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Subscribe to the groundbreaking A-Z Series before midnight Thursday 25th February 2010 and receive an exclusive bonus track, ‘Night Terrors’. Night Terrors is the 3rd free and exclusive bonus track to be given away to Ash’s A-Z series subscribers.
NIght Terrors is for anyone with a loved one who has been royally fucked over, and wishes the guilty party could suffer eternally in the grip of their own diabolical insanity. Thiis dark and menacing memorial merges spiky new-wave punk guitars with uptempo disco beats, overdriven synthesizers and a chorus hook that would kick Dr. Who into a parallel universe.
Night Terrors will NOT be available anywhere else, the ONLY way to get this track is to subscribe to the A-Z Series now in the Ash store. The free bonus track will be sent to both new and current subscribers the w/c 1st March.
ASH VIDEO COMPETITION
To celebrate Ash Wednesday we’re offering our A-Z Series Subscribers the unique chance to make an official Ash music video!
So far we’ve given our subscribers two bonus tracks, Lay Down Your Arms and Gallows Hill now these tracks need videos!
Your video can be for either track and feature any footage… live performance, a white rabbit as he terrorises down town New York, a monster destroying London or a space kidnappings…. anything goes, as long as you don’t break any copyright laws!
To enter this competition simply upload your effort to a video streaming site (e.g. YouTube) and send the link to ashcomps@ash-official.com before midnight Tuesday 2nd March 2010. The band will then pick the winners!
NB: This competition is only open to A-Z Series subscribers.
Apoloies for the delys folks, this edition of singles corner should have gone up on Monday, but with the tracks we’ve got for you we think you’ll agree that it was worth the wait. So, without any further stalling, let’s check out this weeks singles.
WHITE RABBITS – Percussion Gun
TBD Records
Starting with, as the title might suggest, machine gun drumming this track kicks off straight away with a momentum that isn’t slowed by the addition of vocals, guitars and handclaps. This isn’t by any stretch an amazing track but it’s a good introduction to the band and gives a flavour of what to expect from their new album.
ASH – Space Shot
Atomic Heart Records
Filing into the cosmic canon of Ash singles alongside Girl From Mars, this initially sounds like Muse-lite, but once that familiar vocal kicks in, you could almost turn the clock back to the late nineties. This songs kicks up regularly on the radio and it fits there beautifully, but grab a copy of the single for some cracking remixes too!
SUB FOCUS – Could This Be Real
Ram Records
A change of direction now and we head away from guitar central into turntable territory. This is an anthemic track, I can almost imagine it as the anthem for the first wave of dance music in 2010, it certainly has a staying factor about it.
THE DAWN CHORUS – Carnivalesque
Jelly Maid Music
We loved the Dawn Chorus’ debut album and this track, opening with trumpet and swiftly establishing the jaunty rhythms and melancholic vocals that have become somewhat of a trademark. The addition of more aggressive vocals courtesy of Frank Turner adds a new element that takes the band up a notch. We were already looking forward to the new album, now we’re downright excited!
GIL CANG – Gotta Be A Way
myspace.com/soundsofgil
Drizabone production team member Gil has worked with the likes of Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse and here, he seems to have found his muse in Swedish/Trinidadian Bluey Robinson, a recent signee to Sony Records. This soulful R&B track has a mellow vibe that’s accentuated by Bluey’s melted chocolate vocals and the simple production. This is a winner!
It’s been too long since we shared some of the videos that creep into our inbox with you, so here we go with a big roundup. First up we have indie kids Mirrorkicks, for their new single they’ve decided to take one of the biggest hits of the last few years and add their own take on it, so here’s their version of ‘Bleeding Love’. I spent my college years listening to Ash, and it’s nice to know they’ve still got it. Check out this video for ‘Joy Kicks Darkness’. Making inroads to the UK market are South African born rockers Starseed. They may now be living in London, but there’s still something just a little different about them. With the legendary Steve Albini on production duties, Kingskin are turning heads, and you can check this video to find out why. Last, but by no means least, is the latest release by the hotly tipped Wolf Gang. If it’s become a muttered name throughout 2009, expect it to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue come 2010, especially if ‘The King And All Of His Men’ is anything to go by.
