Trailer - Ash

...(drums) and Mark (bass). Trailer roars off with Season, the main riff of which should have 'copyright Ash' stamped on it. It's insistent and dark, which is appropriate for the subject matter, news of a friend's suicide. It's sad, but you almost don't have time for it until you hear Tim's vocal coming through the guitar at the end, and it nearly breaks your heart. Between Season and Jack Names The Planets is a bizarre interlude with people doing ...
...From the same mould as Season, it's mostly driving guitar and some 'obscure' yelling that you can't understand. Trailer lives up to its name, being a definite (if brief) promise of things to come (and that did come) in the Ash future. May there be many more like it. ...

thefrogprincess 05.11.2002 · Read full review
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...(they were still teenagers when Trailer was released), gave them something awfully big to live up to with the next album. 1977 came close, and was a fine album in its own right, but it was a different style and album for Trailer shows definite punk influences, jam packed full of youthful exuberance and energy. Starting with Season, a lively track where the electric guitars positively sing and Tim Wheeler’s angelic vocals are heard for the ...
...for saying it again, but Trailer is blindingly good and stands as Ash’s best work to date (only equalled by their new album, Free All Angels) Most bands will waste their careers attempting to produce an album of this high quality yet Ash managed it with their first try. Perhaps that was what made the new sound of 1977 all the sweeter, for the two worked so well together. Bottom Line: As always in the music industry the early, less commercialised ...

andrew_kenrick 29.10.2002 · Read full review
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...be an average listen, hence I can only recommend it to Ash fans who haven't already got this. Trailer does exactly what it was meant to do - it's an example of what Ash would be well known for, but just don't expect it to be full of pop choruses. ...

scream4bruce 28.01.2009 · Read full review
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Trailer is the first album to be released by the band Ash. It totally differs from their more modern releases such as 'Free All Angels', in that it has the raw energy of three teenagers, rather than the more mellow maturity now present in their music. The album itself is quite impressive, as it was recorded by the boys of the band whilst they were still in their teens. This can be seen in the recording quality of the album, and perhaps in some of ...
...makes it a bad album. The music can be seen as intense chords with a bit of a punk tinge and great use of power chords, but the solos are still pretty good. There are, unfortunately, only seven tracks on the album. This can be taken in two ways though, it may not be the greatest value for money, but, it does leave you wanting more and means as it is short, you concentrate heavily on the music while it is there. The track listing is as follows: ...

nicolap 23.10.2001 · Read full review
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