Ashton Irwin
2020 certainly hasn’t been the best year for music. COVID-19 rendered concert tickets moot, left arena dancefloors abandoned and pressed pause on a bunch of projects. But, it wasn’t all bad. The silver lining is that, like you and me, musicians have been cooped up with nothing but free time, their talents and a world […]
5 Seconds of Summer drummer Ashton Irwin released his debut solo album last month, Superbloom. To celebrate, the songwriter shared a 50-minute-long live concert film recorded with his backing band in tow in Los Angeles. The wide-spanning set saw Irwin perform a slew of favourites from the recently-released LP including ‘Skinny Skinny’, ‘Greyhound’, ‘Scar’ and ‘Drive’, […]
Ashton Irwin underwent a sonic, lyrical and emotional flourishing to create his debut solo record Superbloom. After spending the better part of the last decade as the drummer for 5 Seconds of Summer, quarantine gave the 26-year-old Aussie the push he needed to undergo a creative metamorphosis beyond the comfort of his band brothers. Bunkered […]
5 Seconds of Summer drummer Ashton Irwin has announced he’ll release debut solo album Superbloom next month via EMI. Irwin began work on the record as lockdowns began back in February, with 5SOS’ touring schedule empty for the foreseeable. Superbloom was recorded by Irwin in his LA home with producer (and housemate) Matt Pauling. The multi-instrumentalist […]
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