Nowhere

Had some decent points, but overall kind of dragged on and never really caught my attention. 2/5 Won’t listen again

Great

Back at it babey! Auto 5 stars here.

Yeah, this is solid. Drug Beatles bass with contemporary Britrock.

Never liked the term "shoegaze" but I do like most music that falls under the umbrella. The droning wall of noise here is great. Vocals and melodies feel very brit-pop before it was really a thing. Sounds like something that would be absolutely immersive (in the best way) played live. My only complaint is I find it easy to drift off in thought while listening to it rather than maintain focus on it. Typical of this type of music, and inarguably more of a me problem. This will definitely be something I listen to again. Seems like it would be really good for long drives alone.

Very nice. Daddy like.

At first this album felt like if you took George Harrison's more psychedelic Beatles tracks and replaced all the sitars with guitars, effectively proving George's use of the former instrument correct. The album just became boring, British neo-psych as it went on, however, and the album was all in one ear and out the other, with some mild hearing damage in-between. I'm no shoegaze expert, but this just doesn't stand up to the likes of My Bloody Valentine or even more modern acts like Candy Claws. It just feels like cashing in on a sound. Like a Pearl Jam to grunge. It is quality, it pulls off the sound well, but something is off, and it really feels like it doesn't belong.

I feel very mellow

I'm a sucker for shoegaze, which is funny, because if you were to look at my summary page, it's currently listed in the "worst genres" section for me. Strange how that works out. Now. Ride. Hmm. I'm not as familiar with them. This record is definitely an interesting proof-of-concept. It's not as immediate as My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless", however relying on the more "jangly" aspects, a lot more dream-pop and really showing the post-punk roots of shoegaze. I listened through it again, and it was a comfortable ride (fuck, no pun intended), but definitely not as powerful or changing as the first time I heard the opening riff from "Only Shallow" or, say, "Stars" by Hum. I *did* go back and listen to it again, and it grew on me pretty heavily, going from interesting to, "Oh, I genuinely enjoy this." Call it a 4.5 with room to grow. Favorite tracks: "Dreams Burn Down", "Vapour Trail", "In A Different Place"

Dreary!

No joo taas ihan kiva taustamusiikkishogaze. Hyvä tunnelma, mutta mikään biisi tai osuus ei erotu edukseen (tosin se on shoegazen helmasynti HUOM ei luonne! Eli niin ei tarvitsisi olla!). Mun sielu ehkä kuulostais melkein tältä mutta en silti kovasti innostu. Mut ehkä voisin laittaa uusiksi taustalle soimaan? Vahva kaks puol.

Utopia: yksi idea riittää biisiksi, kun sitä soittaa niin kauan että turtuu. Okei, joskus heillä on kaksikin ideaa. Mutta kykyään poimia kivoja pop-kulkuja he eivät osaa hyödyntää loppuun saakka.

Really good album, would ha R been great with shorter tracks and more focus. One to listen to again

It's 3-star albums like this I always have the most trouble with, 'cuz, like... I'unno. It's fine. I liked what I heard, but I wasn't amazed by it. I'unno what else to say, really. I guess there's that I liked the psychedelic parts the best, and if there had been more maybe I'd've bumped it up to a 4. But as it stands... Yep. That's a 3-star-ass shoegaze album. It's neat.

After my only experience with the Shoegaze genre being Loveless, this is certainly different from that seminal album, what with there being more influence from Psychedelic artists. I really groove with this one, so I'll give 4.5 rounded up to 5.

It’s a 2.5 and I wish I could leave it there… but I’ll graciously round it up to a 3, even if I really don’t want to. I just wasn’t that captivated by this. There’s nothing technically wrong with any of these tracks, and in terms of execution, I think they nailed exactly what they were going for. This is my first time listening to anything shoegaze, and my assessment of it is that it’s like leaving the reverb in as if it’s a smoke cloud from a fire; it just hangs around, and stays there, and it doesn’t really bother you, but it is kind of weird that it’s there. It’s just… I dunno, for my tastes, not that interesting. There’s not a bad track here, but there’s not really a standout either; it’s a bunch of tracks that just sort of blend together for me in a directionless way. Yeah, the lyricism is fine, but the melodies (both vocally and instrumentally) feel either monotone or buried by the swirling wall of reverb smoke that permeates most of these tracks. It’s cool on the first track, but when you realize that it’s an entire album of just this, it just sort of loses the luster immediately. It just really does not feel like an album I had to listen to before I die, you know? Could’ve gone my whole life without hearing it, and now that I have heard it, it’s just OK. It doesn’t do anything special, and it doesn’t feel like it stands out. In terms of the individual tracks, they sound pretty neat, and I’m not opposed to the concept of shoegaze, but as an album experience, this just sorta dragged me into mediocrity. At least the last track was nice. I’ll acknowledge that this could do a lot more for someone else, but for me, ultimately, it’s a 2.5 that just barely does enough for me to bump it up to a 3. However, it could honestly go down over time. There’s just no room for going any higher than a 3, and that’s that.

Really sick album - can't wait to listen to more Ride. Worth breaking EU law by turning up my headphones all the way. Love the drums, love the distortion, love all the little melodies, and most of all love the badass cover. Best Track: Vapor Trail Worst Track: Decay

Some bangers but overall felt very repetitive for a 1hr 10min album. Best Song: Seagull Worst Song: Sennen

Have always loved this record and this listen didn’t change my mind.

I know a fair amount about shoegaze. Maybe more than the average person. But my knowledge is definitely still limited. And it seems like the number of artists who make shoegaze music, or anything adjacent to the genre, is endless. But Ride is a band I was vaguely familiar with before today. I’ve tried a couple of times to listen to this album, actually. But I was never able to make it past the first song. I just found it a little boring past that point. This debut from them seems to be quite popular with shoegaze fans, and people often place them at the top with some of the most important bands like My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive. I’m not sure what I was thinking in the past, because after hearing this whole thing, I see where the reputation comes from. I find this to be a very worthwhile experience for a shoegaze album. I still believe that the opening track, Seagull, is by far the best song here. Something about the way it comes in really gets me amped up. But everything else is consistently solid. Compared to some of the other most popular albums in the genre, this one feels much more drum heavy. But the guitars, and the effects that they play around with, are still very distorted and spaced out. I never thought I’d admit this, considering how much I disliked it, but the “influence” that people claim Psychocandy had can actually be felt here. Also, the impact that this album had on britpop is pretty interesting to hear. Because shoegaze and britpop aren’t exactly associated with each other. But it would only be a couple of years before britpop made its big breakthrough into the mainstream. Go back and listen to something like (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. It’s kind of weird hearing the small similarities between the two. I don’t know if I would put this album up there with the likes of the best this genre has to offer. But it’s still very good, and it was nice to see representation like this on the list. Rating: 8/10

A classic - tune after tune - a little lull in the middle or it would have been a 5

Sounded like they were playing all their songs at the same time. Track after track. Same thing.

