Ash Release Double A-Side Single Which One Do You Want?/Fun People Featuring Graham Coxon
Tuesday, 02 September 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Andy Willsher
Ash have released a new double a-side single.
Both Which One Do You Want? and Fun People offer a further glimpse into the Northern Irish trio's new album, 'Ad Astra', due out on October 3 via Fierce Panda.
The former is a melodic guitar-pop track that shows off the band's signature jangle-pop sound, while the latter delivers driving riffs and punchy power-pop energy, with Graham Coxon contributing both guitar and vocals. Drummer Rick McMurray said:
"Which One Do You Want? dates back to the New York days, making it the oldest song on the album by far. So what's the deal; why has it taken so long to find a home? Listening to it in isolation, it's the perfect pop song. It swoops, it soars, it sings of desire. But it didn't fit with the last record, and it didn't fit with what we thought at the time was the next record. I wouldn't say it's the reason why we paused for thought and decided to make a different record to the one we started out to make, but I reckon with hindsight, it could be seen as the hinge around which every album we release this decade rotates.
"It's guitar pop for sure but it's utterly unlike the guitar pop we've been known for, and it might just be a marker in the sand for where we're going in the second half of the '20s. Is that a lot of pressure for one song to bear? Maybe, but it straddles the two sides of this band we've been grappling with over the last decade and holds the past and future effortlessly in its orbit."
On Fun People, he continued: "It's been a while since Tim came to us with the most bonkers riff and declared it to be a pop song but I'm very happy he did. Polyrhythmic chromatic riffs might be more the sort of thing you'd associate with Devo but somehow he's managed to marry it with massive hooks. Big barbed hooks that sink their claws into the Fun People that magically appear in everyday life to make it hell.
"This ain't your average Ash track. And what better way to underline that than to get guitar wizard Graham Coxon seething all over it? His unique sensibilities lend themselves so well to the angular er, angles of this song, as do his vocals. Sing along or scream along as the case may be with some fun people like YOOOOUUUUU!!!"
Ash have already previewed the follow-up to 2023's 'Race The Night' with the earlier single Give Me Back My World and their fiery reimagining of Harry Belafonte's Jump In The Line.
They'll support the album with their previously announced Ad Astra Tour of the UK and Ireland, which kicks off next week with two dates at London's Scala, where Coxon will join the band on stage to perform the new tracks. The trek runs from late 2025 into early 2026 and includes a run of in-store dates in early October. Tickets are on sale now.
Ash Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Tue September 09 2025 - LONDON Scala
Wed September 10 2025 - LONDON Scala
Sat November 15 2025 - PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
Sun November 16 2025 - SWANSEA Sin City
Tue November 18 2025 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Boiler Shop
Wed November 19 2025 - MANCHESTER New Century
Thu November 20 2025 - GLASGOW SWG3 Galvanizers Yard
Sat November 22 2025 - BLACKPOOL Bootleg Social
Sun November 23 2025 - SHEFFIELD Foundry-Sheff Uni
Tue November 25 2025 - OXFORD O2 Academy Oxford
Fri December 05 2025 - LISTOWEL Mike the Pies
Sat December 06 2025 - DUNDALK Spirit Store
Sun December 07 2025 - GALWAY Roisin Dubh
Tue December 09 2025 - CORK Cyprus Avenue
Wed December 10 2025 - LIMERICK Dolans
Thu December 11 2025 - DUBLIN Academy
Sat December 13 2025 - BELFAST Ulster Hall
Fri February 06 2026 - TUNBRIDGE WELLS Forum
Sat February 07 2026 - CAMBRIDGE Junction 1
Sun February 08 2026 - MILTON KEYNES Craufurd Arms
Tue February 10 2026 - EXETER Exeter Phoenix
Wed February 11 2026 - BRISTOL Trinity Centre
Fri February 13 2026 - LIVERPOOL Dome at Grand Central Hall
Sat February 14 2026 - STOKE Sugarmill
Sun February 15 2026 - HULL THE WELLY
Tue February 17 2026 - NORWICH Epic Studios
Wed February 18 2026 - SOUTHEND Chinnerys
Thu February 19 2026 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute2
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