Nowhere

Was morning drive time listening. Decent but feel I would like it better for night drive

Its not a bad album but it sounds like many others from that time. One and done.

Is this a Stone Roses cover band?

Original, classic shoegaze sound. Easy sound to listen to, but can get a little sleepy at times.

Shoegaze. The name says it all. Dull, dated and dire. Not my thing really. Must listen? Nah.

ah the english...

I enjoyed it. Sort of Jesus & Mary Chain without the grunt. I loved the guitars. Not so much the vocals.

I really loved this album when it came out (1990, hard to believe it was that long ago, and was a pre-Nevermind release!), and truth be told, is probably my favourite shoegaze band. I can admit that MBV's Loveless is the true masterpiece of the genre, but Ride has better songs. I still listen to this album on a regular basis. I regret that I didn't go to see them supporting Ratcat at the Hordern Pavillion in 1991 (but seriously, can you imagine paying good money to see RATCAT at the Hordern? They were, in my mind, an archetypal Annandale Hotel band) I love the mix of actual tunes (and vocal harmonies!) with the big walls of noise. They probably did that better than anyone. The guitar squalls are controlled and expansive, building on the lessons learned from Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr, but not taken as far as the extreme of My Bloody Valentine. The singing is adequate, but the use of harmony highlight that the melodies are often quite pretty (especially when contrasted against the guitar noise) and allow the singing to promote the song rather than the singer. The lyrics are often a bit self-conscious or pretentious, which is forgivable given that the band members were only about 19 when they recorded this album. At least they don't fall into the typical traps of juvenilia that afflicts many immature bands (unwarranted egotism, sexism, puerile humour, etc). Most valuable player goes to Loz Colbert, drummer extraordinaire! What a powerhouse he is. I've heard him compared to Keith Moon (reasonably apt), but 'Dreams Burn Down' sounds to me like a take on 'When the Levee Breaks'. That along with 'Seagull', 'Vapour Trail', and 'Polar Bear', are classics of the shoegaze genre, and I still find compelling listening. they became a much more conventional band on subsequent albums ('Leave Them All Behind, aside), which did not play to their strengths as strongly. But this album I love. it really is the tension between noise and beauty that I really dig. They manage to walk the fine line gracefully all the way through this record.

longo demais

Good! Sounds like the cover looks 3.9

Better than average. I generally enjoyed it. I love the album cover.

A great 90s vibe. Not sure what makes it a top album. But thanks for the nostalgic feels!

Average.

9/10 super tight shoegaze

This album seemed to have every 1990 hipster music critic on its side, but I saw it as a pretty middle-of-the-road shoegaze album. I feel like I should listen again to really get it, but it didn't seem to rise nearly to the level of something like Loveless that came out the following year. What am I missing here?

I had some pretty high hopes for this starting out, but quickly realized it wasn’t really for me. It felt like a Britpop band doing their best take on shoegaze and became monotonous after a few songs. It’s not bad, but there is so much better stuff to come from the early 90s.

Seagull - 8/10 Kaleidoscope- 7.5/10 In a different place - 7.5/10 Polar bear - 8/10 Dreams burn down - 8/10 Decay - 7.5/10 Paralyzed - 7.5/10 Vapour trail - 10/10 Taste - 8/10 Here and now - 8/10 Nowhere - 7.5/10 Unfamiliar - 8/10 Sennen- 8.5/10 Beneath - 9/10 Today - 9/10 TOTAL - 122/150

Nowhere is the debut album by British shoegaze band Ride. Shoegaze is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock known for its beautiful mixture of hushed vocals, distortion, feedback, & echo guitar effects, plus overwhelming volume. Nowhere was the band's first full album after various LP's were released. Their indie music is relaxing and some of the best from the 90's. Nowhere is a phenomenal album, critically acclaimed, and considered one of the best in the Shoegaze genre. I enjoyed the calming nature of this album and found most tracks to be near-masterpieces. If you like indie music, then this is an album to listen to!

Good shoegaze. More generic than Loveless, the other shoegaze album I’ve heard, but songs like ‘Vapor Trail’ are still great.

Minner litt om the Stone roses? Eller kanskje ikke, men kult jaffal!