An essential album

The first song basically has a Taxman bass line. At times it felt like the drummer was having trouble keeping up. You can tell these guys listened to a lot of the Cure. Overall it's just OK for me. I thought I liked Shoegaze, but this didn't do it for me. Liked songs added: - Here And Now - Sennen

Just as The Jesus And Mary Chain's *Psychocandy* a few days ago, this Ride album, supposedly their magnum opus, might be slightly overrated. My main gripe with it is that it's status as a 'shoegaze' essential record seems a bit unwarranted. What *Nowhere* offers on its first side, for instance, is more bent towards some sort of early, borderline-lo-fi and admittedly "hazy" version of the nineties britpop frenzy about to submerge the UK than anything that sounds perfectly close to Slowdive or My Bloody Valentine. Too many airy major chords and not enough genuine melancholia. Sound is important, but music matters too. And here the music might be a little mundane or predictable, as decent as it is. Add some vocal parts and harmonies that have a flimsy grasp of pitch on some cuts--and not necessarily in any endearing ways given the intent to immerse the listener in an all-encompassing soundscape--and you may get the impression that Ride's reach exceeds their grasp at times. It's true that the last three songs in the album eventually up the ante in the shoegaze idiom in ways that make listening to the album from start to finish enjoyable at least. "Decay" is a driven exercise in repetitive, obsessive mania. "Paralysed" is somewhat moving thanks to its plaintive chorus. And "Vapour Trail" ends the LP on a very high note, thanks to its pretty guitar riff, the timeless and strangely dignified aspects of its la-la-la vocal hook, and its elegant use of a string section until the very last seconds of the original record. Plus, the sprinkling of psychedelic influences here and there during the course of this album have aged quite well, all things considered. That said, if truly you want stellar shoegaze records, I'm pretty sure there's half a dozen of them that are more efficient than this particular LP in this overall genre. The question is: "is there room for more?". As of now, I'm gonna say 'yes'. But for what it's worth, the global score of *Nowhere* on this app--a perfect 3 signifying an album that globally neither irks average listeners nor triggers a tidal wave of enthusiasm among them--emphasizes an intermediate position that prevents this LP from reaching a perfect score in my eyes. Ride's music was probably noticed in 1990 because, apart from The La's and The Stone Roses, there was not much competition in the British rock idiom at the time (at least when it came to interesting acts). Yet retrospectively, *Nowhere* looks like a ripple on the surface of a quiet sea, and not like the tsunami everyone said it was. A ripple pleasant to your eyes and ears. But a ripple nonetheless. 3.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 4. 8.5/10 for more general purposes (5 for general musical competency + 3 for the artistic flair +0.5 for the album's "impact") Number of albums left to review: 133 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 375 (including this one, mostly for the "impact" it had at the time, once again) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 221 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 279

I have a feeling there might be some good music underneath all that distortion, reverb and all the effects. 2 stars

Nothing but noise

These guys sound like if Oasis made a shoegaze record. Unlike other shoegaze artists, I liked these guys. They are apparently one of the "Big 3" of the genre. Unlike other shoegaze bands, these guys display musical talent, and seem to enjoy making music. Interesting to hear a harmonica in shoegaze music. Favourite songs: Taste, In a Different Place, Polar Bear, Dreams Burn Down, Kaleidoscope, Seagull, Unfamiliar, Nowhere Least favourite songs: Paralysed 4/5

I've had Vapour Trails in multiple playlists throughout the years, but hadn't gone for the whole album yet, and - whew. I've listened to it like four times now. The official tracklist ends with Vapour Trails, but I listened through the CD bonus tracks. I love how the title track closes with the cries of seagulls in a full circle moment, as the album opens with Seagull. And, by the way, what a first fucking track. Blew my socks off. The harmonies are Alice In Chains-esque, but make it shoegaze. This is a 5 star album for me. It may not be a 10 out of 5 like some of my other 5s, but I hear something new in the lyrics or the guitar layering or the drums (the drums!) with each listen, and that's worth the rating for me. I'm so glad I got to fully discover this one.

The first track was great, but it kinda turns to mush after that.

Kind of like a 90s version of The Who, but without the nuance in production that made The Who so special. A decent sound and album but I'd rather listen to some other stuff.

Noisy shoegaze that could use just slightly more catchy melodies to really stand out.

What really makes Ride stand out from their showgaze contemporaries is their heavier and more straightforward approach to the genre. When they fully emerge themselves in this, as on “Dreams Burn Down”, they really are in a league of their own - it’s just not often enough that they fully indulge in this.

It was alright, but don’t think i’ll be listening again

Not for me

A good album with nice and relaxed music. I liked Decay and paralysed the best.

I think shoegaze is over represented on this list. It’s fine and maybe influential but not my jam.

Good album but I didn't enjoy it terribly much. It's weird but they seem influenced by bands I don't like. But oh well just my opinion

3/5 - great background music to a B rated heist movie

They scratch a certain itch but left me wanting something else I couldn't quite put my finger on.

On encouragement from Noel Gallagher I once chanted along with 70,000 people "who the flip is Andy Bell?". It seems the answer is a much more talented and interesting musician than warrants being the bass player in Oasis. This is a surprisingly enjoyable shoegaze album that is a little lighter, breezier and more accessible than the genre average. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: Vapour Trail Date listened: 29/06/24

cool

Enjoyed this quite a bit! Came out of nowhere but it was a fun ride! 🌊

I used to be kinda cold on shoe gaze but recently I’ve been coming around to it and this album has made me want to explore even more!

When I was more of an avid shoegaze head this album was pretty big for me ... it's still a really nice and pleasant album ... but i remember it a bit more fondly... alas

If I'm going to take a trip down this memory lane, I'm reaching for Teenage Fanclub, Stone Roses, or even Luna before this. Ride sound like they were an amazing live band; especially in a field on a hot August night with glow sticks and ecstasy. But like so many great live bands, their songs don't quite translate to recording.

