U2 Surprise-Drops “Days of Ash” EP Featuring Adam Clayton’s Standout Bass Work
U2 just dropped a surprise EP called Days of Ash, and it turns out there’s more where that came from. The six-song EP is described as a self-contained collection of five new songs and a poem, all based on “an immediate response to current events and inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the frontlines of freedom.”
“Four of the five tracks are about individuals – a mother, a father, a teenage girl whose lives were brutally cut short – and a soldier who’d rather be singing but is ready to die for the freedom of his country,” U2 writes on their website.
The EP opens with “American Obituary,” featuring a prominent bass line from Adam Clayton. “I’m excited about these new songs, it feels like they’re arriving at the right time,” the bassist wrote.
Lead singer Bono explains that the band has been working on a new full-length that’s due out later this year.
“It’s been a thrill having the four of us back together in the studio over the last year,” he explains. “The songs on Days of Ash are very different in mood and theme to the ones we’re going to put on our album later in the year. These EP tracks couldn’t wait; these songs were impatient to be out in the world. They are songs of defiance and dismay…”
Days of Ash is out now on Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other digital platforms.
Days of Ash Track List:
- American Obituary
- The Tears of Things
- Song of the Future
- Wildpeace
- One Life At A Time
- Yours Eternally (feat. Ed Sheeran & Tara Topolia)
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