I couldn’t shake the feeling of, “The Smiths but trying to be edgier” throughout this album. Then you’ve got a lot of late 80s early 90s classic rock hanging on here. Some of it works when they’re leaning into the surfier, more psychedelic aspects, but overall this is pretty forgettable.

I'm quite the fan of shoegazing, but I've always considered Ride to be a class below the Slowdives and My Bloody Valentines of the world; Nowhere did nothing to make me reconsider that preconception.

boring 90s indie rock

It's like Oasis and The Smiths had a less-talented child who was kinda into LSD. Don't get me wrong, I love the whole psychedelic sound and, when they played that card, I was here for it. The guitar tones were wonderful and this drummer knows how to do work. But, it's an album from 1990 so you know they had to get shoegazey. And shoegaze is such a lame vibe. Quit whining. Make rock and roll. It's not hard. Overall, it's a very "meh" album and I fail to see why it merits inclusion on the list.

OG Shoegaze. This is a mood.

3.5/5. I don’t think I’m hipster enough to give it a ridiculously high rating. Still nice though, love me some shoegaze.

I'd call this a "standard British rock album of its era". Not bad, but not something that should be cherished for all eternity either.

3.5, rounding down because it doesn't belong with most 4s. "Vapour Trail" is great. The other songs are good, but not great.

Well done album, but nothing really stood out as exceptional. Another unnecessarily long album.

WTF! Wikipedia gives the music genre as Shoegaze / Neo-Psychedelia / Noise Pop, and then defines Shoegaze as a subgenre of Indie and Alternative Rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of Obscured Vocals, Guitar Distortion and Effects, Feedback, and Overwhelming Volume - what a load of pretentious bullsh*t! It's just a wall of noise.

Is it all one song, or is it the same song over and over again? Who can say? 1.0

Doesn't float my boat in general, and is way too repetitive.

The Charlatans meets The Stone Roses! Not bad music at all - I am a fan of shoe gazing Brit bands but this just doesn’t add anything original. Made about as much impact as a vapour trail.

My first reaction to this is "instantly forgettable." I didn't dislike it, though there was something not quite alluring in the vocal harmonies. Each song washed through the speakers with more or less the same intensity, blending together and making for a pleasant enough backdrop but never earning attention.

On paper, this seems like a home run for me. Noisy guitars, aggressive drums, vocal harmonies. All things I like. But boy did I struggle (and fail) to get through this. I just couldn't grab on to the melodies. The production seemed frail. And the vocals really had no personality or life in them to the point where I groaned any time they started singing. I like shoegazer music, but I really did not care for this album.

I liked!

6/10. Sometimes there's just not much to say. This was fine.

I like shoegaze generally, and something about this album is gnawing at me in a way that makes me want to rate it higher. I just can't get past how bored I felt for most of its runtime. Also, it seems like Souvlaki would have been a better pick for the list than either this or the non-Loveless mbv albums. 6/10

Better than a lot of the 90s British rock we’ve had, but still not perfect. Nothing remarkable to say one way one way or another.

a perfectly fine rock album, but nothing particularly special. better than average, but not by much.

Really enjoyed this. I could definitely see myself putting it on again.

I really love this album and at times my favorite "shoegaze" album. It retains a more pop rock sound than say My Bloody Valentine's Loveless which really explores the noise.

Psychedelic start to the record, could easily be from 1967. The later songs were much more shoegaze-y and appealing to me. Good record, and I can see where the influence went in a good way. I’m a big fan of MBV Loveless, and lean more to that sound than this, but really did enjoy some of the tracks here.

Just great. I've listened to this a bunch of times and it's still a treat to listen to.

I liked this album a lot. Didn't quite love it. Will play it again, though, no doubt about that.

Shoegaze very much passed me by, though I love The Cure and The Cocteau Twins who were both big influences. I think there's a reason it was never much of a movement and didn't have many successful bands which is that it's not very interesting. Take the songs, take the life out of them and make them so muddy and covered in distortion that you can only take so much. That said Ride have a great song closing this album - Vapour Trail - and a great single in Taste which is added to the extended version. The rest is all a mood and a sound and not a set of songs. I like it, but it's not going to take hold of the conscience. And it didn't.