Understated, thoughtfully composed, and even a little jangly. Some of the vocal mixing is a bit muddy, but it is a shoegaze album I guess. I'll be revisiting. Highlights: Seagull, In a Different Place, Vapour Trail

Shoegaze, huh? My first introduction to the genre. Melodic, spacey, hammering the vocal harmonies every chance they get. Not bad, but nothing that gets the blood flowing. I might turn to it when I want something that is chill but... louder?

Mellow music. 3/5

Beautiful collection of pretty noise — I don't mind that at all!

Another one for the "was very much aware of, but hadn't really listened to, and that's why this site is great list". Another band that feels like they were absolutely the right place, right time for me to discover, but not all that surprised I didn't on reflection. Some of the "shoe-gaze" era is tremendously joyful, this is warbling background noise. Tempted to remove a star because Andy Bell went on to form Hurricane #1, one of the worst bands I ever saw live, but that would be overly harsh.

Yeah. Ok. Kinda nice? Kinda background noise in many ways. Not really inspiring. I had no idea of this genera or that it mattered to some folks. Nice is my overall review. Thanks for the discovery. Moving on. 2 stars.

Typical 90s noise-rock music

Noisy oasis? I think I would have liked this better without the vocals. It has a vibe, but it’s not for me.

Love Ride. Saw them live and unplugged in Bristol and they were just the nicest guys, they had such rapport among themselves and with the audience. And this album is great. Initially, it sounds a lot like The Stone Roses, but there's something far deeper and more intelligent and meaningful happening here; an existential ecstasy-fuelled escapade. My kind of music.

A real joy, from a band I had heard of, but not fully explored. In the gaps between Madchester and Brit-pop, but also between 70s prog and Radiohead. Sounds a bit like Oasis in points, reminded me to look up Hurricane #1, surprised to see Ride still going in 2024, and still with the original line-up.

Better than I thought it would be. Shoe gaze generally doesn’t pique my interest the way this album continually did. No stand out tracks or major takeaways, but it definitely wasn’t bad. 3/5

Pretty good shoegaze album. Doesn't go quite as wacky as some other shoegaze efforts though.

Just noise

3.5

I don't like how the vocal performance matches with the lyrics and instrumentation to which I'm vibing more with. It does acomplish at making the listener wander off while listening. Left feeling super overwhelmed specially as someone who enjoys shoegaze.

Shoegaze I think I should love it all as some of my favourite records are in the genre. I just haven’t been able to get deep into rise.

This was sometimes shoegaze, but othertimes very much NOT shoegaze and leaning more toward britpop. That's a weird space to float between, and they somehow pull it off.

Yay!! I love(d) Ride! This album gets better with each listen. Saw them live a few months ago too.

Lots of styles I don't like mashed together. Loud in headphones it was actually ok in parts, then moving to normal speakers it was wet and horrible.

drumming great, vocals sounded more like whining to me much of the songs...

First time I’ve listened to a ‘shoe gaze’ genre before, though I really enjoyed this. Very syrupy, cool flow. 3.8

a bit too rowdy for me

Ok

Awesome

The most interesting part of this album for me was the album cover. It evokes some nostalgia somehow that I can't put my finger on. It also made me think it was going to be some electronic music. Maybe it's because it reminded me of Mindtrap - Norther Rooms. To the music. It kind of flew me by a bit, I think because I was focusing on something else. 'Vapour Trail' is a nice track that I think I've heard before. Overall I think it was pretty decent, but not good enough to pull me out of my focus on whatever else I was doing. Should listen to again at some point.

Was expecting somehthing like "The Blaze" from the album cover but I was fooled, it was shoegaze! Sounded very Smiths-like but a bit more rocky. It was ok but nothing outstanding really.

Interesting, ambient, loud in parts, quiet in others. Sounds like the soundtrack to a not-too-exciting film where the protagonist goes through a few negative events and then 'finds himself' before the camera zooms out and we close with him standing on a beach looking out to sea with the wind blowing through his hair.

Pretty cool. Kinda boring to be honest. I like when they get heavy

Vapour Trail is awesome, rest of album doesn’t do much for me. Not bad.

Indie tranquilo, melódico. Las últimas canciones me gustaron más. No conocía el grupo. Escucharé más de ellos.

It was kind of noisy

I’m not familiar with this album or artist, but I thought this was a really good shoegaze album, and I enjoyed listening to it. The guitar playing really helped give this album a cohesive feel, but I loved that the songs all had really unique guitar parts, giving each song it’s own distinct sound. The album started off fine, but it really took off for me at “Polar Bear,” which I absolutely loved. The distorted guitar and the more melodic guitar blended together perfectly, and I thought this song featured some of the best vocals on the album. “Dreams Burn Down,” “Vapour Trail,” “Taste,” and “Here and Now” were some of my other favorite songs on the album. The harmonica on “Here and Now” worked really well, and that element helped keep this album interesting even well into the later tracks. I wasn’t wowed by the vocals on my first listen, but after skipping around through the album again, they really grew on me. This is an album that I want to listen to more, and I have a feeling that it’s really going to grow on me if I’m able to revisit it. This was a really nice discovery today.

I’ve seen a lot of bands described as shoegaze that aren’t really shoegaze. This is what I really expect when I think of shoegaze. Moody, airy, maybe kind of bland at times, but backed up with great instrumentation and a cohesive wall of sound. I listened to the deluxe edition, and it’s really long - maybe a little too long - but I did like it quite a bit.

Day131 - shoegaze is a term i’ve never heard. ride sounds like oasis and blur had a baby that tried to be different and it didn’t work

Lo escucho por primera vez y de inmediato me recuerda a The Stone Roses. Irrelevante para mi.

Huh. Needs headphones. I liked it. I think I liked it? It was fun to listen to, and I liked the vocals. 4.

I'm confused. This was right in the center of the music I listened to in 1990 as a DJ in a college radio station. But somehow despite totally knowing the name, I don't recognize any song in the album. I love it and think had I heard it then, I'd have bought the CD or record, or at least got a tape copy if I was strapped for cash. So maybe I'm rediscovering an old lost favorite or hearing something new for the first time. 5 either way.

