - Guess The Ash Album Title (TOTI) Hangman Style
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Round 1 revealed there was no 'A' in the title, round 2 revealed there was a 'G' and now round 3 revealed there was no 'M'. So as it stands we have no got very far with the guessing the title of the new Ash album, with only five letters revealed.
T _ _ _ _ G _ _ /O _ /T _ _ /I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Go to the ASH official forum to vote in Round 4.
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ASH revealed last night that they currently plan to release new album 'TOTI' on Monday 2nd July, proceeded by two singles proper, 'You Can't Have It All' and another which has not yet been confirmed.
20th February 2007 - New Interview With Rick
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Rick has been taking to NME.com about the new album and how though lyrically darker, the album is popper than 2004's Meltdown. It is prevealed that the yet untitled album (TOTI) is likely to be released in July (Mark has confirmed seperately today that two singles proper will proceed the album release). Read the full interview.
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15th February 2007 - 'I Started A Fire' Further Details
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'I Started A Fire' is a free download. It is a FREE sneak preview track from the new album. "Let's say it's a present from us to you guys. There's also a video we made for it in rehearsals. Nothing fancy but just something we thought would be good for online..." - Mark
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Mark thinks it is exclusive for a week to the NUS website (www.nusextra.co.uk/music/ IF you have paid £10 to get the NUS Extra card it is available NOW) and then it'll be freely available on Monday 19th Feb from www.ash-official.com.
14th February 2007 - New Interview With Tim
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New interview with Tim telling all about the album and forthcoming single 'You Can't Have It All'. "It's a bitchy love song, dealing with bi-polar emotions. It's got a really big driving bassline and the beat in the verses is almost dancey. But then the chorus is classic Ash bubblegum punk-pop." - Tim
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14th February 2007 - Download And Single Information
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Ash will release a download only track 'I Started a Fire' on Monday 19th Feb available from www.ash-official.com. The track will preceed first single proper 'You Can't Have It All' which will be released officially on April 16th on Infectious Records.
More information to follow...
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12th February 2007 - Guess The Ash Album Title: Hangman Style!
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After Round 1 revealed there was no 'A' in the title, 'G' was the choice of the voting public in Round 2 and we are now one step closer to guessing the title of the new Ash album.
_ _ _ _ _ G _ _ /_ _ /_ _ _ /_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Go to the Official Ash Forum to vote in Round 3.
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4th February 2007 - Video For The New Single
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Following what Rick said in January, the video for yet unconfirmed new single maybe taking place tomorrow (February 5th). The plan then was to film it in New York or somewhere close by, with Jeff Thomas who did the 'Burn Baby Burn', 'Sometimes' and 'Orpheus' videos. Ash feel that they work really well with him.
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3rd February 2007 - So How Many Of 14 Songs Mixed Will Make The Album?
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"We think that really long albums tend to be annoying... We're thinking of keeping it to 12. Whatever's left off will become b-sides.
Rick has been laying down drums for the last 2 days on 5 of the songs we demo-ed but didn't record. When we get round to it these will be finished and used as b-sides. Rick's doing these drums now so he won't have to fly back so often later on.
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We have a lot of songs left over from previous albums that we're also thinking of finishing off to be used as b-sides. Music Factory." - Mark
2nd February 2007 - Guess The Album Title Hangman
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On the official Ash forum 'A' was foolishly picked as the first letter for round one of guess the new Ash album title hangman, and there is no 'A' in the title. Play in round 2. 'toti'...
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2nd February 2007 - Finished!
"After almost a year since we started demo-ing the album is recorded and all mixing is complete... All that is left is the mastering. It's been a long haul!" - Mark
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26th January 2007 - Guess The Album Title / Mixing Update
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Ash are not giving too much away at the moment concerning the new album title, but you can go to www.myspace.com/ash to play Guess the new Ash album title: Hangman style. To vote for which letter should be the first guess go to the New Official Ash Forum. Remember 'toti'. Ash have though confirmed that the logo used on the Higher Education Tour adverts will NOT be the logo used on the new album artwork.
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There is also a mixing up on Ash's Myspace and on Tuesday after a long 2 day mix they finally nailed 'In Hell', it was some going but Ash really excited by how it's turned out. A brief snippet from the control room of the 6 and a half minute epic...