I had to google shoegaze to figure out what it meant and decided it’s a stupid name for a music genre. Dream pop is better and certainly fits this sound. And while it didn’t blow me away as one of the best things I’ve ever heard, I did enjoy it quite a lot. Which is saying something because I hate giving British people credit for anything

I’d never heard of Ride before, and I was pleasantly surprised about the U2-meets-Helter-Skelter feel of the opening track. However, after the nineties psychedelic vibe of “Kaleidoscope” and most of the tracks that follow it, I get bored. Several songs in, it seems like these guys have never listened to anything other than The Joshua Tree, and since this album came out in 1990, that checks out. The main problem, though, is that every song sounds more or less the same as the one before. Many say the same about U2 (and others), but to each their own, I guess. For as reliable of a litmus test as possible I tried distinguishing between by far their most popular song, “Vapour Trail,” and the other songs, but couldn’t decide whether it was any better or more developed. I don’t mind the simplicity of the song titles and album cover from an artistic standpoint, but unfortunately, that simplicity describes the music too. It’s not bad, but it’s far too long and monotonous.

I'm not super into shoegaze, but I would certainly enjoy this album stoned.

Very cool album. Some very good songs, but none of them have a stick in your mind quality which makes me downgrade it 1/2 a star. The opener, Seagull, is a very dramatic start. I am sure that more listens will reveal new subtleties and it may regain that 1/2 star. The question is will I listen more?For now.... 3.5

It’s basically sonic youth background noise, like I could zone out to this but wouldn’t say “hey look at this awesome song!”

It was okay

Quite enjoyed this one. Another new album for me from the 1001. 3.5 stars.

This was a surprisingly good album. I do not know why I have never listened to them before. My initial reaction was "I can not believe I have to listen through all of this", but by the end of the expanded album I immediately started from the beginning again.

Probably the most underrated of the "holy trinity" of shoegaze albums. I'm surprised it doesn't get as much love as loveless or souvlaki, as i think it holds up to those two albums. seagull is a noise pop masterpiece, and vapor trail is a borderline perfect pop song. good ass album

Alright, didnt hate it, nice chill out sounds.

Loved this when it came out, Ride were great live. Haven't really listened to it since, not really likely to again if Im honest.

Here's my trick: When an album gets too dull or unbearable, nip over to Wikipedia and check out how many tracks were on the original release. Have you listened to 9 Ride songs? Well that'll do then, won't it?

I am told this is quintessential shoegaze. Not really my sort of thing, but had a good read up about Ride, Andy Bell, Creation Records and Oasis, etc; interesting how shoegaze paving the way for Britpop. 2.5

This album is a shoegaze masterpiece. Ride’s debut album dials back some of the noise elements from the genre and focus instead on melody and infuses it with neo-psychedelia. The noise elements are still present of course, but Ride’s unique formula help them stand out within genre. It’s also worth noting how young the band was when they recorded this album; all members were 18 and 19.

Total “music you hear from someone else's headphones while passing them on a busy train” of an album.

One of the few Shoegaze bands I adore. The genre never really clicked with me, but when I discovered this album, I grew more towards it. I still have lots to discover, but this is a great start point and to reference while trying out new records! 8 out of 10

3.8 - Perhaps the brighter, poppier cousin of My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless." A few of the cuts off this record can compete, particularly "Dreams Burn Down" and "Decay." The rest is a consistently colorful swirl of blown out guitars.

Meh. It had hints of decently sounding music and then hints of early indie music. It was not good but wasn't awful. No need to revisit

Ik merk dat ik hier intern verdeeld over bem. Het ene moment denk je: he dit is best interessant. En het volgende moment is het gewoon geluid. En het duurt ook best lang. Dus uhm, laten we maar 3 sterren zeggen.

never really got into this one. it’s just a whiny, noisy, meandering stone roses album that pales in comparison to the better shoegaze bands. there are some enjoyable moments - vapour trail, nowhere, sennen.

I didn’t like this, so we didn’t listen to the whole album.

Nowhere, kind of like where this album takes you. It isn't bad. I've heard this album a few times. It does get better with each listen and there are a couple of better than the rest kind of songs... Overall 3/5

Great album! I really enjoyed the instrumentals.

