Ride

In the organizer's words:

Ride on tour in Germany in May 2025

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When people talk about the sophisticated genre of shoegazing, it's never long before the name Ride comes up. The British band is one of the pioneers of the rapturously nostalgic rock sub-genre. Their debut album "Nowhere", released in 1990, is still regarded as one of the trend-setting works of shoegaze and helped the Brits achieve their ultimate breakthrough, even if their subsequent career was initially short and eventful. The two lead singers and guitarists Mark Gardener and Andy Bell fell out just a few years after their debut, which ultimately brought the band to its knees - Ride announced their split in 1996. But years later, the band unexpectedly reunited - and seemed to have overcome their earlier quarrels. Numerous albums followed, most recently the current work "Interplay" at the end of March this year. The typical Ride guitar sound gives way to a more electronic touch for the first time on the album. The Brits' shoegaze, inspired by dream pop and synth pop on the long player, is suddenly driven by keyboards; guitar and bass only play a supporting role on "Interplay". In terms of content, Ride rely on a mixture of criticism of politics and escapism - a combination that does not contradict itself on the twelve songs on the record, but rather lovingly transports its listeners to a foreign world without closing their eyes to the current situation in Great Britain and the world. In May 2025, Ride will be taking the album on tour, with the quartet also planning four stops in Germany.