Ride - Interplay (2LP) Groove Armada Merge Records ‎(US) 2023

Merge Records ‎(US) 2023

the record feels like a comingof-age for the singer-songwriter into her own perfectly curated moment

his fearlessness and blindness to inhibiting boundaries

Their first comprehensive anthology

emptied of its trees and water

Ride - Interplay (2LP) Groove Armada Merge Records ‎(US) 20232LP, 45 RPM Wichita (2024) EU Everything feels like it has been leading to Interplay, Ride's forthcoming seventh album, the third since their 2015 reunion. Its the sound of the group connecting all the dots, taking the frenzied guitar attacks, hypnotic grooves and dreamy melodic hooks of their early work and setting it to a more expansive sonic template, one that takes in synth flourishes, psychedelic folk, electronic beats and noir pop soundscapes.