Ride
Recorded in Steve Queralt's bedroom and hallway, an early demo reached Jim Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain, and before long Alan McGee had signed the young Oxford four-piece to Creation Records.
Art-college trips to see My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and the Stone Roses fed the noisy guitars of Nowhere and Going Blank Again, now counted among shoegaze's finest – a label Andy Bell dismissed as 'another boring tag'. The 1991 Today Forever EP already pointed away from that din.
By Carnival of Light, the two singers brought finished songs instead of jamming, reaching for classic rock as they tried to change with the times. Tension grew: Mark Gardener walked out during Tarantula's mixing sessions, and the split was announced shortly ahead of its 1996 release. A 2014 reunion meant only for touring has since yielded Weather Diaries, This Is Not a Safe Place and Interplay.
If you like Ride you should check out: Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Curve, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Stone Roses, Spacemen 3, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, The Verve
