Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Ride - nowhere (1990)



Nowhere is generally considered one of the landmarks of shoegaze (aka an evolution of dream-pop, more psychedelic and enshrouded in colossal doses of distortion). It started with "Seagull", which was basically the shoegaze adaptation of a hippie anthem - typically buried in a thick veil of distorted effluviums. All the while "Kaleidoscope" winked to the Merseybeat sound - though again drenched in ecstatic and exhilarating distortion. "In A Different Place" was less good, essentially a shoegaze contemplative ballad, but they rebounded - and how - with the mesmerizing psychedelic acrobatics of "Dreams Burn Down" - replete with spectacular guitar fireworks splashing through the sky and then hanging in suspended animation.

Get it here.

8 comments:

Jim Slip said...

Munju, thanks.

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Jim Slip said...

Munju, I added Prog-Not-Frog in the links. Sorry, I didn't use the graphic cause it didn't fit with the overall design.

Anonymous said...

Jim,

Thank you! :)

Anonymous said...

thanks!!

Anonymous said...

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Javii San said...

Thanks a lot!

kzfkz said...

Thank you for this classic !