Ash @ The Annex: Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant

Ash played a not-so-secret midnight show last night at The Annex. Oh, and they sounded fucking amazing, totally at the top of their game. The 10-song set opened with 1977-fave 'Lose Control' and closed with one of their biggest hits to date, 'Burn Baby Burn'.


The crowd of rowdy Brits made for a great turnout and incomparable energy. The open Southern Comfort bar helped as well.

The new songs that Ash tore though are more Meltdown-esque than any of the other albums. By this I mean, they are full-on assaults. Sitting 'Orpheus' next to newbie 'Roulette' was not a far cry whatsoever.


Of course, probably the biggest cheers of the night were awarded to 'Girl From Mars' and 'Kung Fu'. During 'Kung Fu', it felt like the floor was going to collapse. I've never seen so many smiling faces frantically jumping up and down at The Annex before.


The boys in Ash were feeling the love too. Truly, this was one of the strongest sets I've seen then perform out of the half dozen times or so that I've seen 'em. Kudos! And thank the lord that this time they didn't have to OPEN FOR THE BRAVERY!




Thank you Ash. Welcome to NYC!

Oh, setlist: