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Ride: Interplay review – perpetual teenage kicks, now with added anger
Forays into psychedelia and world affairs serve the reformed British shoegaze pioneers well on their seventh album
On Interplay, they don’t try to replicate the delicate thunder of their live shows, but foreground less familiar elements such as synths, pianos, strings and, crucially, space. But the highlights come when they stray into wilder worlds: Stay Free, Last Night I Went Somewhere to Dream and Sunrise Chaser smuggle pretty tunes into unpredictable, psych-tinged productions, and Essaouira is a gorgeous experimental piece. Ride have always been an eternally teenage band, harking back to an idealised 60s where rambles take place at midnight, there’s little debate about whether it’s good to fade away (it isn’t), and the only doors opening are those of perception.
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