El shoegaze y yo definitivamente no congeniamos.

Decent background music. But nothing more than that Standout songs: Dreams burn down Vapour trail

Ride's "Nowhere" is third in the holy trinity of shoegaze albums (the other two being MBV's "Loveless" and Slowdive's "Souvlaki"). It still doesn't get nearly the love it deserves imo. I think Ride did a really good job at transforming some pretty straightforward post-punk songs into noisy psychedelic monsters. I listened to this late at night staring at the ceiling and it really aided the experience.

Had not heard this band. Interesting listen, but not sure how much I like them at this point, but the music grows in you. 3/5

Bloody boring and tedious, terrible. Showgaze is the perfefct name for this terrible style of music. 0 stars if I could.

Är inte mycket för shoegaze men den här plattan helt okej.

Ну и чё это, что-то жужжат и ноют. Слушаю, слушаю... если б оно было где-то в сериале -- внимания бы не обратил. А так как этот альбом выпал мне чтоб послушать -- надо обратить на него внимания. А неохота. Википедия пишет что это "один из самых шугейзовых моментов". Ну я хз, шугейз это во-первых смешное слово. А во-вторых мех

Very good

Shuegaze... Kedeligt... Tænkte på dirty dancing... Og glemte alt om den her...

Godt men også nemt at glemme

Album 390 of 1001 Ride - Nowhere Rating : 1.5 / 5 I just don't really have any real interest in this "Shoegaze" genre. Does nothing for the music lover in me.

Ekkert mikilvægt að gerast þarna. Rann í gegn án þess að ég tæki eftir því.

Meh meh

Why are they so miserable? Did their mummy's ask them to do the washing up. Poor kids. Waste of an hour.

Solid...in general I love shoegaze. Not sure this really fits my idea as a pillar of the genre though. 3.5/5

I think I just fundamentally don't get shoegaze

Gaze at them shoes

They have some great songs but also some less great songs on here. I want to love it but just can't quite get there.

Very stone roses, Brit rock. Good album. Took me back to the late nineties

Like most shoegaze, there were a couple of songs on here that caught my attention and I kind of liked, but for the most part it was kind of easily forgettable.

I listened to this for another list, and didn't really care for it. I gave it 2/5 for that one. It's sorta boring and I can't get entranced with it or anything. There's just not enough going on. I like it a *little* bit more on 2nd listen, so I'm willing to give this... 2.5/5

Boring, repetitive, gave up on it.

I like a bit of shoegaze. This is solid but not as good as MBV or Slowdive. A high three.

Instrumental rock.

Musically bland, and brittish :(

A great shoegaze classic

Great shoegaze album, really liked the combination of moody vocals and guitars with those high-energy drums.

Shoegaze is not a genre I enjoy. This album had some small moments, but the almost conversational vocals detracted from the experience for me. In general, the lack of tempo change across albums just isn’t for me. 2/5

This sounds like nothing more than over-hyped early 90s alternative/grunge rock with some beach-vibes. It's not bad, and the longer the album plays, the more I've enjoyed it.

Obvious Oasis influences aside, this is the very definition of OK. Not great, not bad, just OK.

Mildly interesting. To me, this album is unseasoned rock. Sure it has all the elements and I catch myself rocking my head to it in moments. But at the end of the day it's just too bland to be memorable.

“Ride on, brother “

alright

I'm going to be honest – I thought this album and Panopticon by Isis were the same album until today, solely based on their blue ass covers. At least now I know I have a preference for post-metal over shoegaze, even if that makes no sense intellectually. I don't hate it, though, it's just that sometimes it leans too much into shoegaze, and other times it leans too much into Britpop, and I don't particularly love either of those subgenres. Mostly, I just wish these Brits would stop ripping off the bass riff from "Taxman."

It’s ok

I don't mind it but it's not my favourite Shoegaze.

there's only so much shoegaze i can listen to before i zone out...

Ok

63/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

If my friend recommended this album to me as a pretty good 90s rock record, I would agree with them. It certainly has some good songs. However, if a friend recommended this album to me and said if I do not listen to this before I die I will fail to live a full life, I would question their sanity. There is nothing incredibly special about this album to me. It is simply ok.

I have to say, this album took me two listens to really appreciate. At first pass, I took it as a bit of a wall of sound. And in some respects, I think that is exactly the point of some of the production. However, digging a bit deeper, there is a lot of complexity in here and some really beautiful songs: Vapour Trail is an obvious standout for its open prettiness, but I also love the vacillation between pretty post-rock (a la Explosions in the Sky) guitar and wall of sound charges on display in Dreams Burn Down. Also love In a Different Place -- its in no rush and wraps around you like a warm blanket. For a shoegaze album, I really enjoyed this one and will be back again for more. Strong 4 / 5.

There's some stuff I like in this album, like Dreams Burn Down, Vapour Trail, and Unfamiliar. There's other stuff I dislike about the album, like Nowhere. Sennen is an odd one because I do like it, but I think the guys voice takes away from it. Either way, none of it was good or bad enough to sway me either way. Ultimately this is on the boring side for me, but there's a world where I could really get behind this. Maybe if they upped the tempo a skosh. Would be better if the singer wasn't there I think.

Shoegazey and boring as hell. I have heard more emotion from a baked potato

Some nice loops at the beginning reminiscent of the Beatles. Had some work I was doing so this was in the background, but I'm on Nowhere and this is some fuzzy ass shoegaze. Really down with this. Unfortunately there was just too much in there that didn't really grab me. Might come back to this because I can really fuck with some shoegaze it just feels hit or miss to me.

I have not heard this band since the early 90s. This is a nice blast from the past. So 1990. Very Stone Roses. I remember trying to find this album at the time, and the biggest record store in Manhattan had no idea what I was talking about. But they didn’t know Blur either. I think I like this more now. Seagull is a banger. The whole album is an easier listen than I expected. Nice head bopping background music. Not too loud, but not boring either. A really good example of the style of the time.

Band Iv never heard of, this is a good shoegaze/brit pop album, but also very forgettable if not paying attention.

Have I heard this album before? No Highlights: Seagull, Kaleidoscope, Vapour Trail, Unfamiliar, Sennen, Beneath, Today Rating: 7/10 ‘Seagull’ really kicks this album off with a bang, love the energy given by the driving bass line and jangly guitars. Unfortunately there is a run of tracks after the first couple that I didn’t find particularly interesting. ‘Vapour Trail’ is great and the album ends strongly with some lovely tracks. It’s good.

