Verse of Charm Assault keeps getting stuck in my head now
― imago, Monday, 19 June 2017 14:13 (six years ago) link
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.
― jterich, Monday, 19 June 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
I really like Cali. Trying to work out what it reminds me of...I'm thinking late-era Pixies (but not vocally).
― Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 19 June 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
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
― imago, Monday, 19 June 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
Melodically bits of Cali remind me of Beulah. Which is odd.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 05:03 (six years ago) link
I think it's Letter to Memphis that it reminds me of
― Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 07:02 (six years ago) link
Their Glastonbury set is on iplayer now (and is good)
― Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 24 June 2017 23:13 (six years ago) link
Yeah. Basically all my favourite Ride songs.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 25 June 2017 05:16 (six years ago) link
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
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 3 July 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
it's not _actually offensive_ to me other than being associated with the name ride. its completely unspecial, not actually good.
― popcorn michael awaits trumptweet (Hunt3r), Monday, 3 July 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link
Erol producing too, which used to mean something.
― piscesx, Monday, 3 July 2017 21:20 (six years ago) link
Surely the best Ride LP in 25 years?
― the pinefox, Thursday, 4 January 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
nah that'd be Three Fact Fader
― imago, Thursday, 4 January 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
;)
why do they suddenly fade the drums at the end of 'leave it all behind'? fairly jarring. the live version is way better
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 9 July 2018 14:32 (five years ago) link
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).
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 12:56 (four years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/album/6h5jv9bwnNkYPyfOQMEA0p?si=2DMmQoGJSOG6O4vSuZkCGg
I really like this
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Friday, 16 August 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
"Jump Jet" should be a single
I'm seeing these guys in two months but had no idea there was also a new album. Thanks for letting me know.
― Bee OK, Friday, 16 August 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
Jump Jet definitely seems to be the Cali of this album (deep cut that was so great it became a single well after the album cycle)
― imago, Friday, 16 August 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
I'm seeing them today (an acoustic set and CD signing at Rough Trade).
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 17 August 2019 08:05 (four years ago) link
Their lyrics are SO bad.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 18 August 2019 07:26 (four years ago) link
that...has never not been a thing
― imago, Sunday, 18 August 2019 07:29 (four years ago) link
Twisterella lyrics are sublime
― husserl gang (rip van wanko), Sunday, 18 August 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
Enjoying this new album. “Eternal Recurrence” is the standout for me so far.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
Early on the lyrics were acceptably adolescent because they basically were adolescent, and so was I. Now I'm 40 and they're pushing 50 and the lyrics are STILL adolescent, I'm not quite as tolerant...
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 08:13 (four years ago) link
Yeah the lyrics, i mean even as a kid i realised it had been A Bad Idea to print them on the sleeve of the 2nd album, as opposed to REM style '1 line from each song' like they had on the first. They were a classic 'nothing to say' band but i never really wanted that from them anyway.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 12:01 (four years ago) link
i mean even as a kid i realised it had been A Bad Idea to print them on the sleeve of the 2nd album, as opposed to REM style '1 line from each song' like they had on the first
Absolutely OTM, especially 'Not Fazed' and 'Making Judy Smile'.
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
I am digging this album although there is very little to it that tells me it was made in 2019. I think they could’ve made this exact album 10 or even 20 years ago. That’s not a slight, just noting that it feels like it time traveled to my ears.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 01:48 (four years ago) link
last week i bought Bauhaus ticket, today i bought Ride tickets. i hope i warm up to the new album. this band has always been great live and have seen them around 15 times now.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 00:42 (four years ago) link
Listening to the new album 'cos I found out I can see them live tonight... Jump Jet and Future Love sound pretty great!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
Jump Jet and Fifteen Minutes probably my favourites.
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link
Fun show last night, sound was amazing. Such beautiful guitars. Mostly stuff from the new album (Repetition sounded like 80s Wire live) and some classics - Leave Them All Behind and Seagull sounded pretty fantastic - would liked to have heard Chrome Waves, and I guess Carnival of Light and Tarantula have been stricken from the live record? Hope I can catch them again.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
Did they ever do Black Nite Crash live i wonder? Love that one.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78uYU-u3pVI
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
xp they played Black Nite Crash 4 days ago according to setlist.fm
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
Nice to hear Fyt by This Mortal Coil as Ride's intro music from the 1990 gig. (I assume the INXS playing before that was not their choice).
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
xp Oh!? I had no idea that it was back in their sets, great news, i always thought they hated it.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
They've played it a lot since they reformed. Check this out: http://ride.band/songography/
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
Nice to hear Fyt by This Mortal Coil as Ride's intro music from the 1990 gig
That was one of the great things about the 2015 reunion gigs, that they used that same track to come on stage to as they had back in 1990. (Not that I remembered it from the gigs, I remembered it from the bootlegs of the gigs)
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
last song that played before they went on last night was Reward by the Teardrop Explodes, tape intro was the first song from the new album I think?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
glad you had fun last night, makes me look forward to the show in two weeks.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link
on my way, pretty excited for this as Ride are one of my favorites from back in the day. also the reviews, from their live shows, here are encouraging. i even sort of like a few songs from the new album.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:11 (four years ago) link
enjoy! hope you get to hear Chrome Waves!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 17 October 2019 02:01 (four years ago) link
Ride killed it at Desert Daze this weekend. Added last minute.
― DT, Thursday, 17 October 2019 04:48 (four years ago) link
hey bee, how was the show? i didn't even know they were playing, but i drive past the observatory pretty much everyday, as i live about a mile from there. saw the marquee on my way home yesterday and just kind of had one of those, "welp (shrug)" moments.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
i feel sorry for Ride. i saw MBV just last year and the place was gigantic and it felt overbooked. when i saw Slowdive two years ago they also played a fairly big place. Ride played in LA on Monday night and then in the OC on Wednesday night. in this Observatory venue they have a small room and a bigger room. they sold these Ride tickets for the bigger room but they didn't draw enough fans so they switched it to the smaller room. the problem was, besides not being able to sell out the bigger room, is that there were too many people for the smaller room. by the time we realized that Ride was actually on stage we could not get into the space, it was way over packed. so the beginning of the show sucked because the five of us could not see a damn thing. we eventually made our way in to see the band.
Ride were amazing though. one thing that struck me last night was that they are Mark Gardener's band. i remember thinking, back in the 90s, that it felt like it was 50% Andy Bell and then 50% Mark. that is not reality as it seems like Mark is m ore like 80% of Ride and Andy is just sort of there. no wonder Andy was able to take a back seat to Oasis so easily. Ride played like 12 songs from the last two albums and they sounded great live. i have not been the biggest fan of the newer stuff but it sounds great live. they did play "Chrome Waves" and opened with "Cali." "Seagull" was the highlight, as they closed with that song and was beyond stunning. if you get a chance to see Ride and are on the fence i say go, you wont be disappointed in the least.
Built to Spill is playing there next month and do really like the venue. i hope to catch that show but i am seeing Bauhaus that same week so it is a toss up right now.
Austin that is funny about where you live, i work right across the street!
― Bee OK, Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
well that sucks about the venue. sounds like it was good once you actually got in the damn place.
also one of the offices of the program i work for is right off warner a few blocks up so i'm in and out of that area daily haha.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
Increasingly convinced that Cali is in their all-time top 5 songs, glad they're opening with it
― imago, Thursday, 17 October 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
The Ride EP came out 30 years ago today.
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 22:25 (four years ago) link