Ride joins host Stephen Kallao

English band Ride were early pioneer of shoegaze, alongside contemporaries like Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. Normalizing eight-minute anthems, like “Leave Them Far Behind”, as top 10 UK hits. But the Ride of today has fused shoegaze with another love: 80’s synth pop, like Depeche Mode and Talk Talk. Andy Bell joins me to talk about the evolution of Ride, and how they found the bullseye on their latest album, Interplay.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Bob Dylan “Absolutely Sweet Marie” Blonde on Blonde

Ride “Peace Sign” WC Recording

The Beatles “A Taste of Honey” Please Please Me

Ride “Monaco” WC Recording

Temples “Shelter Song” WC Recording

Ride “Yesterday Is Just A Song” Interplay

Ride “Last Frontier” WC Recording

Haim “Forever” Days Are Gone

Tom Tom Club “Genius of Love” Tom Tom Club

Vampire Weekend “Classical” Only God Was Above Us

Paul Simon “Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes” Graceland

Thee Sacred Souls “Easier Said Than Done” Thee Sacred Souls

Hour Two
The Waterboys “The Whole of the Moon” This is the Sea

Fontaines D.C “Favourite” Romance

Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way” Forever Now

Waxahatchee “Right Back to it (Feat. MJ Lenderman)” Tigers Blood

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “What We Had” Woodland

Nirvana “Plateau” MTV Unplugged

John Doe “Golden State” WC Recording

Tedeschi Trucks Band “Part of Me” WC Recording

Clairo “Add Up My Love” Charm

The Head and the Heart “Rhythm & Blues” Signs of Light

Gregory Alan Isakov “Dark, Dark, Dark” WC Recording

My Morning Jacket “Aren’t We One” Aren’t We One (single)

Keane “Somewhere Only We Know” Hopes and Fears

T Rex “Baby Boomerang” The Slider

Cracker “Low” Kerosene Hat

Bully “Days Move Slow” Lucky for You