Ad Astra (album)

Ad Astra
Studio album by Ash
Released	3 October 2025 (2025-10-03)
Length	43:33
Label	Fierce Panda
Producer	Tim Wheeler
Ash chronology
Race the Night (2023) Ad Astra (2025)

Ad Astra is the ninth studio album by Northern Irish rock band Ash, released on 3 October 2025 ^[1] through Fierce Panda Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Wheeler, except where noted. ^[2]

Ad Astra track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Zarathustra"	Richard Strauss	1:33
2.	"Which One Do You Want?"		3:31
3.	"Fun People" (featuring Graham Coxon)		3:49
4.	"Give Me Back My World"		2:43
5.	"Hallion"	Wheeler, Ilan Eshkeri	3:34
6.	"Deadly Love"		6:06
7.	"My Favourite Ghost"		3:13
8.	"Jump In The Line"	Lord Kitchener	3:27
9.	"Keep Dreaming"		3:29
10.	"Dehumanised"		4:20
11.	"Ghosting"		2:33
12.	"Ad Astra" (featuring Graham Coxon)		5:15
Total length:			43:33

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. ^[2]

Ash

• Tim Wheeler – vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming, percussion
• Mark Hamilton – bass
• Rick McMurray – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Graham Coxon - guitar, vocals (tracks 3 and 12)
• Julia Restoin Roitfeld - shouts (track 3)
• Romy Konjic Restoin - shouts (track 3)
• Ilan Eshkeri - string arrangement (tracks 5 and 7), programming (track 1)
• Angie McCrisken - spoken intro (track 5)
• Jo Dudderidge - backing vocals (track 5), additional piano (track 7)
• Pat Dam Smyth - backing vocals (track 5)
• Tim Wheeler, Graeme Young & Rick McMurray - claps & stomps on (tracks 3, 8 and 9)
• Pat Wheeler & Mark Arigho - additional handclaps (track 8)
• Mark Hamilton - scream (track 8)

• Strings (tracks 5 and 7) performed by the LMO:
  • John Mils - violin
  • Matthew Ward - violin
  • Bob Smissen - viola
  • Nick Cooper - cello

Production

• Tim Wheeler – producer
• Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
• John Webber – mastering

References

1. "Ash Official Store Ad Astra - CD" . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
2. Ad Astra (booklet). Ash. Fierce Panda. 2025.