RIDE (ABO #178)

RIDE

KALEIDOSCOPE

(1990-1996)

With their first records, Ride created a unique wall of sound that relied on massive, trembling distortion in the vein of My Bloody Valentine but with a simpler, more direct melodic approach. The shatteringly loud, droning neo-psychedelia the band performed was dubbed shoegazing by the British press because the bandmembers stared at the stage while they performed. Along with their initial influence, My Bloody Valentine, Ride stood apart from the shoegazing pack, primarily because of their keen sense of songcraft and dynamics. For a while, the band was proclaimed the last great hope of British rock, but they fell from the spotlight nearly as quickly as they entered it probably because the promises of their first two albums quickly vanished away when they hooked on the brit-pop wagon.

Here's the best of this band's four albums, I hope you'll enjoy the "Ride"...

Dreams Burn Down

My Ride list
1 - Nowhere (1990)
2 - Going Blank Again (1992)
3 - Carnival of Light (1994)
4 - Tarantula (1996)