Below are the 14 tracks that Ash are mixing for the album, at least 11 of these will make the album and the others will appear as b-sides. Mixing of 10 of the 14 has been completed and these are shown in bold.
- I Started A Fire (AKA Girl Who Can't Be Owned / Can't Be Owned)
- Subterraneans (AKA Suicide Girls)
- Shadows
- Roulette (working title, AKA Keep It In)
- Princess Six
- Polaris (AKA Piano Song)
- Dark and Stormy
- You Can't Have It All
- End Of The World
- Blacklisted
- Shattered Glass
- Saskia
- What Is The Meaning
- In Hell (AKA The Boy Who Lived In Hell)
Yesterday Tim was hard at work putting the finishing touches to the vocals on 'Shadows', which they'll be mixing today.
22nd January 2007 - Free Preview Coming Soon
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"Not long to wait now til an announcement on a free download preview track." - Mark
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21st January 2007 - Mixing Update
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Plenty of updates about the album mixing. Firstly a new interview with Rick and also some news from Mark...
"So after a successful first week of mixing with Michael Brauer we're well underway and have 6 songs mixed and completed.
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'I Started A Fire', 'Polaris', 'You Can't Have It All', 'Subterraneans' (AKA Suicide Girls), 'End Of The World' and 'Shattered Glass' are all finished and we're well happy with the results.
On Monday we'll be getting stuck into 'In Hell' which we're looking forward to, we wanna make this song blow peoples socks off!"
17th January 2007 - DMH On Michael Brauer Mixing The Album & More...
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"We had inital reservations (Michael having mixed for Coldplay, Travis, The Kooks) but gave him a shot at doing one song before Christmas to see if it worked out. We're always in on the mix aswell so if we don't like the direction it's going in we have it changed. We wouldn't let Michael mix this album if he was gonna make it tame. The 3 tracks we've already mixed are sounding great. 'You Can't Have It All' was a difficult mix that took a long time but we nailed it last night around 1am and we're very happy with how it's turned out.
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Truth is Michael really wants to get doing some 'rockier' stuff and see this album as a good chance to show he can.
Production wise deffo rawer than Meltdown which was prob too slick but hey that's what we were trying to do with it.
We've pulled out all the stops on a few songs which kinda suited it but there's also stuff we've wanted to keep more basic.
The album titles decided but the label want to hold off on announcing it until closer to release for press reasons." - Mark
16th January 2007 - Mixing Underway...
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Yesterday Ash began the mixing process in NY with Michael Brauer. Michael's mixed loads of massive records including Coldplay, Travis, The Kooks, Ben Folds and Idlewild. He's really into making Ash's album sound amazing and after the first 2 mixes; 'Polaris' and 'I Started A Fire' Ash are stoked with the results. Today 'You Can't Have It All' is being mixed.
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'I Started A Fire' was previously known as 'Can't Be Owned' / 'The Girl Who Can't Be Owned'. It's set to be the album opener, it's pretty rocking and you'll be hearing it very soon.
15th January 2007 - Album '5.5'
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The album recording is now complete and the mixing starts today...
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12th January 2007 - ASH TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED - FEB/MARCH!
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"Here's the first wave of Ash action for 2007. We'll be back in the UK in Feb / March on a 14 date college tour. This wasn't going to be announced until the 16th but the NME already ran the story so we're following their lead. There's gonna be some nice co-promotion with the NUS, thus the HIGHER EDUCATION title, so watch this space for full details.
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Preston 53 Degrees (February 19)
Manchester Academy 3 (21, 22)
Warwick University (23)
Newcastle Northumbria University (25)
Glasgow QMU (26)
Keele University (27)
Bristol Anson Rooms (March 1)
Liverpool Stanley Theatre (2)
Sheffield University (3)
Norwich Waterfront (4)
Southampton University (6)
Exeter University (7)
London Kings College (8)
Tickets will go on sale at 9AM on FRIDAY 19th JANUARY. 24 HR CC HOTLINE: 0871 2200 260 or WWW.GIGSANDTOURS.COM.
Support is still to be announced. If we are not playing at a town near you and you cannot travel then we are very sorry, but this is only the first leg of touring that we plan for the new album's campaign. We'll be back later in the year with a full production tour around release. Irish dates will also take place in the not too distant future.
Hope to see you all very soon, we're looking forward to previewing the new stuff and kicking up a storm.