I don't really like shoegaze as a genre, but if I had to listen to some, this wasn't bad.

That was boring. More than once I had this irritation of something droning on and on in my ear only the remember that I was listening to an album. Totally forgettable.

I started out feeling rather optimistic about the album based on the first two tracks. Then the tempo slowed and I got a bit bored.

I didn't check to see if all these tracks were part of the original album or not, so I listened to a lot of extra Ride today. Things started off ok with Seagull... but by the end of the song the increasing noisiness began to wear on me. Then a lot of other noisy songs followed... and a lot more wear... until midway through what I thought was the album I started to enjoy it a bit more and think about adding a star. Just before writing this I realized my enjoyment came after the end of the original album when I headed into the CD bonus tracks. So no extra stars for this one.

I've had so many of the British bands recently, and they all sound so similar it would be hard to tell the difference between them at this point. It's almost as if I died, when to Hell, and am being forced to listen to this for the rest of my days. As for this album, it is okay. Nothing about it is special and the people who voted for this as one of "The 300 Best Albums in the Past 30 years" all must have some nostalgia attached to it. I have those bands I listen to all the time and love(The Appleseed Cast), but no way would I suggest it be on a list of albums to listen to before you die.

Very great album, even if it drags a bit sometimes. If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go gaze at my shoes now. Best Song: Vapour Trail Worst Song: Paralysed Underrated Gem: In a Different Place They Stole Taxman's Bassline: Seagull Album Score: 8/10

Nothing grabbed me. Nothing stabbed me. It existed and so did I, together probably only this once somehow completely unaware of each other’s presence.

Pretty cool album, but shoegaze is not really my thing.

This project has really converted me into a massive shoegaze fan. This album really worked for me. Have to check out their other stuff.

Not my favorite.

Geese farts on a muggy day.

No

I have never heard of or listened to this album or band, somehow they completely escaped my attention in the 90s. It'd decent This reminds me of the "Life is Strange" soundtrack, which I loved. It does kinda get stale after a bit, though. 3/5

Beautifully swirling shoegaze, with a drum-forward sensibility, jangling guitars, bittersweet melodies, and just enough noise to keep it interesting. Total mood of an album. Fave Songs: Vapour Trail, In a Different Place, Polar Bear, Decay, Kaleidoscope

01) Seagull - 7,5 02) Kaleidoscope - 7,5 03) In a Different Place - 7,5 04) Polar Bear - 7,0 05) Dreams Burn Down - 7,0 06) Decay - 7,0 07) Paralysed - 7,0 08) Vapour Trail -7,5 09) Taste - 7,5 10) Here and Now - 7,0 11) Nowhere - 6,5 TOTAL: 7,18 (72/100) First of all, what the hell is Shoegaze? Never heard of that genre of music... So, Wikipedia says that shoegaze is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume. It's not a bad album. Maybe with a few more listens it would grow on me, but for now, it's just ok...

The songs are OK. Basically psychedelic rock with a lot of distortion. Great background music, but it's all one big blur. Nothing stands out. The producer must have had some serious hearing damage, because the production is very shrill. Way too much of those disco dip frequencies that you lose first. Favorite song: doesn't matter much, it's one big blur.

Wonderful

I skimmed this album. I feel like everyone says this of albums they don't like but...every song sounded the same. For real. I won't be revisiting this band. What the hell is shoegaze?? 2/5

Aiight but not my cup of skittles

Shoegaze rock!!!

Wow. Near perfect instrumentals and the only real drawback is the vocals are too droning in parts. This project is getting me into 90's Britpop/shoegaze (expect for Radiohead, I'll never like them).

Vapour Trail

Another album that there's nothing wrong with per se. I quite enjoyed the sound on the whole, but the album is just too long. There's no way that this needs to be more than 70 minutes in length - it could have been in the sweet spot between 35 and 45 minutes and then had an EP only release or B sides or what have you. A function, I imagine, of being produced in the CD era. It's the over length that brings this from 3 to 2 stars. There's really no excuse for it here.

It was fine. Nothing special, and the sound was pretty samey, but I didn't hate listening to it.

Delightful. Very much my jam. Although thinking about the album a few hours after listening to it, its vibes are more memorable than its hooks.

Very good, surprisingly tuneful and melodic shoegaze, not as abrasive as MBV or as ethereal as Slowdive. I’ve heard some of their subsequent music and I liked it fine, but this is very very good.

Noisy. Cool. I liked it OK, but not enough to seek out more.

I read the reviews and they made my heart sink. Not another wall of shoegaze industrial noise please. I've already given MBV 2 stars. However on a listen this was a much more palatable listen. The balance between scuzz and genuinely tuneful guitars was surprising and it fitted into a spectrum of music that I co in let enjoy, albeit at the darker end.

Shoegaze, melodisk rock, lidt langtrukkent

Not my cup of tea.

Psychedelicish grunge punky

Strange I missed these guys entirely at the time. Not bad but I guess you needed to be in the crowd. It's not unpleasant and maybe repeat listens might endear me to it but how many albums can you say the same about?

Not sure how I feel about it. Seems like a mashup of Smiths, Oasis grunge. Its almost like they dont even know what style of music they are which is good and bad!

Indie tranquilo, melódico. Las últimas canciones me gustaron más. No conocía el grupo. Escucharé más de ellos.

Quite Boring 😔

If a Ride album is playing in the woods, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Doesn't matter, this album is of no consequence to anyone or anything. 1 falling tree out of 5 🌳

New band to me. Reminded me a little of REM. I still have no idea what shoegazing is.

Top 5 Shoegaze album. Might even be number 2 after MBV's Loveless but Ferment, Going Blank Again, Isn't Anything, Just for a Day, Souvlaki, Whirlpool, Everything's Alright Forever, Giant Steps, The Comforts of Madness, In Ribbons, Raise, Spooky etc. are also all great albums too (I much prefer the Shoegaze period in the first half of the 90s before Britpop took over in the second half).

The songs are not so special but the chiming guitar sound more than makes up for that.