It's weird that some of my favourite ever bands have shoegazey elements to them, but outright shoegaze I really struggle with for the most part. It really just grinds me down and down, and I find it so dreary and depressing. This album holds mostly true to that, but also just seems really samey and goes on and on. There's nothing here that stands out.

oh my gosh this album was boring. is shoegaze a synonym for boring?! i mean, nowhere is fine on the whole. there were some pretty strings and encompassing music, but i could not wait for it to end. i typically reserve 1s for albums that are unlistenable or the artist is a dbag. well, ride is a special case. byeeee

Again with the 90s Britpop. On a base level, I liked this album okay. Most of the songs had a lot of soaring, dreamy instrumental moments along with juxtaposing moments of instrumental chaos. Personally, I did like that sound, even if it did at times feel a bit repetitive across the album. One thing I will acknowledge is that this came out in 1990, which is one of the earliest examples I can think of where this particular Britpop/90s alt rock sound is in play; I would have definitely guessed this album to be a few years older. Maybe for that reason, this album deserves a place on this project. At the end of the day, I think the sounds that this band dabbles in on this album ultimately ended up being used more and better by other bands during the decade, likely resulting in this band falling into some degree of obscurity. I liked this okay, but it started to drag for me the more it went on. A very average, middle-of-the-road 3 for me.

A perfect shoegaze album

Battle of the Bands worthy performance at best. Bad singing, bland instrumentals. Really? This is one of the 1001 albums I have to listen to before I die? 4/10.

Sometimes this falls into the classic shoegaze trap of not actually sounding particularly heavy, or dreamy, or psychedelic (or whatever else shoegaze is supposed to sound like) - all the parts just combine into a watery sludge instead. The wishy-washy Ian Brown style vocals don’t help with that. It does hit the mark at other times though, when there’s a more well-defined tune to latch onto. I can understand the appeal.

Grunge rock with some indie influence (like Cocteau Twins)

This is my first listen to "shoegaze" music. Nice vocal-harmonies throughout. "Vapour Trail" was my favorite track. Two of the CD bonus tracks - "Taste" and "Here and Now" - are good.

The album is alright. A little more pop oriented radio friendly album than the other albums from the "holy trinity" of shoegaze. The reason why I love this genre is the rich soundscapes which are a little lacking here hence I'm not as much of a fan. Also the vocals were pretty meh and those are pretty important for a shoegaze record.

Honestly I think Ride are kinda second rate shoegaze, I'd put this album below at least a half dozen other shoegaze/nugaze albums that are better. And that's not even counting My Bloody Valentine or Slowdive lol. But I still just love shoegaze in general, basically my favorite genre within rock music. So... It still gets a 4, I love most of the songs. But they're no Slowdive.

The band reminded me a lot of Radiohead's first album. My big thing about shoegaze is that the singers always sound like they're half-asleep. The contrast in the wall of sound music and the singer singing so drowsily... I thought the drummer did a pretty good job, as well. Songs like "Here and Now" he didn't just keep the time, he was all over the place. But he was able to keep the beat going, you know? But pretty much each song didn't really stand out one from the other. I wasn't blown away by any one specific song. They started to blend together to me, and that's never good.

Sounds like quintessential shoegaze. I recognize the song Vapour Trail and I like it a lot; always have. I think I thought it was another band though (Catherine Wheel maybe?). If there was a best of shoegaze album (needn't be too long), this song should be near the top. The rest of the seven songs on the album are enjoyable if not forgettable. Seagull was a little too distortion-y but Kaleidoscope and Polar Bear were solid. Overall, the album is a nice listen as far as shoegaze goes. Perfectly average.

meh

Soms een beetje gorki vibes? I like it. Wel weer te lang

Ihan kelpo musaa mutta jotain koukkuja olisin ehkä kaivannut 3/5

Ensimmäinen shoegaze-levy, johon aikoinaan tykästyin ja toimii edelleen! Tässä on jotain sympaattisempaa kuin MBV:ssä, vaikkei soundit ihan samalla tavalla säväytä.

Aika unohdettava ysärirokkilevy. 2/5

Genres: Shoegaze, neo-psychedelia, noise pop Formed: Oxford, England in 1988 Run time: 15 songs, 1 hour, 11 min The band's debut album. The Smiths have been mentioned as the inspiration for forming a band and you can hear that influence in some of the tracks. The least popular song has just short of 400k plays. The most popular is track 8, “Vapour Trail” with over 19M plays. Even that track was a bit m’eh to me. If you want the real thing, listen to the Smiths. Listen Again?: No My Rating: **

Shoegazey goodness after an ass opener.