They'll be a brand new 'sneak preview' download avaliable in the next week. Details will be coming soon." - Ash
10th January 2007 - The Boy Who Lived In Hell
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"I'm still breathing, my heart's still beating" toti - Mark
Could 'toti' be an acronym for the title of the record? I wonder...
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8th January 2007 - Last Week Of Recording
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Ash are now into the last week of recording for new album '5.5', the band plan to have all recording completed for next monday, January 15th, so that the album mastering can begin.
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4th January 2007 - Strings Recording Videos
Legendary composer Paul Buckmaster conducts the 20 piece orchestra in these videos that Tim recorded on his camera. Most of these are sections of the epic 'In Hell' during rehearsals, we don't want to give away the full track but you get a good sneak peak into how it's sounding. We also don't wanna give away too much of the theme to 'Polaris' just yet so there's one short clip of it being recorded from the control room." - Mark
4th January 2007 - New Mark Interview & Ash In NME
4th January 2007 - Happy New Year!
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Ash will be getting back to work on the album in the next few days, and they've also got some great video from the string recording that they'll post on www.myspace.com/ash during the week. Tim is also 30 today, so happy birthday Tim.
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17th December 2006 - Rings the bells! Tim Tells More On Album Details.
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Before Tim went to L.A. to oversee the orchestra recording parts for both, Polaris and The Boy Who Lived In Hell (note the title change...) he spilt the beans on who's mixing the album, a potential collaboration, press shots, artwork and recording strings! Read on here.
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15th December 2006 - Xmas Update
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"In the studio we're in the final stages of recording the album and are all set with a big name mixer for January. We've actually already got the first track nailed and in the bag! Tim is off to LA this weekend to oversee the recording of strings on 'Polaris' and 'The Boy Who Lived In Hell'. These are hopefully gonna turn out epic." - Ash
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8th December 2006 - Press Pics Photo Session Extravaganza!
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"The last week's been pretty crazy as the wheels have begun turning on set up work for the new album's promotion.
We each got a fistfull of dollars from our lovely friends Alan and Nadine at Warners and we went out shopping for new clobber so that we don't look like tramps!
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Our friend Karen helped out with sorting us out with clothing deals and basically waving a magic wand over us which really got us looking like a band and tied us all together.
Irish photographer B+ came to town with the ultra cool EC to take pics and we spent 2 full days with 7am starts taking pics at locations all over NYC and in the studio. B+ must have shot 100's of rolls of film (none of that digital crap!) so we're looking forward to seeing the results. The new pics will be posted as soon as they're all approved, obviously not all at once! Some may be used in artwork etc, etc...
We're also hoping to secure the rights to using some very cool artwork for the album cover." - Ash
Tim is being filmed today at the studio in NYC by BBC N. Ireland for a documentary on the history of Northern Irish music. Long term friend of the band Stuart Bailie of ATL is conducting the interview. Hopefully it won't be too long before the programme is aired on TV.
8th December 2006 - Ash In Kerrang!
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Kerrang! were in the studio a few weeks ago to check out what we've been up to. They took pics did a quick interview. There's a 2 page feature in the current issue on shelves now. They're also running a competition to win signed CD's and Merch!
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NME called into the studio yesterday to hear a sneak peak of the new album and interview. Ash also took their photographer for a trip around the city for pictures. All going well there'll be a news story / studio feature in the paper in early January.
22nd November 2006 - Studio Update From Mark
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Mark gives us the latest update from the recording of album '5.5', including plans for the rest of the recording, b-sides, album names and artwork and when live dates can be expected.
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17th November 2006 - Kerrang In The Studio
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"Kerrang! just popped into the studio to hang out and hear how the album's progressing. We played them 5-6 songs and they seems to be into what they heard and we also did a brief interview. They're going to be running a news feature in the next few weeks so remember to check the shelves. Photographer Dave Willis took some pics of Tim and Mark on the rooftop of our studio building which looked amazing. (Rick was home in Scotland...) Hopefully they'll see print. We also signed some copies of the US version of Meltdown (with bonus DVD) and gaves them some T-shirts which they're gonna run as a competition.
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Quick studio update: Tim is getting through the vocals, slowly but surely. Blacklisted is sounding really cool..." - Ash
7th November 2006 - Guitars Done, Vocals Next
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The guitars are almost done, the vocals are next. Tim gives us the latest update on Ash's new album direct from the studio in NYC..
