Daily electricity that works faster than any stimulant
15 March 2024
Press photo by Cal McIntyre
As communicated a couple of months ago, British shoegaze veterans
RIDE launch their 7th album, named INTERPLAY, their first since 2019,
on March 29.
So far we got two aperitifs, the jaunty first one Peace Sign,
followed by heavenly pop gem Last Frontier.
The third one, called MONACO is another
pithy power pop tune with a titanic chorus.
Three big scores in a row. Hattrick.
Mark Gardener: “One evening, during the recording sessions at Ox4 Sound, the guys had
all left the building and I was there with just producer Richie Kennedy and an engineer. I had been writing some words about how I was feeling that everybody was being smashed in the current economic climate with the rise of energy bills and all else; to the point that it just seems now that we’re having to live to work instead of working to live. The song is a reflection on this feeling of how we’re all being smashed to pieces and under pressure constantly financially. It’s a kind of call to arms against this whilst we still have strength to fight against it. “Monaco” then stayed as the ironic title as the song is totally against the madness of the few who live in their artificial, detached rich bubbles in Monaco.”
Blissful
All 3 singles