Ride - Interplay (March 29, 2024) Album

New record 'Interplay' announced earlier today w/ the first single 'Peace Sign' debuting on BBC Radio.

From Brooklynvegan:

After hints we would be getting this news soon, Ride have announced their new album Interplay, which will be released March 29 via Wichita Recordings/PIAS. This is their seventh album and third since reforming a decade ago, and they co-produced it with Richie Kennedy.

“This album has taken a long time to make, and has seen the band go through a lot of ups and downs; maybe the most of any Ride album,” notes Andy Bell. “But it has seen us come through the process as a band in a good place, feeling able to shake off the past, and ready to celebrate the combined musical talents that brought us together in the first place.”

The first single is “Peace Sign,” which the band debuted live at the first gig of their North American tour last week and has nearly all the swirling Ride earmarks. “‘Peace Sign’ started life as a jam recorded at Marks’ OX4 studio, in early 2021,” says Bell. “We called it ‘Berlin’ and initially it featured Loz on drums, Steve on bass, and myself on a prophet 5 synth. About six months later I got hold of the recording and wrestled it into song form. Lyrically I was inspired by a film called ‘The Alpinist’ about the visionary free climber Marc-André Leclerc. Soon after I’d finished working on the song I remember I was raving to my bandmates about Leclerc at OX4, and a good memory of that time was us all watching that film at Mark’s studio.”

Interplay

1. Peace Sign
2. Last Frontier
3. Light in a Quiet Room
4. Monaco
5. I Came to See the Wreck
6. Stay Free
7. Last Night I Came
8. Sunrise Chaser
9. Midnight Rider
10. Portland Rocks
11. Essaouira
12. Yesterday Is Just a Song

 

Oh hell yeah, Peace Sign is great

 

Okay

 

Awesome

 

let’s fucking go

 

I should revisit the last one. Looking back at the thread apparently I enjoyed my first listen, but I couldn’t tell you a single thing about it now

 

Excited for this

 

Youhou

 

LET'S GOOOOOO

 

I don’t think I’ve checked out anything past GBA but I’m down for this

 

Unsurprisingly, pretty good!

 

Lots of good stuff out today

 

Portland Rocks is the big standout for me on this record

 

Midnight Rider and Portland Rocks both really hit on my first listen. Excited to spend some more time with it this weekend.

 

Saw them for the first time in Portsmouth last night and they sounded great. Maybe the most relaxed and quiet crowd I've been in in a while which was refreshing. Think they played 8 songs from this album. I really need to spend more time with it. And they played a nice mix of their old/new stuff.

 

need to check this out

 

Same