Ash release new track Confessions In The Pool

Following their recent return with an appearance at this year’s Live at Leeds festival and ASH announce details of a new instant grat track Confessions In The Pool ahead of the release of their seventh album Islands on 18th May.

A celebration of friendship in the darkest of hours, the effervescent synths-led Confessions In The Pool emerged following a somewhat therapeutic sojourn in Miami for Tim Wheeler – another entry to an already enviable song-writing catalogue for the band’s principal writer.

The band mark a return home later this month having confirmed their showing at the BBC’s Biggest Weekend Festival in Belfast – scene of many significant moments over the past twenty five years since their inception in 1992. Following 2015’s Kablammo after the band’s self-imposed album hiatus since 2007’s Twilight Of The Innocents – Islands is 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

Meanwhile the band are pleased to announce details of a series of live in store appearances throughout the week of release when they play:

17th May – KINGSTON Hippodrome

22nd May – BIRMINGHAM HMV @ 17.30pm / free entry

23rd May – LEEDS HMV @ 17.30pm / free entry

24th May – MANCHESTER Arndale HMV @ 17.30pm / free entry

25th May – BELFAST HMV @ 17.30pm / free entry

Released via Infectious Music Islands is available on CD, LP, Ltd LP (silver vinyl), cassette and digitally – pre-order here.

The band’s full live itinerary follows – tickets for shows can be purchased via the band’s website

May

26th BELFAST BBC Biggest Weekend festival

30th BROOKLYN, NY Baby’s All Right

August

10th CORNWALL Boardmasters

11th LISTOWEL Revival Festival

18th DURHAM Hardwick Live Festival

September

1st DALKEITH Midstock Festival

15th BOSTON, MA Brighton’s Music Hall

17th TORONTO, ON The Velvet Underground

19th CHICAGO, IL Schubas

21st LOS ANGELES, CA The Echo

22nd SAN FRANCISCO, CA Brick & Mortar

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