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3rd November 2006 - Wanna Hear The New Songs?
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Go to www.myspace.com/ash to see short video clips of new songs 'In Hell', 'Polaris', 'Shadows', 'Suicide Girls', 'Roulette', 'Blacklisted', 'Princess Six' and 'Shattered Glass' Ash have posted from the studio in NY. Some are new and some have been posted before and there are also other random studio moment videos.
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2nd November 2006 - So What Do The New Songs Sound Like?
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If you've been wondering what Ash's new material, recorded for album '5.5', sounds like, then this is what you have been waiting for! Mark Hamilton goes through and describes the sound of the 14 recorded album contenders, details of the 5.5 songs.
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1st November 2006 - Mark Talks to NME
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Mark has been speaking with NME.com about some of the new songs. The full interview to follow soon...
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23rd October 2006 - Here Comes The Music
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It looks likely that the first single from the new album '5.5' will be released in February/March next year, with the album following in late May or early June.
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20th October 2006 - Watch Tim On RTE TV Show Online
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Mark: "Tim appears briefly talking about songwriting in this weeks episode of 'This Note's For You' on RTE 1. It aired on Thursday night but you can watch the full episode online here.
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There's 4 more shows in the series to come and Tim will be focused on in one of them, he was filmed back home playing Shining Light in our old rehearsal garage but until they're aired we don't know which. If your living in Ireland check local listings for episode info. Current scheduled time slot is 10:15pm on Thursday nights."
20th October 2006 - Another Interview With Mark Hamilton
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Quality interview with Mark Hamilton by Irish fanzine Drop-D Ezine. With news about next years releases...
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16th October 2006 - New Interview With Mark Hamilton
8th October 2006 - The Annex Lowdown
6th October 2006 - Annex Set List
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New tracks 'Roulette' and 'What Is the Meaning?' featured in the classic packed set Ash played at The Annex, NY last night.
Full set list: Lose Control, A Life Less Ordinary, Orpheus, Roulette, Oh Yeah, Kung Fu, Petrol, What Is the Meaning?, Girl from Mars, Vampire Love, Burn Baby Burn.
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"We got loads of pics, it was recorded and it was all video-ed with a 3 camera angles. Full story coming soon." - Mark. While you wait pieces on themusicsult.org and NME.com.
6th October 2006 - Two New Rick Videos
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Two new videos of Rick from the NY studio up on www.myspace.com/ash. One of him laying down the drums for one of the new tracks and the other after making a pledge not to shave his beard until he'd finished recording, Mr McMurray prepares himself for public duty....
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3rd October 2006 - New Interview With Tim Wheeler
24th September 2006 - Studio Update
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"In the last few days we got the backing track to 'Dark and Stormy' nailed and last night Tim worked on some acoustics on 'Polaris' and 'End of the World'. We now have only got to record the backing tracks to 3 more before Rick leaves in a few weeks so we're doing well schedule-wise. We're also re-recording Roulette because we've decided to change the arrangement" - Ash
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New videos and pictures up on www.myspace.com/ash.
20th September 2006 - Album Tracks Choosen
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News from the studio. Tim, Mark, Rick and Tav have sat down choosen the best 14 tracks, from the 30 demos, to record for the album. Nathan from Snow Patrol has been over and after hearing a few demo's said it was already better than their record.
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Ash have also announced they'll be playing another gig in New York on 5th October. They'll be playing at The Annex and it'll be free! Details on www.myspace.com/ash.
19th September 2006 - Return To New York Pictures
13th September 2006 - Mark On The Return To New York Gig
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"We were going to record it but Lance our sound guy forgot to press record. Doh! We do have a bunch of pics that'll go up on-line once we've sorted through them. The show went great, Rick talks about it here." Picture from gig.
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"We tried out 6 of the usual setlist tracks to show that it ain't a problem reverting back to 3 live. Obviously we're missing backing vocals at the moment but we're thinking of ways round that. Rick might even take some vocal lessons to see if he can do it. For me it's near impossible, if i open my month the hand stops moving and the bass stops. I guess it's like rubbing your belly and patting your head. Some people can't do it...
Tav and Strangey (our Agent) both said they didn't miss the other guitar. We were pretty anxious before hand but once we got going it was great. The small crowd, seemed to have a great time and it was a pretty great atmosphere. We played 2 new ones, "What Is The Meaning?" and "Roulette" (formerly "Keep It In"). It was good playing the new stuff.
