Shining Light	Infectious
	n/a	Dorian Lynskey
No fear of a drastic change of direction from this youthful Irish quartet, back after a lengthy absence. The first single from their third album, Free All Angels, is boisterously chirpy pop-rock in the vein of Feeder or Foo Fighters. Equally buoyant new tracks Warmer Than Fire and Gabriel grace CD1, while CD2 features another new track, Feel No Pain, the Shining Light video and a mediocre big beat remix of old hit Jesus Says by Hedrock Valley Beats.

	Burn Baby Burn	Infectious
	n/a	Dorian Lynskey
Singer Tim Wheeler may be 23 now, and the Free All Angels album dabbles maturely in orchestrated ballads and trip hop, but this effervescent punk-pop is as irresistible a teenage anthem as anything in Ash's back catalogue. There's no let-up on CD1's new track 13th Floor either, though Only In Dreams showcases their tender side and stretches out magnificently over eight minutes. CD2 gives you the album version of Burn Baby Burn, sweet and lavish ballad Thinking About You, a thunderous breakbeat remix of Submission by electro legend Arthur Baker and the video for Burn Baby Burn, which features foxy cheerleaders and therefore cannot fail. A satisfying package all round, and the additional DVD is an interesting item for fans, featuring the video plus a ten-minute excerpt of their American Road Trip movie.

	Sometimes	Infectious
	n/a	Dorian Lynskey
Ash celebrate the resurgence of meat-and-potatoes indie-rock by harvesting more of the above from their Free All Angels album. This is a sunny, festival-friendly number with a happy-sad arms-in-the-air chorus and it's hard to dislike. On CD1 you get two exclusive new tracks: the fuzzy, punky Skullfull Of Sulphur, and a Neil Youngish lament, So The Story Goes, plus the slick CD-ROM video. CD2 is a Peel session covers package, as the trio take on Teenage Kicks (a song which condenses into three minutes what Ash have been trying to say their whole career) and Lazer-Gun Nun's Melon Farmer, with charmingly unsteady backing vocals from Charlotte Hatherley. Proving what exactly? That they can do carbon copy punk if they feel like it? Anyway, there's also a DVD, but only hardcore fans should bother. It features the video (again), a further 15 minutes of their behind-the-scenes doc, and a standard discography/lyrics section. You can get any two CDs or DVDs for £5 or all three for £7.50, so Ash aren't entirely taking the piss.