Ride guitarist and songwriter Andy Bell has unveiled their new single “apple green ufo” and its accompanying video.
The song serves as the second taste of his upcoming album ‘pinball wanderer’, which will be out on February 28 through Sonic Cathedral. Pre-order your copy here.
“I had this riff on an acoustic and it was kind of like one of those Led Zeppelin folk bangers, but I brought it into the Serge Gainsbourg world and gave it a glass of absinthe,” jokes Andy, who also points out the influence of Dougie Wright’s bass and Dave Richmond’s drumming on Gainsbourg’s classic Histoire de Melody Nelson on the grooves here.
“The lyrics imagine if I met an alien and had to show them around Earth, what would I want to show them? It also references The Simpsons’ Mr Burns (“I bring you love”) and ET (“If you’re lonely, phone home”). I would like to highlight the ‘ring modulated’ fuzz guitar solo, which I couldn’t have made without an effect pedal called Randy’s Revenge’ by Fairfield Circuitry – my favourite company. This is not an ad!”
Watch / listen below.
Andty Bell Upcoming Tour Dates
- 27 February – Stranger Than Paradise – London
- 28 February – Truck Store – Oxford
- 2 March – Slide (outstore at Esquires) – Bedford
- 3 March – Resident – Brighton
- 4 March – Just Dropped In – Coventry
- 5 March – Piccadilly – Manchester
- 6 March – Jacaranda – Liverpool