Not sure about this one

Totally forgettable

Kısaca hayır.. Albüm kapağından güzel bir şeyler ummustum ama bulamadım. Shoegaze olayını çok anlamadım + doğru düzgün müzik de söz de yok. Ve bütün şarkılar aynı gibiydi, bana hitap etmedi. Vakit kaybı:( Overall :3.5/10

Byrjar mjög vel, Seagull er alger banger, en svo þegar líður örlítið á finnst mér röddin mixuð full aftarlega og lögin verða minna og minna eftirminnileg og renna saman í eitt. Ég er alltaf hrifinn af flanger effectnum og chorusum, en þeir eru ekki nóg til að lyfta þessari plötu uppí fjórar.

I find it fitting that there is a track here called Vapour Trail, because listening to this behemoth collection of album plus two extended plays felt voluminous yet the memory of certain compositions are fleeting. There are great songs throughout and it is very deserving of its place in the shoegaze pantheon, I just needed to be in a proper place for it to fully indulge and immerse myself in it. Favorites: Seagull, In a Different Place, Polar Bear, Dreams Burn Down, Decay, Vapour Trail, Taste, Nowhere, Beneath, Today.

Meanders it's merry way.

Boredom on repeat

Album sounds ahead of it's time, like a folkie Manchester Orchestra with U2 elements, then add the grunge edge. While I love the sound of the band, the album has about twice as many songs as it should. The vocal melodies are generally drony and monotonous. While I like the Fleet Foxes style lyrics, there's just too much similarity and sameness to the songs, lacking much sonic interest. The good that's here is really good though.

Very different than what I heard before, the shoegaze genre looks fun

Fine

Upon learning that this was “shoegaze”, I thought I’d hate it, but it ended up being fine. It bridges the gap between the post-punk sounds of the 80s and the grunge sounds of the 90s. I’m not a fan of either of those genres, so it ends up being pretty meh.

Amazing

I just don't get this type of music. Morose indie kids with lots of guitars and nothing to say. It plods along without touching me at all.

There's so many layers to this album. The mood shifts from calm to a full on panic attack with the change of a chord. I love the structure and repeating patterns as the sounds build up. It's hard to believe that Ride were all under 20 when this was recorded. It has such an innocent charm, yet sounds like the work of a band already full into their stride. A major, major debut.

shoegaze is shoegaze is shoegaze. Makes one think of sitting in a room of pot smokers listening to shoegaze and discussing how deep and philosophical they are. Talking about how I don't understand the meaning of anything, when the only thing I don't understand is why people listen to shoegaze.

Never heard of it. Enjoyed but won’t go back. Thanks for the lift.

Liked the sound but I was a little checked out and bored by midway

This is one I already know well and love. Not really into any of their other albums or other shoegaze albums generally, just this album specifically. It feels to me like a very specific sound from that genre, from that time, from the UK. Also, it's a funny one for bonus tracks. I got it on CD and so the proper end to me feels like it should be the song "Nowhere" whereas the bonus tracks after that feel extraneous. I don't think we should have to listen to them! They sort of dilute the album too much.

Wishy washy….but ok.

Ooooo baby love me some of that shoegaze vibes

Had never heard of Ride and was confused to have a band from the 90s I hadn't heard before. Holy cow was I blown away. I've become more of a shoegaze fan in the last ten years or so but never really ventured outside of older staples (MBV, J&tMC, Coceau Twins) and this was a delight. Definitely adding into my rotation

some of the songs were enjoyable, others had too much repetitive instrumental music

This was great. Sounded like a more shoegaze style Stone Roses. What more could be better. An overall nice sounding album with a couple of good stand out tracks. Imma have to listen to more Ride now.

Shoegaze central... Its all a bit murky and muddy and just doesn't hit like Loveless. Could do with better production. 3

Probably cool to someone

I did not like the vocals but it was a really good shoegaze album. Especially considering that they used a damn multi effect for guitars haha. It doesnt come close to Loveless, but still a solid one.

Not my style but can appreciate it for what it is.

shoegaze. uk bias. lots of brit sad artists. it was my 730 albums. 6/10

I want to give it four stars but for real its pretty boring, took me a long time to get thru this album, some great tracks on it, but overall didnt hook me.

A really amazing album, all through. I discovered shoegaze recently and have quite enjoyed it, and Nowhere was no exception. From the opening notes of "Seagull" to the hazy vocals of "Today," it was a wonderful journey. It's hard to pick a favorite track, but on this listen it's probably "Decay."

Very much encompasses the 90s alternative/indie sound.

Still have no idea what shoegaze is but I like this better than others I’ve heard from the genre. The first two songs in particular were interesting. The album wore on me though

Good music but very forgettable. It’s ridiculously long

Very 90s. Wasn't a huge fan of it.

I'm not sure what this is supposed to be, but it doesn't really stand out as being much. It's an okay album, but nothing to write home about. I can listen to it if I had to, but it's wouldn't be my first choice.

No conocía éste grupo y la verdad, suena bien. Un pop - rock suave.

Decent

Beautiful

Inoffensive but dull, struggled to make it through the whole album

Incredible boring album, nothing stood out as good, it all just felt like I was listening to waves crash on the beach but with vocals. At which point I would rather just listen to waves crash on the beach.

Definitely the peak of Ride. But not the peak of the sound, which is very niche and is not readily transferrable to bands or to create a 'scene'. Shoegaze is kind of weird that way. Perhaps all the fuzz and feedback simply takes too much of the nuance out it unless your Kevin Shields.

A lot of chorus, a lot of layering, a bit repetitive. A very 90s album but not particularly the brand of 90s I'm usually drawn to.

I like rock, just not any of these tracks. So I guess I'm saying I don't like Nowhere based on this album. Not my thing at all.

Average good imo

I have come to realize during this project that the shoegaze genre does not appeal to me at all. I think it’s kind of dreadfully boring.

Really cool album! It made me think of a harder Stone Roses. The guitars rip, it feels like a wall of fuzz and distortion crashing over you. I dug it a lot, and I'm sure it's a pivotal album in the shoegaze genre

This is one where in theory I should like this. I enjoy alt rock. I enjoy rock from the early 90s. But this one just didn't do it for me. To much just... noise in this album.

Not bad but not anything amazing. the whole album kinda sits in the background.

Not great, couldn't finish

Nope. Sludgy samey and unmemorable. Swear I had this album back in the day, probably because I thought I should. Don’t think I ever listened. Did not come across well on my earphones. Not sure why this one is here. Wanting to give it 1.5

Liked the noise, the vocals and lyrics were eh.

