British shoegaze pioneers RIDE have unleashed their new single “Monaco“, off their seventh album ‘Interplay’, set to arrive on March 29th via Wichita Recordings/PIAS.
Inspired by Tears for Fears, Talk Talk, and early U2, The 12-track record was produced by the band and Richie Kennedy. Pre-order your copy here.
UPDATE 3/18/2024: “Monaco” is our new Single of the Week!
Commenting on the single, frontman Mark Gardener, explains: “The backing track came from the earlier Ox4 Sound sessions we did and we gave it a demo name of ‘Monaco’ as we were naming these jams and ideas we were pulling together as place names. One evening, during the recording sessions at Ox4 Sound, the guys had all left the building and I was there with just producer Richie Kennedy and an engineer. I had been writing some words about how I was feeling that everybody was being smashed in the current economic climate with the rise of energy bills and all else; to the point that it just seems now that we’re having to live to work instead of working to live.“
“The song is a reflection on this feeling of how we’re all being smashed to pieces and under pressure constantly financially. It’s a kind of call to arms against this whilst we still have strength to fight against it. ‘Monaco’ then stayed as the ironic title as the song is totally against the madness of the few who live in their artificial, detached rich bubbles in Monaco.” He added.
Have a listen now.
“Interplay is a record in the old-school sense, a rich listen that flows from start to finish, at times urgent and formidable, at others wistful and melancholic. It’s the sound of a great British band hitting a second peak. It’s a record about perseverance, about sticking together, about finding a way forward. Nine years after coming back together, Ride keep rewriting their story.”
Ride 2024 Tour Dates
05/11 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live
05/13 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
05/14 – Toronto, ON @ Concert Hall
05/15 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
05/16 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
05/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
05/19 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater
05/22 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
05/23 – Portland, OR @ Mission Theater
05/25 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox
09/02 – Belfast, UK @ Limelight
09/03 – Dublin, IE @ Olympia
09/04 – Cork, IE @ Cyprus Avenue
09/06 – Sheffield, UK @ Leadmill
09/07 – Newcastle, UK @ Boilershop
09/08 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG 3 TV Studio
09/10 – Liverpool, UK @ Invisible Wind Factory
09/12 – Leeds, UK @ Stylus
09/13 – Manchester, UK @ New Century
09/14 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
09/16 – Falmouth, UK @ Princess Pavilions
09/17 – Portsmouth, UK @ Guildhall
09/18 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk
09/20 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
09/21 – Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfrun Halls
09/22 – Cambridge, UK @ Junction
