Irish pop-punks Ash today announced their first new album in five years, with an accompanying UK/EU tour.
Race The Night, the band’s eighth studio album, will be released on 15 September via one of their earliest label homes, Fierce Panda.
29 years, 18 hit singles, seven studio albums and countless live shows since their appearance on the label’s 1994 Crazed And Confused compilation, Race The Night is a party with old friends and a message to leap into the present with arms wide open.
Ash will also be taking Race The Night on tour through the UK and Europe before the year is out, on a co-headline run with The Subways.
The lead single, shared today, is the album’s title-track, with its super-charged and widescreen anthemia being the perfect primer for a record that has melodies to spare.
“Before the shadows let us go, and it’s too late, to race the night” sings frontman Tim Wheeler as the band feel the heat of obsession on their backs and motor away to grab hold of opportunity.
Wheeler says: “Race the Night is the sound of the band reveling in the sheer joy of being a band after being separated by time and distance through the insanity of the early 2020s.
“Lyrically it’s all about seizing the crossroads moments in life with both hands. Take every chance as if it could be your last.”
“The video is a product from the fevered mind of long-time friend and horror director Jed Shepherd. He’s taken a song about seizing the moment and had the band seized by a super fan who proceeds to force the band into doing her bidding. Enjoy the misery.“
Race The Night is available in vinyl, CD and cassette formats, as well as digitally. UK pre-orders are live now HERE.
Anyone pre-ordering Race The Night from the ASH Store before 11.59pm on Sunday 18 June will receive a unique code for exclusive early access tickets for any UK show before they go on general sale on Wednesday 21 June at 10am.