Bit samey. Bit boring but easy to listen to I guess

Ok then

i love the idea of shoegaze but then you get to it and there are no tunes, no tunes at all

не мой стиль, но спать под него довольно удобно!

It's fine

3.0 The instrumentals were amazing, just absolute shoegaze perfection, sometimes I wasn't too keen on the singing. Overall not amazing but pretty decent Fave songs: Seagulls

It's quite a likeable album and starts strongly. I do think after a while the songs start merging into one another and it hasn't kept my attention for the duration

Great shoegaze record. I’m actually surprised there are shoegaze records on this list. I just felt like it wasn’t mainstream enough. Yeah great album though. Feels like a great mix of jangle pop and shoegaze.

Not bad

Good

"Nowhere" is the debut album by British shoegaze band Ride. Shoegaze, neo-pyschedelia and noise pop all sound like good genres for this. Vocalists and guitarists Mark Gardener and Andy Bell met in school and formed the band. Other members include bassist Steve Queralt and drummer Loz Colbert. More to come on Colbert. The album was recorded live in studio and often late at night which the band found difficult and gave the album a sense of isolation. The album had a lot of critical acclaim and is cited as "one of shoegazing enduring moments." Guitar feedback and distortion and banging on a cymbal or something open "Seagull." The song then just takes off; right away you notice Colbert's drumming which is all over the place and reminiscent of Keth Moon (no accident there as Colbert was a big fan). The distortion and feedback remain and we're washed in a haze. The hope is lost on a relationship as he sees her far below. Melodic guitar gives "Kaleidoscope" a more pop feel. The drumming is still quick. The feeling of when a relationship is gone and looking back. "Polar Bear" has more distorted, wah-wah guitar and stays in a drone pattern. We're in shoegaze land now. The relationship won't work cause they're polar opposites. Tinny drums begin "Dreams Burn Down." The guitar builds the melody. The song goes hard and they got the slow-fast-slow dynamic going. The album ends with the first single and one of my favorite songs of the 90's in "Vapour Trail." A melodic guitar. About halfway through the song, it goes fully instrumental adding a cello and violin. I would argue that Colbert makes his drums the lead instrument. The song ends with just the strings. Fantastic. The is a really good album, so many positives. Very atmospheric with the distorted and droning guitars. Melodies hidden with the guitar haze. At times, absolutely beautiful sounding. The music fits the lyrics which are mostly about bad or ending relationships. One of my favorite 90's albums.

Shoegazy banger

Super sexy shoegaze

Never heard it before

Shoegaze pretty consistently lacks the energy

Ok, so this is more average than Mr A. Average, of average age and average height with average shoe size. He’s got brown hair and brown eyes. He’s so average if he walked alongside you you’d barely blink at just how average and unremarkable he is. He lives in a semi detached house with a back garden patch and his bins. He drives a Dacia Duster and listens to The Eagles (favourite song is Hotel California obviously). He wears jeans and a polo top on the weekends and enjoys watching Britains Got Talent on a Saturday with five cans of pale ale. In conclusion, it’s average.

Could not finish. Was really boring, and nothing stood out. I liked bandwagonesque more than this surprisingly.

Het begint soms wat U2-achtig, en af en toe schieten ze uit de bocht met gitaargekrijs. Vliegt voorbij, maakt geen indruk, gaat 'Nergens' heen. Gelukkig is het originele album maar acht tracks. En door naar de volgende.

Het eerste nummer doet mij sterk denken aan The Chemical Brothers. Zo zie je maar dat de stap tussen '80-rock en '90's beats helemaal niet zo groot is. Bij deze plaat ontbreekt nog wel de 'power' uit de jaren '90. In plaats daarvan horen we een lege zang. Maar ja, het is ook niet helemaal eerlijk om het te vergelijken met muziek van later, waar ze zelf misschien wel een grondlegger van zijn. Al met al is het een bijzonder moment in de muziekhistorie en leuk om eens te horen. Maar niet een plaat die je snel nog een keer opzet.