Every. Song. Sounds. The. Same. Can I get a chorus? Or a melody? Or a rhythm? Something?

A few decent tracks. I used to love this album but just not feeling it as much anymore. Not sure what’s changed in me to not rate it as much.

kind of innocuous. Not particularly good or interesting, background music for some sort of boring movie montage. 2.5.

Boring, couldn't get through it but didn't hate it.

Pitkät introt joka biisissä

First song, Seagulls, was not what I was expecting. I felt a 60's vibe, with an updated sound. I think I can like this.

Pretty decent! Sometime could be a bit too noisy for my taste, but the more delicate songs and melodies are pretty sweet. 6/10

Some half decent songs.

Grunge-y 90s rock. Sounds like it could have been in the soundtrack to something like Cruel Intentions. Perfectly good but nothing that struck me too much. 3.5

I found this to be a bit of a slog overall, its just so mediocre. In about the final third I did think it started to come together a bit more, so if you're reading this review while listening and are struggling - hang in there, kitty.

Not my thing. Great fuzz tones, but voice is too mellow for me, compared to the music. Songwriting is decent, too, as far as chord structure is concerned.

The band for people who feel that the Smiths were "a bit rowdy"

Never heard of these guys but enjoyed about half of the album. Definitely Brit rock from the late 80s-early 90s. Took me back to that era. Would spin as background music at a party to see if anyone I know recognized it.

Budget Oasis. Didn’t like that the vocals were more in the background than the foreground, as dull/draggy as they were at times. Still good shoe gaze record, especially when it avoided being overly prog rocky.

I didn't recognize any of the songs and don't think I'll ever listen to this group again. +1 because it wasn't terrible. 2/5

I liked this album, 4 stars

Sounds like a poppier version of My Bloody Valentine. Not a bad album at all but I don't see why critics were so excited about this one.

This is pretty good. Interesting blend of styles. 3 stars.

It was pleasant enough to listen to in the background but ultimately it left me wanting a bit more, hard to remember any particular songs.

I liked the sound. It was interesting. I think I’d like to revisit when I’m in a more gazey mood

So damn boring, but surprisingly contains a couple of very very good songs, so it gets its 3/5

More energetic than I expected with kind of a Stone Roses feel coming especially from the bass and the bright shimmery melodic lead guitar lines. But it isn't as as poppy and does a lot more of the drone shoegaze thing: big washy sounds, lots of delay/reverb on the guitar, vocals are kind of flat and buried in the echo. It seems like they do a lot of things well all at once that other bands took a lot further to be more distinctive - slowdive with the slow contemplative thing, my bloody Valentine the dense intense thing, spiritualized the orchestral psychedelic thing, the verve the pop adjacent accessible indie thing, radiohead the textural anxious tension thing. Favorites: nowhere, sennen, kaleidescope

Going to see this lot next month. Didn't expect that they would be on the reunion list. Enjoyed the album enough but nothing as 'blow you away' as JAMC. Maybe I'll revisit this after the show.

Solid album. Was like Oasis, but better.

amazing album, one of the shoegaze holy trio

Being a member of the commonwealth apparently doesn't help bring this past average, or invoke a deeper understanding of the mania. Maybe Damon Albarn can explain it to me.

Classic

Somehow this entire band passed me by? I had never heard any of this before. Sounds like Stone Roses to me, maybe a bit more noisy. It's not bad or anything, but it feels kinda beige to me. The sound comes out of the speakers and I have no emotional response.

Fakka med dette albumet

Album 10/1001 this album is epitome of filler music. Just like the title says it goes nowhere, music feels the same throughout and leads towards no significant change or dynamic listens. 4/10

Never heard of this band or album but didn’t hate it.

I never paid much attention to Ride in the early 1990s, but this album makes me realise what I missed.

The smiths!!???

A decent album

I liked this. The only part I wasn’t sold on what the singing, at times it wasn’t what I thought worked best with the music, and a bit cheesy, but overall good album.

One of my favourite shoegaze albums. It’s so soothing but at the same time very aggressive.

ни хорошо ни плохо. так один трек есть,

I'm glad I got this album when I did because I feel like a was able to appreciate it a lot more than if I had gotten it before my shoegaze epiphany with mbv. This was shoegaze mixed with British pop vocals which I wasn't sure about but it grew on me after a while. I especially liked seagulls, vapor trails, and taste. There was a stretch I probably missed because I was distracted trying to find parking at work but I still liked it overall. I also recently saw a reddit post about the 4chan /mu/ list of music and how lists like this don't allow you to fully experience an album and associate it with events in your life (e.g. me with radiohead) and only serve to allow you to tick boxes on a list. It really made me think about all the times that I said an album was good but kind of blurred together and wonder how much I've missed out in fully understanding these albums. On the flip side, I thought about all the times I listened to an album I got from this list on a certain point and it really affected me (e.g. Moondance by van morrisson or selected ambient works). I think I have gotten quite a bit more than just exposure out of this list but I do think that I've probably missed out on quite a bit by listening to a new album every single day, which makes me want to go back through a selection of the albums and relisten once I'm fully done with the list; because the Reddit post was definitely right about one thing: there's nothing better than actually discovering a new album or genre and having an associated memory with it.

There were some moments I was feeling it but for the most part, I couldn't find the groove with this one. A little more on the psychedelic end of shoegaze. And the vocals are too forward for how weak they are. Best Songs: Dream Burning Down, Today Listen Again: No

Not note worthy. Shoegaze.

A mix between the Smiths, the Stone Roses, and Nickleback, but only if you took the weakest parts of these three. I really did not enjoy the lyrics or the singing and the instrumentation bored me, save the rare moments that felt like the guitarist was freestyling or decided to channel their inner hard rocker. The album felt too late for its time while somehow simultaneously also sounding like it predated much of the “90s sound” of whisper-whining ethereality. It didn’t really carve a name out for itself for me, but I could see how it influenced later music that I do like. Maybe I’m just not the target audience, which is fine, but because this is a review targeted towards myself, I’m gonna rate it based on the vibes: 2.5

kind of sounded like a cross between sonic youth and the cure. twas ok, but not that impressed. a lot of the songs tended to sound the same.

This was fine. But nothing really special. I can appreciate the musicality of it, but there wasn't a single song I really liked... so 2.

Boring. Never heard of it before and I’m pretty sure because it was just so…..boring.

