Carnival of Light

Description

One of the leading lights of the early 90s shoegaze scene, Ride reformed in 2014, releasing their first album in over 20 years in 2017. Weather Diaries was produced by Erol Alkan and greeted by a raft of critical and commercial acclaim, reaching number 11 in the UK album charts. It also saw Ride reunited with Wichita Records Dick Green and Mark Bowen, who worked with the band during their early years on Creation Records.

Rides sixth studio album, This Is Not A Safe Place, came together in a matter of weeks at the end of 2018, and start of 2019, the sound of a band embracing their new found creativity and rejuvenated dynamic. As well as working with Erol Alkan for a second time on production, their sixth record also saw Ride reunite with sound engineer Alan Moulder, who is on mixing duties for his fourth Ride record, following Weather Diaries, Going Blank Again and their 1990 debut album Nowhere (an album whose iconic artwork is wonderfully echoed on the cover of This Is Not A Safe Place). This Is Not A Safe Place charted at UK #7 on release in August 2019, the bands highest chart position in 25 years.

Carnival of Light the bands third album is repressed in transparent glow in the dark green double vinyl, and comes with a 12×12 insert, as well as CD format. Tarantula the fourth and final album before their split is released on limited edition transparent orange vinyl and CD, and includes three bonus tracks. All the original audio has been reworked and refined, the reissues will also be available on CD from the 4th of August.