Welcoming a New Ice Age is the third and final studio album by American new wave pop group Gleaming Spires.

[1] By 1985, bassist/lead vocalist Leslie Bohem and drummer David Kendrick's tenure in Sparks had begun to draw to a close.

[3][4] Cutting ties with Posh Boy, who released their previous two LPs, the Spires signed with Tabb Records, a Los Angeles-based indie label.

Stylistically, the album was far more eclectic and experimental than their previous releases, stretching from the anthemic "big music" sound of opening track "Mercy," the mid-tempo balladry of "Tearaway" and "Unprotected," the country-tinged "Your Secret Room" and "Blowing Up My Life", and the Motown pastiche "Bigger Than Life", building on their new wave foundations.

[9] All tracks are written by Les Bohem and David Kendrick, except where notedCredits are adapted from the Welcoming a New Ice Age liner notes.