Ash have used their now traditional Ash Wednesday celebrations to unveil news of new album Kablammo!, the album is preceded by single ‘Cocoon’, which you can hear below.
‘Cocoon’ signals the band’s return to the bombastic 3-piece power punk that made the band so popular in the 90’s. “It’s Ash at their frenetic best: a wall of guitars and a shot of adrenaline with a sweet melodic chaser”, said drummer Rick McMurray. “One of the earliest songs written for the forthcoming album, you can hear how excited the three of us are to be back in the same room. Having this much fun crammed into two and a half minutes is probably illegal.”
Speaking about the new album he said “After a wait of 8 years, and a long string of singles, we’ve gone on to do what we said we would never do again: we’ve only gone and recorded a brand new album! We set out to capture the live essence of Ash, the closest sonic predecessor would be 2004’s ‘Meltdown’, with the songwriting of the ‘Free All Angels’ singles. . We’ve stripped away the electronic overtones of the A-Z series and made a streamlined blazing guitar record. On every song you can hear what makes this band tick, our beating (atomic) heart. It’s a visceral expression of what has driven us since 1992. Passion, melody and Ash.”
The band will showcase songs from the new album (along with fan favourites) at a one-off secret show at Camden’s Barfly venue tonight. Tickets are limited so snap them up fast from this link.
The album is available for preorder via Pledgemusic now.
