U2 Releases 'Days of Ash' EP
I was stress-eating a leftover pancake watching Canada almost lose to Czechia in the quarter finals of men's hockey at the Olympics when I saw a post from U2songs go by about U2 releasing a new EP and I honestly thought it was a mistake. There hadn't been any rumblings of new material besides an album they've been working on that isn't expected until the fall of 2026.
But it's real. 'Days of Ash', was released today, on Ash Wednesday.
There's a playlist on U2's YouTube channel with lyric videos for the 6 songs, and the EP is available on all popular streaming music platforms, including Apple Music.
From U2.com:
In advance of a new album in late 2026, the new EP is a self-contained collection of five new songs and a poem - 'American Obituary', 'The Tears Of Things', 'Song Of The Future', 'Wildpeace', 'One Life At A Time' and 'Yours Eternally' (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia) - an immediate response to current events and inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the frontlines of freedom.
Four of the five tracks are about individuals – a mother, a father, a teenage girl whose lives were brutally cut short - and a soldier who'd rather be singing but is ready to die for the freedom of his country.
U2 also put out a new issue of their fan club magazine, Propaganda, to talk about the songs on the EP. And reading some of the quotes collected by U2songs on the release, it sounds like Bono has been wanting to release more timely music rather than wait for an entire album cycle to happen before putting music out. Which is awesome for fans, of course. And why not? In this digital age where they could record a song and hit "send" in a day, music artists should feel free to publish songs in response to what's happening in the world.
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