De eerste keer dat ik dit luisterde, stoorde ik me direct weer aan het valse Britse gezang. Maar naarmate de plaat vorderde kwam ik er wel meer in. Dus ik besloot om het vaker op te zetten, vandaar mijn verlate rating. Inmiddels een tweede en derde keer het album geluisterd en het groeit. De zang blijft natuurlijk niet het sterkste punt, maar de pulserende baslijnen (die ergens doen denken aan the Cure) en de gitaarriffs die daar overheen zweven, maken het zeker wel de moeite waard. De stijl shoegaze blijft wat mij betreft in deze early 90s britse varianten (looking at you My Bloody Valentine) zeer ondergeschikt aan latere postrock platen. Alsof het genre doorontwikkeld is. Ik kan zelf Oceansize erg aanbevelen wat dat betreft. Jammer dat die er mee gestopt zijn. Wie weet hadden ze ruzie over of shoegaze nu wel of niet een voldoende moest krijgen. Ik laat het voor nu voor dit album in het midden, een 3. De jaren 80 vibe overheerst nog iets teveel, maar het heeft potentie tot meer. Wie weet zet ik dit in de toekomst namelijk toch nog wel vaker op.

No way, the Apple Music description directly references My Bloody Valentine. What kind of twilight zone are we living in. Where’s another album like Liquid Swords?! Regardless, I like this cover, big water fan. Unfortunately, and expectedly, nothing stood out to me on this one either. The week started strong with GZA and ends like a ripple in a vast ocean of UK duds.

Generic '90s rock, but it's decent. I liked a few tracks. Nothing to say, nowhere to Ride. Favorite tracks: Sennen, Kaleidoscope, Today. Album art: Open ocean, or is it? Do I detect a berm? Or is that a sandbar? I don't know oceanatomy. As far as covers go though, pretty boring. Suits the music. 3/5

What a miserable dirge. And making it even worse, it's way too long.

Shoegaze always starts at a 3, and then inevitably drops in rating as it whines on and on.

I like shoegaze but this feels a little meh, a little rough.

Started interesting, got boring.

Really enjoyed this shoegazer classic, instantly brought me back to the 90's and being stood on sticky floors just soaking up the atmosphere. Ride were the real precurser to a lot of 90's stuff that I loved the end result of, and you can hear all the things that influenced that through this.

jedan od najboljih shoegaze albuma. Vapour Trail je nešta najdivnije <3

Trippy to start, but boring overall.

Good god this was boring. Like a dad rock version of My Bloody Valentine. All the edges sanded off. British rock was in a dire place on 1990 wasn't it, if this is a high watermark. Couldn't even hate my way through it, it was too dull. Actually celebrated it ending.

i really want to give this a 5 but even though i put this album on every now and again i rarely see it out. vapour trail is like a warning that the next however many songs are fairly samey and more like a live sound. that said, they are a very good live band but you need the added volume, the lights and the performance element to make it sound better. live albums are rarely any good for that reason and Ride are more of a live band than a recorded one, much like all the other shoegaze bands.

Rode

Instantly loved this

It was fun!

Sort of forgettable shoegaze drone saved by a bit of vocal harmony and occasional heaviness

why so long

I really love this album. I've definitely listened to it in the past and am not sure why it never went into my regular rotation. I've always liked shoegaze and think they do a great job of balancing the heavy effects with good songwriting, it doesn't just wash out the whole sound. Side note: Some of my favorite album artwork. Standout Tracks: Seagull, In a Different Place, Polar Bear, Dreams Burn Down, Vapour Trail

Really surprised by this, it took me a bit to get into, but once 'Dreams Burn Down' dropped, I was hooked and didn't look back. Loved the listening experience, takes you on a wholly cathartic journey. 4.5/5 Fav track: Dreams Burn Down

Had a really lovely listening experience with this and its absolutely making the errands/cleaning rotation. Love how the shoegazey elements blended with heavier/grungier passages that felt incredibly visceral. The vocals floating over each track, a tambre which can sometimes really piss me off, completely worked for me here. Four and a half. Fave track: Dreams Burn Down

Happy listening to this album again. I don’t mean to be blow it out of proportion as one of the very top-tier 90s records but I kinda love it even for Vapour Trail alone. I really get pulled in by the textured guitars and dreamy vocals. Maybe some stuff in here a bit derivative by some of your bigger 70s and 80s alt bands, and the runtime can be testing, but still a good one in my books. A solid addition to the genre, and a perfect three and a halfer for me. Fave track: Vapour Trail / Today

Hadn't heard of this one before but it sure made for a good follow-up after starting the day with The Jesus and Mary Chain's 'Psychocandy.' I feel like I spent a good portion of my life thinking shoegaze was something different than what it is, which has opened up a wonderful world of late discovery for me recently. Quite dug this one and imagine I'll spend more time with sooner than later.

