Ash | Live with The Undertones at Biggest Weekend
Just a quick one here on Ash, who performed alongside The Undertones over the weekend at the 6Music leg of the BBC Biggest Weekend in Belfast.
Close on the release of their UK Top 20 album ‘Islands’, Ash brought Undertones members Damien O’Neill and Mickey Bradley on stage for performances of 6Music play-listed single ‘Buzzfeed’ (on which O’Neill & Bradley appear on the album) and Undertones classic ‘Teenage Kicks’.
Watch/share ‘Buzzkill’: https://youtu.be/MSs5hTEnob8
Watch/share ‘Teenage Kicks’: https://youtu.be/tltBtQu5TlE
Images: https://bit.ly/2BI5Hy5
Share performances from the BBC Biggest Weekend with The Undertones’ Damien O’Neill & Mickey Bradley
Watch ‘Buzzkill’
https://youtu.be/MSs5hTEnob8
Watch ‘Teenage Kicks’
https://youtu.be/tltBtQu5TlE
New UK top 20 album Islands – out now
Close on the heels of their acclaimed new UK Top 20 album release ‘Islands’ – out now via Infectious and featuring 6Music play-listed singles ‘Buzzkill’ and ‘Annabel’ – Ash are today sharing live footage from their performance over the weekend at the BBC Biggest Weekend Festival in Belfast. The band were joined for part of their set by The Undertones’ Damien O’Neill and Mickey Bradley – who contribute backing vocals on ‘Islands’ – for performances of ‘Buzzkill’ and Undertones’ classic ‘Teenage Kicks’.
Islands – Ash’s first album since 2015’s Kablammo! – marks their debut for new label Infectious Music – previously home to the band’s number one albums, 1996’s 1977 and Free All Angels in 2001. Produced by Tim Wheeler, Islands is the band’s seventh studio album with additional production from Mark Hamilton, Rick McMurray and Claudius Mittendorfer – who also mixed the album at the band’s studio in New York.
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.
The band’s full live itinerary follows – tickets for shows can be purchased via the band’s website
May
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
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
No band is an island, but Ash’s peaks rise as tall as any other **** NME
Re-animating the kind of urgent, power pop nous that fired ubiquitous 2001 single Burn Baby Burn MOJO
Tim Wheeler and co. continue their pop renaissance
9/10 Louder Than War
Will certainly strike a chord with anyone who’s ever had their heart broken Q
Islands feels like a homecoming of sorts, as well as a timely reboot. This is a band to grow old with
**** Metro Album of The Week
Masters of pop-rock perfection Ash restock their tackle box with yet more unshakeable hooks
**** Classic Rock
A deft and skilful trio, here songs such as the effervescent Annabel, the spacious and confident It’s A Trap and the irrepressible, bouncing Buzzkill make this point with insouciant ease
**** Kerrang!