{"id":9303,"date":"2023-06-15T18:23:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=9303"},"modified":"2023-06-15T18:26:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:26:45","slug":"ash-announce-first-new-album-in-five-years-and-a-co-headline-tour-with-the-subways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=9303","title":{"rendered":"Ash announce first new album in five years and a co-headline tour with The Subways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irish pop-punks Ash today announced their first new album in five years, with an accompanying UK\/EU tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Race The Night<\/em>, the band\u2019s eighth studio album, will be released on 15 September via one of their earliest label homes, Fierce Panda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">29 years, 18 hit singles, seven studio albums and countless live shows since their appearance on the label\u2019s 1994 <em>Crazed And Confused<\/em> compilation, <em>Race The Night<\/em> is a party with old friends and a message to leap into the present with arms wide open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ash will also be taking <em>Race The Night<\/em> on tour through the UK and Europe before the year is out, on a co-headline run with The Subways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lead single, shared today, is the album\u2019s title-track, with its super-charged and widescreen anthemia being the perfect primer for a record that has melodies to spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ASH - Race The Night (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EYXPIZfJAz0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Before the shadows let us go, and it\u2019s too late, to race the night<\/em>\u201d sings frontman Tim Wheeler as the band feel the heat of obsession on their backs and motor away to grab hold of opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wheeler says: \u201c<em>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<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>Lyrically it&#8217;s all about seizing the crossroads moments in life with both hands. Take every chance as if it could be your last.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ash-Race-The-Night-cover.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" alt=\"ash\" class=\"wp-image-9305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ash-Race-The-Night-cover-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ash-Race-The-Night-cover-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ash-Race-The-Night-cover-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ash-Race-The-Night-cover-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ash-Race-The-Night-cover-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ash-Race-The-Night-cover-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ash-Race-The-Night-cover-scaled.jpg?resize=560%2C560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ash-Race-The-Night-cover-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ash-Race-The-Night-cover-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Race The Night<\/em> is Ash&#8217;s first album since 2018&#8217;s <em>Islands<\/em>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>The video is a product from the fevered mind of long-time friend and horror director Jed Shepherd. He&#8217;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.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Race The Night<\/em> is available in vinyl, CD and cassette formats, as well as digitally. 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