Paul Ariss And Ask Me Again Explores Control and Turning Points

A few days ago, I chatted with Paul Ariss after hearing his new track – one that stayed with me in a way most things drift off. Our conversation hit harder than expected. Not because he tried to impress – but actually because he didn’t. There was a kind of blunt honesty in how he spoke, the kind you hear from someone who has no time for layers.

He was concerned the article might look bare – said he only had one artist photo. That told me everything. Here’s someone focused on the work, not the packaging. He had no idea how much gold he’d already put on the table through this song. It felt like I was speaking with the music itself. And I’m writing this down mostly to make sure I didn’t imagine the whole thing.

Control’s a Quiet Beast – Until It Bites Back

Ask Me Again, released April 20, 2025, walks a thin wire. Just take care, the lyrics drift slow but land heavy. Picture a relationship standing in the middle of the room, taking up space without saying a word. One voice asks, the other evades, until silence takes over and something finally shifts.

Paul Ariss tells this story without raising his voice. The build stays low, the tension comes from space and timing. He lets the situation breathe until the weight speaks for itself. The lyrics circle back like thoughts you can’t shut down: “Ask me again when I’m older / Look in my eyes to see if they burn any colder.” The speaker leans away at first, holding back through delay, until something shifts. “Now the tables are turned / And I’m wondering how / That I’m failing to see / Any faith in me.”A quiet collapse, nothing big – just the sound of everything landing at once.

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Paul Ariss And Ask Me Again – A Guitar, a Gut Punch, and a City

Paul Ariss writes songs like someone who already used up a few lifetimes. Raised in Liverpool, he worked on plays and comedy scripts for BBC radio. The kind of writing that teaches timing and lets you sit in a moment long enough to feel it shift. In 2015, while caring for his ill father, he picked up a guitar that had been gathering dust for over 20 years. Taught himself a few chords. Wrote a song, then another one – with no plan and no audience. Just something real to hold onto. That first track Blinded became Song of the Week on Radio Airplay. The second? Track of the Week on Blues & Roots Radio – Your Truest Faith. They came from a place with no interest in approval, only release.

Paul Ariss And Ask Me Again

The first version of Ask Me Again was shaped at Scratch Studios in Liverpool. Final production came together at The Music Projects Studio in Wigan, with John Kettle in the chair – a name tied to The Lathums and a few UK chart-breakers. The sound stays grounded – acoustic, steady, spacious – with lyrics left out in the open, unsheltered. The song moves forward with steady weight, laying guilt, control, and self-deception on the table. You can hear and feel the moment when silence takes over and says everything.

That’s All There Is

Paul writes about people and facts. About power that shifts when no one’s watching. About relationships that slowly tighten until something gives way. He’s tackled domestic abuse, online bullying, betrayal – still, not every song carries that weight. Some carry a little light. Either way, it’s worth sticking around to see where he goes next. Find Paul Ariss where the good stuff lives: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify. Give the tracks a listen, sit with them, and hear what’s in there.