Wishbone Ash Coat of Arms

Coat Of Arms sounds stylistically diverse and technically accomplished, yet the new album is typical of Wishbone Ash's traditional strengths - a balancing act that is a challenge to Powell every time: "Following the countless songs that we have written throughout the history of Wishbone Ash, my own expectations are extremely high. On the one hand as a composer you try not to repeat yourself in your creative output but to come up with new ideas all the time, on the other you want to remain faithful to
your style. Good songs need an inner conviction and the right inspiration. We had both when we started working on Coat Of Arms. You'd be right in describing the current line-up as the best in the history of Wishbone Ash. We all love our lives as musicians, the direct contact with our fans, travelling, the shows, our songs. It's that commitment by everybody involved that you hear in every single note on Coat Of Arms."