While I’ve never particularly thought of Ash as rock trailblazers, there’s an interesting post on Mojo Blog about their decision to stop releasing traditional format albums.

“Marketing music in the traditional sense is becoming increasingly less financially viable,” say Ash, “It is now time to fully embrace the digital future of the music industry”. They claim their current album, Twilight Of The Innocents, will be the last of the old school – though they admit they envisage releasing ‘compilations’ of net-released tracks on the CD format.

Despite the fact that “fully embrace the digital future” sounds like a load of old toss, Wheeler and the lads have a point. I’d only buy an album these days if it was a classic. Or perhaps if somebody sent me a freebie.

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