Ride Reunites (Oh, Dear, They’re Going Blank Again…)

If you thrilled to the sounds of shoegaze in the 1990s, wept when Ride disbanded, and have been treating the possibility of the band ever reuniting like a daydream, then it’s time to smile: guitarist Andy Bell, singer Mark Gardener, bassist Steve Queralt and drummer Laurence Colbert are apparently now in a different place, as they’ve announced that they’re getting back together and doing a series of tour dates while even going so far as to tease the possibility of the foursome writing and recording some new music together.

"It's going to be really cool,” Bell assured New Musical Express. “As we were all still friends, we always thought when the time was right we'd do it. And now the time is right."

"I guess it's something that's something that's always been there, chipping away like some little devil on your shoulder," Gardener told XFM. "There's a lot of unfinished business there. I can't imagine anything better than playing with Ride again."

Obviously, we’re big fans of the band here at Rhino, which you probably already knew if you’re one of those who picked up the 20th anniversary edition of Nowhere that we released via Rhino Handmade…and if you’re not one of those folks, then allow us to unabashedly mention that the item in question is still available and is still pretty awesome. Actually, given that it includes a remastered version of the album, the four-track Today Forever EP, and 12 songs from the band’s gig at the Roxy in Los Angeles on April 10, 1991, and it’s got a super cool cover with a lenticular version of the original album artwork, “pretty awesome” may be underselling it, so you’re actually pretty lucky that it’s still available…and given the reaction to these reunion gigs, it probably won’t be for much longer, so you might want to hop to it and order a copy while you still can.

By the way, we have considered the possibility that you may not know the first thing about Ride or have any clue why you should care that they’re back together, which is why we’ve compiled a playlist that should serve as a nice sampler of their catalog. Give it a spin and find out what all the fuss is about.