Ride

Did I mention that I don't think they've played Kaleidoscope live before? And that I don't know the reason for this?

Brilliant gig last night. I managed to get right to the front. Ride supported by Ride. Here's some bits a pieces from the first set, will upload and stitch together the Nowhere set later: https://youtu.be/lI4I7Vki4Pc

The rest: https://youtu.be/5ICGVNC1C2k

New album forthcoming -- Erol Alkan producing. Hmm.

http://pitchfork.com/news/70148-ride-releasing-first-new-album-in-over-20-years/

coming up for air was well dece tbf

shit though, it was AGES ago

Saw them tonight in Shoreditch. Very good. A mixture of stuff off the album which will be released later this week and the old classics: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1355747341147758.1073741848.100001375168495&type=1&l=e3495272bc

glad that you were finally able to see them Nasty Brutish & Short. How are the new songs? should i be looking forward to hearing new Ride this week?

It's awful.

Of the two tracks they released a couple of months or so ago, Charm Assault is good. Home Is A Feeling is a bit boring (though a bit more 'shoegaze'). The other two they've released I only got a few days ago and don't know them well, but All I Want is also good, Lannoy Point not so sure about. They did one last night called Cali which I liked.

Video: https://youtu.be/wDjhf9-UmDM

Pre-ordered this on the strength of Charm Assault. Disappointed to hear all the negative feedback.

Annoy Point morelike

Annoy Pointless even

This is really good, based on one (pretty involved, headphones-on-the-walk-to-work) listen. Lyrics are still v 6th form, but the big grindy bass, massive drums, and wistful melodies are all there, and the combination of synths and guitars works really well as a development from just shoegazey guitars. Easily in their top 3 albums!

Interesting!

Consensus is mainly positive apart from you, it seems!

http://www.metacritic.com/music/weather-diaries/ride/critic-reviews

I admit I haven't had any interest in listening. I mean, I interviewed Andy for the reunion and all as well, but this seems...unneeded, I guess the word is.

I'm with Alfred - this is kinda shitty dad rock.

What can I say? I'm a shitty dad.

And actually it feels really adolescent to me; overly idealistic, gauche, lyrically clumsy. All of which are things I associate with Ride anyway and I kind of like how familiar these failings are. And the feelings they inspire too. I didn't think / know I wanted a Ride album in 2017 but I'm glad I've got one right now.

Three listens in and I'm finding this absolutely tremendous. A loving tribute to their early sound, updated. Not knocking the first two records off the perch quite yet, but solidly their their best and one of the best reunion records I can recall.

*third best

Nice. I have high expectations after Slowdive's homerun on their last album.

Gonna have to buck the ILM trend of half-listening to something then denouncing it as the worst shit ever made and say it's pretty good

Listening now. They've lost the single thing that made them great (squalling guitars) but some of the songwriting is quite nice, I suppose (Home Is A Feeling). Opening track is a dreadful dirge

Title track an even more dreadful dirge omg come on lads

Squally bit at the end of the title track is how the album should have begun - and taken it from there

Caught Nora having a proper dance to Lannoy Point in the living room this morning = trust her instinct more than LJ's.

Also if you think the squalling guitars are the 'single' thing that made them great then you've missed the point(s).

Ooh, Cali is pretty good

Worked out my beef with Lannoy Point - that Cure riff comes in once too often. Tips it from enjoyable jam into dirge. It's growing on me a little though

Cali is by far the best track though

was never really a big fan so slept on this, guess I'll give it a listen today but you aren't all filling me with confidence.

Verse of Charm Assault keeps getting stuck in my head now

I like what I've heard of this. Not quite the breathtaker that the new Slowdive is, but definitely cool. Hard not to be down with new Ride.

I really like Cali. Trying to work out what it reminds me of...I'm thinking late-era Pixies (but not vocally).

It's stuck in my head permanently now. Not sure - maybe it shares DNA with Catherine Wheel at their most American? Blur? Sonic Youth? Really it just feels like Ride perfecting themselves again

Melodically bits of Cali remind me of Beulah. Which is odd.

I think it's Letter to Memphis that it reminds me of

Their Glastonbury set is on iplayer now (and is good)

Yeah. Basically all my favourite Ride songs.

my god, I've been putting off the new Ride album bcz I was worried it wouldn't be great and it is... very not great. Depressingly unremarkable and mediocre and completely generic; I'm not getting Ride from this at all

it's not _actually offensive_ to me other than being associated with the name ride. its completely unspecial, not actually good.

Erol producing too, which used to mean something.

Surely the best Ride LP in 25 years?

nah that'd be Three Fact Fader

;)

why do they suddenly fade the drums at the end of 'leave it all behind'? fairly jarring. the live version is way better

So new one coming out. Mildly excited since I really liked the stop-gap EP they put out a year ago. New single however is pretty slight (reminds me of a 2nd tier Real Estate track).