The British progressive rock supergroup Asia, released their first album in over 12 years, Indigo, last Friday, November 6th, 2026.

Asia, however, is not the supergroup they once were. Their 1982 debut featuring singles such as, “Heat Of The Moment” and “Only Time Will Tell,” had lineup John Wetton (from King Crimson), Steve Howe (from Yes), Geoff Downes (from The Buggles), and Carl Palmer (from Emerson, Lake, & Palmer).

John Wetton has been passed since early 2017, Steve Howe had originally left following their successful sophomore release of Alpha and again after a three-album reunion ending in 2014, and Carl Palmer left after their 4th studio record, Aqua, in 1992, and having a similar rejoining period but extending it one more album to their latest album to date, Gravitas.

That leaves Geoff Downes. The longest-running consistent member in the prog phenomenon, keeping Asia alive (legally too).

This new(ish) lineup for their newest album consists of frontman Harry Whitley, John Mitchell, Geoff Downes, and backbone Virgil Donati.

Leader Geoff Downes explained, “The initial writing period began in 2015, following the release of our previous album “Gravitas” in 2014. John Wetton and I started putting our ideas together, aiming to get into the studio once more. It was with great sadness that John became seriously ill during this time and we had put on hold our plans, and sadly John passed away before we could continue and complete it. So, it was always in my mind that at some point it would be a shame not to finish off some of these songs and finally release them as part of an Asia album.”