Written by: Alex Green

Shoegaze legends Ride will release a new album in March.

The Oxford outfit’s seventh record Interplay is the follow-up to 2019’s This Is Not A Safe Place.

In a statement, singer/guitarist Andy Bell had this to say about Interplay: “This album has taken a long time to make, and has seen the band go through a lot of ups and downs; maybe the most of any Ride album. But it has seen us come through the process as a band in a good place, feeling able to shake off the past, and ready to celebrate the combined musical talents that brought us together in the first place.”

Of the album’s first single “Peace Sign,” Bell added: “‘Peace Sign’ started life as a jam recorded at Marks’ OX4 studio, in early 2021. We called it ‘Berlin’ and initially it featured Loz on drums, Steve on bass, and myself on a prophet 5 synth. About six months later I got hold of the recording and wrestled it into song form. Lyrically I was inspired by a film called ‘The Alpinist’ about the visionary free climber Marc-André Leclerc. Soon after I’d finished working on the song I remember I was raving to my bandmates about Leclerc at OX4, and a good memory of that time was us all watching that film at Mark’s studio.”

Interplay is out March 29.

Interplay Tracklisting:

Peace Sign

Last Frontier

Light In A Quiet Room

Monaco

I Came To See The Wreck

Stay Free

Last Night I Came

Sunrise Chaser

Midnight Rider

Portland Rocks

Essaouira