Ash release 'Race The Night (Acoustic)' to celebrate announcement of their new Deluxe Album release ‘Race The Night Expanded’
Ash | Photo credit: Steve Gullick
Ash have announced the release of an expanded version of their acclaimed UK Top 20 album Race The Night, achieving their highest chart placing (#14) for 20 years. The album includes acoustic versions of album tracks 'Race The Night', 'Usual Places', 'Reward In Mind' and 'Peanut Brain' as well as an extended version of the thunderous 'Like A God', while the CD version also includes a cover of touring mates The Subways' 'Oh Yeah (Teenage Years)' and 'Race The Night (Antosh v Ash Remix).
Race The Night Expanded is released on Ash Wednesday (February 14th), and is preceded by the digital single release of the acoustic version of the title track on January 17th, which can be heard on streaming services here
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The tumultuous alt-rock trio have also announced a thrilling kind of homecoming as they play a very special underplay show at the Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast on January 29th. The hometown bash will preceded by an interview and live session on Steve Lamacq's 6music show, all of which kicks off the 2024 edition of Independent Venue Week. The band will also play London's 100 Club as part of BRITs Week. Limited tickets are available here
The IVW appearance follows hot on the heels of touring activity for the Race The Night album, which was released on September 15th. There was an instore tour, a jaunt around the UK and Europe with The Subways and a victory lap of Ireland just before Christmas, rounded off by a Yuletide special headline at Belfast Ulster Hall.
29th Jan - Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast, NI
21st Feb - 100 Club, London, UK (Brit Awards Week Show)
27 July - Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, UK
Ash - Race The Night Expanded tracklisting (CD version)
1. Race The Night
2. Usual Places
3. Reward In Mind
4. Oslo (feat. Démira)
5. Like A God
6. Peanut Brain
7. Crashed Out Wasted
8. Braindead
9. Double Dare
10. Over & Out
11. Like A God (Reprise)
12. Race The Night (Acoustic)
13. Usual Places (Acoustic)
14. Reward In Mind (Acoustic)
15. Peanut Brain (Acoustic)
16. Oh Yeah (Teenage Years) [The Subways Cover]
17. Like A God (Extended Version)
18.Race The Night (Antosh v Ash Remix)
Praise of new album Race The Night
“A heady collection of anthems and proves they still have it after 30 years of nuclear sound” - Louder Than War ★★★★ ½
"The kind of grandstanding solos and punky dramas that made 1977 such an essential Britrock debut" - Classic Pop ★★★★
"Race The Night is the work of a band who are still curious about musical forms and the ability to raise their own potential" - Classic Rock ★★★★
"Tim Wheeler and the boys deliver the goods" - Hot Press ★★★★
"It’s the kind of album you want your teenage heroes to come back with." - Louder ★★★★
"Their eighth studio album is their most heavy rock since 2004’s Meltdown, unashamedly embracing epic riffery." - The Arts Desk
"Admirably fresh and energetic" - The Sun
“[Ash] remain confident purveyors of hook-happy indie anthems” - Uncut
