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