It was a huge weight off our shoulders and we're looking forward to playing again soon.
We're gonna announce another 'party' show very soon. It'll be in NYC again as that's were we're recording / living. We'll be back in the UK and Ireland in the Spring."
13th September 2006 - New Interview With Rick McMurray
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Click Here for the latest interview with Rick McMurray, where he answers questions about Ash's return to three piece action at Sunday's Return To New York gig and the on-going recording of the new album. Taken from www.ash-official.com.
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12th September 2006 - 'Roulette' and 'What Is The Meaning' Debuts
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On Sunday 10th September Ash played their first gig back as the original three piece Ash line up, at Arthur Baker's Return to New York party in New York, and debuted two new songs 'Roulette' (formerly 'Keep It In')and 'What Is the Meaning?'.
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These songs are both on the list of New Material Ash are recording in their Manhattan studio for the new album.
The set was just 30 minutes and was as follows: Orpheus, Girl From Mars, A Life Less Ordinary, Goldfinger, Roulette, What Is the Meaning?, Burn Baby Burn and Kung Fu.
29th August 2006 - New Interview With Mark Hamilton
12th August 2006 - New Interview With Tim Wheeler
17th July 2006 - News From Tim's Brother
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News from Tim's brother on new tracks 'Suicide Girls' and 'Shattered Glass' and other goings on in the new studio...
"The lyrics are mush deeper than heretofore (particularly shattered glass) which gets under the skin. Still recognisably ash with great melody. You're in for a real treat.
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He has the music for 25 or more songs written so be prepared for the onslaught. It will still take a long time for the album to come out but there might be a single at Christmas.
Tim is delighted with the studio and appears to work between midday and 5 in the morning."
11th July 2006 - Progress Report From Rick
7th July 2006 - Ash Taking A Break From Recording
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Ash are now taking a break from recording, 'Shattered Glass' and 'Suicide Girls' are completed and 'Princess 6' and 'Roulette' (formerly 'Keep It In') are well on the well, further details.
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6th July 2006 - More From The Studio
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More pictures of Mark and Rick up on www.myspace.com/ash, including a bit of spring cleaning...
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2nd July 2006 - Video of Tim
30th June 2006 - In The Studio
28th June 2006 - News From The Studio
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News from the studio on how the recordings going and Suicide Girls, Princess Six and Shattered Glass.
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27th June 2006 - Princess Six
26th June 2006 - Princess Six
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The recording of new track 'Princess Six' is well under way, Rick and Tim have been working out a few changes, and there's a video up on www.myspace.com/ash of the ending of the song. There's also a second video up on Myspace of Rick doing a mic test.
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24th June 2006 - The First Mix Nears Completion
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Recording is going well, with the first mix nearing completion, Ash's Myspace.
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23rd June 2006 - The Studio
22nd June 2006 - The Day Before Recording Started (16th June)
20th June 2006 - Photos From The Studio
17th June 2006 - Suicide Girls
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Play along with Rita, part 1 in 352 part series... Suicide Girls on Myspace.
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16th June 2006 - Second Video of Tim in the Studio
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There's now another video of Tim, playing a solo on the Gretsch in the studio up on www.myspace.com/ash. The 1977 single videos have also been added The Myspace.
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15th June 2006 - Shattered Glass
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Could this be a clue to another new song called 'Shattered Glass': "The Book of Wives paves the way for Shattered Glass" www.myspace.com/ash. There is also a video added of Tim playing guitar in the studio.
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11th June 2006 - Pre-recording Rehearsals
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Ash started their Pre-recording rehearsals yesterday in their NY studio.
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5th June 2006 - Interview with Tim
24th May 2006 - The Demos
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Mark has said descriptions of the new demos will follow soon, but not just yet,
as demo's can drasticallly change once they record them for real but he'll give a brief sypnosis soon.
And though the current Ash vibe is of a rock 3 piece, Mark doesn't reckon the album will be as heavy as Meltdown,
nothing as heavy as Clones or Detonator as of yet.
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23rd May 2006 - From the Studio
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"All the gear has arrived in New York for the start of recording in a few weeks. Some wiring work still has to be done but once that's completed we'll be ready to rock!"
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