Ashton Irwin announces second solo album, BLOOD ON THE DRUMS

Alongside news of the forthcoming album, Irwin has unveiled the first single, "Straight To Your Heart", which is one of 12 tracks written and produced alongside 5SOS collaborator and rock veteran John Feldmann (5SOS, Blink 182, Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte, Panic! At The Disco) with four further tracks written and produced alongside another long-time collaborator, Matthew Pauling (Superbloom). The video, shot by Ryan Fleming and co-directed by Irwin was filmed on location in the California desert.

Unlike his 2020 debut, Superbloom, crafted during the pandemic and full of personal reflection and poignant contemplation, BLOOD ON THE DRUMS looks more outward than inward. “I was thinking about the people I left behind, the people I miss, the family that I had to leave when I was young. Thinking about the addictions I’ve been through. The way I evolved as a young man who never had a father. Thinking about my personal strength and knowing that generally speaking no one else has my back but me and becoming someone that I have to be for the rest of my life,” he says.

BLOOD ON THE DRUMS will be released in two instalments, The Thorns, consisting of the first eight tracks including lead single "Straight To Your Heart" and The Roses which completes the full album. All 16 songs on the album will have a video component.

“I love to make full length albums but also the idea of the listener digesting it in two parts initially, forming their own interpretation. It’s important to me as a fan of music to have a comprehensive body of work to fully dig into the artists perspective.” Ashton Irwin says.

Tracklist:

The Thorns

1. Straight To Your Heart

2. Breakup

3. BLOOD ON THE DRUMS

4. I See The Angels

5. Lose You

6. Rebel at Heart

7. Last Night Of My Life

8. Indestructible

The Roses

1. The Canyon

2. California Holds Her Breath

3. Little Spark

4. Wicked Habit

5. Marry You

6. Glory Days

7. Wild Things

8. Endless Wave