Ahh noooo not feeling this one at all. Not for me at all. There was one track I thought was pretty cool and I can't remember which one it was but the rest are too stressful with the noises for me and my sensitive brain. Also in between the stressful noises there wasn't much else which I liked either it was a bit bleh to me. Maybe I'd enjoy this live though actually because it's reminding me of Just Mustard which I liked seeing live! Not an album for me to listen to at home at all though.

A lovely little bit of shoegaze! Well quite a lot it was a long album weren't it. But I already liked Ride and knew some of the hits. As Luke says with Ride the hits are so good and then there can be a bit of mediocrity among some of the others. I do agree but overall I really enjoyed listening. The overall sound appeals to me. Bad lyrics on occasion but Luke says that's part of shoegaze

Not bad but kind of forgettable...

Good exemplar of 90's shoegaze. It can feel a little tiresome, but i think this is mostly the fault of the bonus tracks, which bloat the album more than being an worthy addition. Also, i almost always hate "expanded" editions.

This was not bad. Better than I was expecting.

Could not get into this one. Give me more Laibach instead

Nowhere: Music to eat a bowl of broken glass to.

“Paralysed” and “Vapour Trail” were my favorite tracks. I imagine every member of the band has hair hanging in front of their face as they stare at guitar pedals.

This did not work for me. Apparently this is a seminal work in the Shoegaze genre. No thanks.

Brilliantly gazing at shoes.

a bit heavy for my taste - seemed like it would be great for a jog

Meh. I can't imagine why this genre died out...

NGL - this sounds like every average-ish indie album that "music people" praised in teh 90s. Not bad musically, but the leader singer lacks something

So blah

I’m not into this one

No idea why this is supposed to be good.

Really irritating. Style without substance.

Offensively dull, voice overpowered by instruments

Quite boring alt-rock. 1.5/5

Not bad, bit britpop and indie. Reminded me of charlatans in places bit heavier. No stand out tracks but good overall

Into the first track. Get lost later.

Great album especially for the raining weather.

A bit too rocky?

It's quite a good shoegaze genre album - kind of Stone Roses, but harder, and without the pop glaze in the songs. It's kind of the Kyuss to the Queens of the Stone Age for stoner-genre. That said, it's a great listen, memorable and strong and I'm amazed I never got the hear this before. A truly lovely discovery.

One of the pillars of shoegaze. Nowhere, despite its title, does in fact go somewhere-managing to combine tight arrangements with a general hazy feeling.

För konstigt

Good, but not great.

I dunno, I tried this one about three times and every time I completely forgot what it was like. Seems extremely bland

boring mediocrity

It's like a preview of what the 90s would be

Not the best shoegaze, but did like it

Meh.

Instrumental, kind of just noise

Just like a shoegaze group to sneak up on you with an explosion of clashing guitar colour, plaintive lyrics, and anonymity. Never heard of them, but I’m pleased to finally meet them.

It was good but not that fulfilling to me

I imagine in the right context I'd enjoy it more, but having listened to a few times now, it's failed to excite.

gay

One of those groups I’d heard of but never listened to. I was liking this but it it is too long and a little repetitive. Still, clearly an influential band. I can especially see the line from them to a group like the feelies.

Bit twangy

Mmidnfjfidn. So mid

Can music be out of focus? This just feels like a muddy Stone Roses and 'm not getting into it. Not the worst but not for me.