Uma sequência de shoegaze agradável.

Next 5 songs played by my Spotify Algorithm: Pavement - Perfume V Primal Scream - Silent Spring The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Hey Paul Dinosaur Jr. - Goin' Home Drop Nineteens - All Swimmers are Brothers

Alright, kinda like other "wall of sound" bands better, listen to MBV or something isntead

This sounded like something I would like, but turns out I didn't like it that much. The instrumentals were good - I really liked Paralysed and the bass in Familiar was 🤤. The vocals are very 80s which took a bit from the experience. I don't think I'll listen to it again in the future, but at least I discovered a new subgenre of 90s British rock.

In the minority in that I like Going Blank Again better but this is still very solid

Mediocre, more noises than anything that makes me disconnect and gets me into the world of music. Or maybe that's just because I listened to it whilst working my 9-6.

Mid Rawk

This was pretty boring, and I did not care for it. Really not a fan of shoegaze. The only reason I’m not giving this a 1 is because I did enjoy the song “Vapour Trail.” Otherwise, pass.

My other ride is your mom

I thought this would be good but I was really disappointed. They definitely didn't hit the level of My Bloody Valentine or Slowdive to my ears.

Surprised I had not heard this before

If this isn't a 5 it's because you didn't play it loud enough.

I don’t think I have the mental capacity to understand the shoegaze genre. It always feels like the music is unfinished. Overall this wasn’t as bad as some of the other shoegaze album but it still lacks anything other than sad vibes and depressed lyrics. I get sad music is deep but how can one enjoy a whole album of music without a pulse. 3.9/10

Expected to love this and just didn't

Only 4 songs in as of right now and already have a lot to say about this album. Starting with the gritty yet upbeat soundscape that revolves around this UK hard surf rock sound that I simply cannot get enough of. These songs make me feel like I'm riding down a hill on a board of some sort, whether it be a snowboard, skateboard or even just the curl of a wave. This album is fun to listen to and with the watery, floating lyrics in the background of the warm, yet quick repetitions of drums and heavy guitar and bass presence, this album makes me feel like I'm no where close to home but on a vacation. In these 4 songs I've listened to so far, it does feel like a wave is being rode with the ups and downs, in terms of the happier songs like seagull and kaleidoscope representing the ups or the top of the wave if you will, and then feel a hint of melancholic shoegaze once the track "In a Different Place" sets in, or as the listener works their way down the wave, almost underwater where the down is. Its hard to compare the songs thus far, due to every song seemingly to fill the holes in this theme of a wave swell and the crash of it, making each of the songs cumulatively come together in a beautiful way. I'm now 7 songs in, and the music progressively seems to become gradually more "shoegazey" leaving a sense of despair as a background theme. I'm now on the song "Here and Now", and it is starting to pick up again with a more upbeat tone, and while it could be a stretch to say so, I feel like the album at this point could be trying to paint a picture of being lost at sea and accepting the lack of control of such a thing, and accepting the lack of control just as it would be an analogy to life with going with the tide and rolling with the punches I will suppose. With this analogy being present, the progression of the album and being strayed further into sea, the songs while keeping slightly upbeat at parts definitely hold an instrumental sense of pain, frustration and edgy tone to it. Some more evidence to offer for this viewpoint of straying further and further out, would be with the top half of this album containing song titles of things that might be present while near a land mass, with track one titled "Seagull" and track three titled "Polar Bear", whereas the rest of the song titles point towards a more helpless demeanor and lack of familiarity with surroundings.

"her fingers will learn / the lightbulbs burn" Cool album full of walls of psychedelic sounds, and with an underlying sense of urgency about the music. although I can enjoy a bit of something like this, the songs really tend to melt into each other, and it's difficult to comment on them individually. I was listening to this while scrambling to finish some homework before 11:59, and I felt the urgent tone helped that process. T1- "Seagull" has a really sick bassline, and will be the playlist track. Although I enjoy some of the genres this album encompasses, I really need something to be able to catch my attention and to get my head start to bop, it falls short in those places but does offer some great noises. 3/5

Relatively mid album. Not bad, not great.

Shoegazing. Brett. Stämningsfullt snarare än välkomponerat.

Kinda gay

shoegaze is a new genre for me but i could def get behind this. loved seagull, polar bear, dreams burn down, vapour trail, taste. good, noisy, and a bit-samey songs that I had a fun time with and that gave my bf a headache.

Noise-rock. You have the constant drone of mono-tone vocals, where inflection is absent. The litany of instruments fly in from all directions and instead off taking a que to diminish upon another’s arrival, they take it as a challenge to play more aggressively and loud, like jazz but with one simultaneous power chord. It’s not bad music, but I don’t particularly care to listen to it.

Stone Roses meets Fr. Stone!

Very average shoegazy album. It wasn't impressive from a view of non-genre specific ear, but even compared to other position on this list playing shoegaze it was just uneventful. It didn't stand out for better or worse, there was nothing to pick up in the review. Bit of a waste of time.

2/5 nothing much

I did enjoy this album, but I probably won't listen to it again. 3.5/5

Shoegazing a son plus actifs. C'est bon parfois, et d'autre c'est correct. BEaucop de bruits, typique d'un album de shoegazing. 3.25

sucks

hyvin vibes-based musiikkia, ja tänään napsahti oikeaan kohtaan. shoegaze shoegaze mestariteos... perkele olisipa vokalisti joku muu kuin brittiläinen 90-lukumies #3450. ei vaan pysty kipuamaan korkealle tämä. taidehan on objektiivista ja tämä on kolme kautta viisi paralysed

Other than Vapour Trail I hadn't listened to this before and it is just gorgeous. I generally stick to listening to an album's original track listing and skip any bonus tracks for this project but this time I just kept on going, I didn't want it to end.

Thought I would enjoy this more than I did. Quite samey throughout and not particularly interesting

A bit of a dirge and at times sounding like drums, guitar, vocals were in different recordings but interesting with it.

I sort of fell in the middle. I think I'd enjoy the odd track here and there but a whole album started sounding really samey quite quickly.

Found this one boring

Kind of liked the first song, but then noticed every other one is the exact same muffled sound, so you don't hear anything clearly ever (except drums, which I found to be the only enjoyable thing).

This album can take you on a journey I can totally picture them on stage staring at their sneakers and taking the audience on a moody trip

I like it