Classic Album Review: Ash | Meltdown

This came out in 2005 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

With its flaming-phoenix cover art and fire-breathing guitar riffs, Ash’s fifth studio album finds these Belfast post-punk popsters getting back in touch with their inner teenage metalheads — if teenage metalheads were able to write actual melodies and sing in harmony, that is.