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Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal

ARTIST..: Ride
ALBUM...: Going Blank Again

GENRE...: Indie
STYLE...: Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Britpop
STYLE...: Alternative Rock, Noise Pop, Neo-Psychedelia

YEAR....: 2012
LABEL...: Ride Music

COUNTRY.: United Kingdom
PLACE...: 1988, Oxford, Oxfordshire

ENCODER.: LAME 3.100 -V0
BITRATE.: 275 kbps avg
QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo

SOURCE..: CD
TRACKS..: 14
SIZE....: 143.57 MB

URL..: http://www.facebook.com/RideOX4

- TRACKLIST

1   Leave Them All Behind                   8:19
2   Twisterella                             3:42
3   Not Fazed                               4:23
4   Chrome Waves                            3:55
5   Mouse Trap                              5:15
6   Time Of Her Time                        3:17
7   Cool Your Boots                         6:01
8   Making Judy Smile                       2:38
9   Time Machine                            5:54
10  OX4                                     7:00

Twisterella
11  Going Blank Again                       3:21
12  Howard Hughes                           4:03
13  Stampede                                4:14

Leave Them All Behind
14  Grasshopper                            10:57

Total Playtime: 72:59

This is a 2012 reissue by Ride Music (RIDEMSC03)
Originally released by Ignition Records (IGN CD10 - 2001)

Remastered by Nick Webb at Abbey Road Studios, London

Tracks 1-10 originally released as Going Blank Again on Creation Records, 1992
Tracks 11-13 originally released on the Twisterella 12" on Creation Records, 1992
Track 14 originally released on the Leave Them All Behind 12" on Creation records, 1992

From the sounds of the cloistered, chaotic opener, "Leave Them All Behind,"
Going Blank Again sounds like it could be headed down the same Nowhere path.
Guitars as far as the ear can hear -- not much different from the effect
gained after riding a sit-and-spin for eight straight minutes -- are just as
dizzying as the prior record's opener. But rather than sink into a thick
underbelly of melancholy, Going Blank Again offers sunshiney melodies and
gleaming, bold production. All the band's elements are more pliable, and
overall it's pretty cheery. In fact, some of the album could be loosely
classified as power pop. Bouncy tunes like "Twisterella," "Not Fazed," "Mouse
Trap," and "Time of Her Time" each share more than a thing or two in common
with the likes of Teenage Fanclub, but with more layered vocals and
less-cutting guitars. Though Ride's guitars don't bite as much, there are
loads of them everywhere; the band doesn't completely sacrifice their love of
reverberating noise, but it's more done in the name of pop than to merely
cause a blistering racket. Though the lyrics often read as overtly simple or
obtuse (a common Ride foible), Mark Gardener's and Andy Bell's voices are too
pretty to let this shortcoming mar things. They create enough of a mood with
their proper instruments, and their sighing and random vocal intonations are
undeniably lovely. No longer do they hide shortcomings with sheets of
distortion, and there's a lot more focus and confidence on display
throughout. Don't let a Ride fan tell you otherwise: Going Blank Again is
anything but empty.

-=- SHGZ -=-

Shoegaze
is a genre of alternative rock that
originated in  the late 80s. The genre is very
difficult to define, and it is even more difficult to evaluate music
within it. Generally, the genre is characterized by its
shimmering vocals, reverberating guitars, and
textural distortion that create
a tranquil, opaque
feeling.