Vinyl Record

Ash - Ad Astra

Ash - Ad Astra on LP vinyl. A 2025 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP · 2025

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 2025 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Ad Astra finds Ash in 2025 treating longevity as fuel rather than comfort. Coming two years after Race the Night, it is framed as the band's ninth studio album and leans into the old Ash fascination with outer-space imagery, opening with a revved-up take on Also Sprach Zarathustra before returning to the thing they have always done best: bright guitar songs with bite in the rhythm and lift in the chorus. The record carries the confidence of a trio that no longer needs to prove its history but still wants the songs to move. Which One Do You Want? brings chiming power-pop elegance, Give Me Back My World pushes the album's mixture of urgency and optimism, and Deadly Love stretches into a more atmospheric kind of rock drama. Graham Coxon appears on Fun People and the title track, adding wiry guitar character without turning the album into a guest-star exercise. The result is a late-period Ash record that knows the past is there, but keeps facing forward.

Ad Astra matters because it shows Ash refusing the heritage-band trap. Instead of simply replaying 1977 or Free All Angels, the album uses their familiar melodic instincts in a present-tense frame: space-rock jokes, sharpened pop choruses, heavier flashes and a sense that survival can still sound restless.

This is the modern Ash entry for listeners who want the band after the 90s story, still compact, tuneful and alert. In a collection, it pairs naturally with Race the Night as evidence that the later trio era has its own identity, not just a long echo of the early singles.

Rocket-bright indie rock and power pop with punchy guitars, gleaming choruses, occasional synth texture and a playful cosmic streak.

Recommended for: Ash fans following the post-Race the Night chapter; Collectors who like veteran bands with fresh momentum; Listeners drawn to Graham Coxon's jagged guitar energy; Power-pop fans who prefer melody with distortion attached; Anyone looking for a 2025 guitar album with lift and wit.

When was Ash's Ad Astra released? Ad Astra was released on October 3, 2025, through Fierce Panda Records under exclusive license from Ash. Where does Ad Astra fit in Ash's discography? It is presented as Ash's ninth studio album and follows 2023's Race the Night, extending the band's late-career run of bright, guitar-led records. Does Graham Coxon appear on Ad Astra? Yes. Graham Coxon contributes to Fun People and the title track, adding extra guitar bite and character while Ash remain the centre of the record.