Following on from their highly-praised LP 'This Is Not A Safe Place' in 2019, Ride have now announced their plans for a new studio album, arriving in the coming months.
The new full-length 'Interplay' is being previewed by the new lead single 'Peace Sign', and is set to be released on the 29th March via Wichita Recordings / PIAS.
Speaking about the new offering, guitarist/vocalist Andy Bell said, “'Peace Sign' started life as a jam recorded at Marks’ OX4 studio, in early 2021. 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.”
While adding about the new record, “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. 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."
Listen to the new single 'Peace Sign' in the player and see the album's full tracklisting below.
'Interplay' Tracklist:
Peace Sign
Last Frontier
Light in a Quiet Room
Monaco
I Came to See the Wreck
Stay Free
Last Night I Came Somewhere to Dream
Sunrise Chaser
Midnight Rider
Portland Rocks
Essaouira
Yesterday is Just a Song
