ASH are sharing the new video for their latest, 6Music play-listed single Annabel, which is lifted from the forthcoming album Islands, released 18th May through their newly cemented return to original home, Infectious Music.
Directed by Luc Janin, the new film for Annabel pitches the soaring, warm guitars of the track against footage starring 23 year old Clement Vannini, a French skateboarding wunderkind who was born without his right leg. Speaking about the new video, ASH say; “When we heard about Clement Zannini, we felt that he perfectly embodied the spirt of the song; facing your fears and tackling them head on. We were thrilled that he agreed to star in the video and show off his awesome skills.”
Says Clement; ‘We spent three days filming with Luc – it was really cool and I thank him. We can say that the story is fictional, but yet so true on many points. I really live there, it’s really my garden, I’ve been skating these spots for a long time – I really like to skate so I hope it shows through the clip.’
The video arrives ahead of ASH’s previously announced inclusion at the BBC’s Biggest Weekend Festival in Belfast – home to many ASH appearances from their first DIY shows in city centre bars to numerous shows at The Ulster Hall and The Limelight and the historic Referendum show at The Waterfront in 1998.
Following their return via the riotous Buzzkill earlier this year, Annabel is yet another addition to an already enviable catalogue – the unmistakeable sound of a band at (a return to) the peak of their powers. An open-hearted collection of songs drawn from frontman Tim Wheeler’s reflective lyrical axis dealing with friendship and betrayal, love and loss, an album which reaffirms the band’s status as one of the most idiosyncratic and singularly thrilling guitar bands on these islands.
May
5th LEEDS Live At Leeds festival
6th DORSET Teddy Rocks Festival
26th BELFAST BBC Biggest Weekend festival
30th BROOKLYN, NY Baby’s All Right
August
10th CORNWALL Boardmasters
11th LISTOWEL Revival Festival
17th CHELMSFORD Rize Festival
18th DURHAM Hardwick Live Festival
September
15th BOSTON, MA Brighton Music Hall
17th TORONTO, ON The Velvet Underground
19th CHICAGO, IL Schubas
21st LOS ANGELES, CA The Echo
22nd SAN FRANCISCO, CA Swedish American Hall
October
16th SHEFFIELD Leadmill
17th GLASGOW O2 ABC
19th BRISTOL SWX
20th BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute
21st NORWICH Waterfront
23rd MANCHESTER O2 Ritz
24th LONDON O2 Forum