NO HOT ASHES - Chart a path to the stars with debut album 'Hardship Starship'OUT 16th AUGUST 2019 - VIA THE MODERN SKY UK LABELLISTEN TO NEW SINGLE: W.Y.N.A. BELOWOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Sonic PR "Slinky Metronomy style synth melodies to some crunching indie vibes" - CLASH "A true progression from their stripped down pure funk sound, richly layered" - Louder Than War "A thumping banger, like Happy Mondays meets Franz Ferdinand!" - Chris Hawkins, BBC 6Music
This Summer, NO HOT ASHES will bravely go where no band from the city has gone before. Brace for impact, here comes… 'HARDSHIP STARSHIP'
Making contact with an out-of this world first cut, the good ship NHA offer us a glimpse of their brave new horizons with leading single: " W.Y.N.A.".
Speaking about the track, NHA front-man Isaac Taylor says: ""W.Y.N.A." is a song about kicking off with loved ones, sleep deprivation and the cyclical nature of relationships. Originally this song was written as a slow acoustic track I thought would never come to light but we were stuck for ideas one day in the practice room and tried it. Glad we did."
Elsewhere the 'Hardship Starship' docks to observe a desolate, conflict ravaged, post-apocalyptic land, known to local inhabitants as… The United Kingdom. With his typical down-to-earth wit and charm, chief lyricist Isaac Taylor here addresses the economic inequality felt across the nation ('CAR'), 'Trouble' nods to violent crime and desperation, whereas 'Indecision/Intermission' provides an implosive big bang moment about Brexit and broken Britain; with ex-Imperial overlord David Cameron even making a "Guest Appearance" on the lattermost track. 'Hardship Starship' judders to a close with 'Hey Casanova', one of the band's biggest sing-along moments to date with an accelerating drumbeat and sky scraping indie riffage setting a course for the stars with trailblazing style. "This whole song is a fat riff with a fat ending." Says Taylor on "Hey Casanova" , "We wanted to write something more in the style of the bands we grew up listening to and out came Hey Casanova. It's a hard hitting song which ends with a huge guitar line and a tempo increase for good measure." 'Hardship Starship' was produced by Chris Taylor (The Coral, Everything Everything, Ian Brown, Bill Ryder Jones) at Parr Street studios in Liverpool whom the band met in early 2018 whilst in the thick of demos and writing for the upcoming debut album, they formed an instant connection with Chris which can be felt throughout the whole record. It will be released on Modern Sky UK on 16th August 2019. Another formidable talent to emerge from Stockport, Greater Manchester in recent times, No Hot Ashes have been making waves around the North-West and beyond for the last few years. With a string of infectious singles in their repertoire including 'Easy Peeler', 'Bellyaches', and 'Eight Till Late', the band have received continued support across radio from the likes of BBC 6 Music and Radio X. Soaking up major support slots with the likes of Blossoms, Spring King, The Amazons and Prides around the UK, not to mention major festival appearances at the likes of Y NOT Festival, Isle of Wight and Kendal Calling, the band have already amassed over 3.5 million plays on Spotify. Word is spreading fast, so much so that the band were even asked to perform on hit BBC series 'The A-Word', Which was aired in the UK on BBC 1 and globally. Following a landmark SOLD-OUT show at the 950 capacity Manchester Academy 2 last year (which sold out over a month before the show date) and recent sell out at Manchester's AATMA (in which 150 tickets sold out in under 10 minutes), fans will have the chance to catch the band again in 2019 as they prepare for a spate of new UK dates and festival shows including Live At Leeds Festival and Liverpool Sound City (4 May) and the Neighbourhood Weekender (26 May) - full dates and details below.
AboutTOUR DATES 2019 June August
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Source Sonic PR
May 13, 2019 9:10am ET by Pressparty |