But I don’t wanna have a shoegaze brunch :(

3 minutes into “Seagull” and I just said out loud, “that’s what I’m fuckin’ talking about”. There’s literally no one else around, but that song needed to be acknowledged. The insane drumming, the reversed guitars, the harmonies and hypnotic Taxman bass…Holy fuck, it’s great. This record is getting high marks based solely off that song. …and I’ve heard this record before. I mean, I’m listening with a fresh set of ears today, because it’s been quite a while (more than a decade, in fact), but I can’t believe I’ve let that song slip from my psyche the way it has. Nowhere has always kind of played second fiddle to Loveless in the race for best shoegaze record, but I think it might be better. Without a doubt, the songs here are better written and the sound is a little more fun and adventurous. Listening to Loveless, to me, feels like a lecture or a treatise: cold and clinical, focused on a singular emotional state and style. It’s monolithic. Nowhere has a sprawl to its sound, it doesn’t stay in one place for too long, but each song is unmistakably drawn for the same well. It’s cohesive, yet varied. Kevin Shields and company may take the prize for inventiveness with Loveless’ wall of guitar noise, but Andy Bell and Mark Gardener’s guitar interplay on Nowhere is more engaging and just as dense and hypnotic when it needs to be. I should just stop making comparisons at this point. Nowhere is the better record and I’m tired of pretending like it isn’t.

Pretty good, I give it 4 stars because it was clearly ahead of its time.

Very brit grunge sound - Oasis comes to mind. Heavy guitar, lots of distortion. It's OK.

Yeah, as obnoxious as Oasis. Has a few great songs and the eponymous Vapour Trail, but it was just the angry opening album and Bell would go on to greater things and eventually join aforementioned boyband.

The vocals definitely take a backseat to the instrumentals here, and after listening to most of the album I'm left wondering: do the vocals even really make that much of a difference? It's a weird mash up of rock/metal with crooning. I kinda like it, but I dunno if I could listen to it on repeat much.

A little too overproduced for me. Everything feels like it has a layer of smudge on it. This hides the songs. I’d listen to it again but not sure if I would listen to the full album. 70/100 3/5

Shit sucks 2 Some ok shoegaze

I'm not sure why this should be in 1001...

Even listening to the remastered version, it sounds like there was 1 microphone next to the hi-hat. Even looking past that, nothing from this album impressed me.

Was aware of Ride, but hadn't listened to them prior. This genre appeals to me generally, however I'm not sure I'll revisit this particular album

I want to say this will be world music? Something like Enya? The cover and song titles would suggest that. Maybe some very chilled out electronica? Ok I was WAY off. It's alternative, a bit shoegazey, etc etc. Ahhhh, it's from the UK!! what a fucking surprise. And it goes for over an hour, because what else do you want from a style that involves no musical variation whatsoever? Ok, that was a real bloody chore. Once I'm done with this project, I'm never listening to anything from the UK again. Excruciatingly long, dreary, monotonous, boring, etc etc. 1/5.

The whole album sounds like something you’ve heard before even though you haven’t. It’s basically 1990s noise.

Meh

Le problème avec le fait d'avoir des critiques en retard est qu'une bonne partie des albums que nous génère ce bon vieux Robert ne nous laissent aucun souvenir après quelques jours. Celui-ci en est un parfait exemple.

étant pris dans mon travail, j'ai oublié d'arrêter l'album à la 8ème piste comme convenu par Wikipédia. Par conséquent, j'accorde la note de 3/5, la façon dont le groupe Ride regardait ses chaussures ne m'ayant de plus pas particulièrement emballée.

meh.

Overall decent, songs ran long but the guitars were good

As I've learned from previous shoegaze albums it's not a genre for me. The songs blend together and are generally uninteresting and dull. However it's very well produced so I've got go give Ride that. It's also better than the dream-pop albums I've heard.

a very cute post-punk moment. doesn’t do anything better than contemporaries, but understands its medium and performs well within it. probably would listen again

Really enjoyed it. Was expecting more of a cavernous void of sound given it's status, but an enjoyable trip nonetheless

Pretty cool instrumentals and album cover. Do not love the vocals though.

Love love love this. It feels like getting dunked in a cold and violent sea and getting dragged down by the current.

Slipped into the background and never left it for me.

Not my bloody valentine

Big YES. I definitely like myself some good post-rock or shoegaze. Really enjoyed having this one on while working and bopping along to the rhythms in my office chair.

Liked Vapour trail

A band I love more than I should, as I lived in Oxford in the early nineties and even knew a friend of one of the band. Got a guest pass to their gig at Oxford Apollo on the second album tour. Full disclosure over, they have aged brilliantly and this album is full of brilliant tunes, Vapour Trails above all, lush harmonies and clever guitar textures. I listened to it from start to finish in a traffic jam on the M6 and was never less than admiring.

2/15, 13%

Honestly it was good background noise but nothing else. I don’t have any complaints but it didn’t wow me. It was peaceful and it was nice to listen to though!

I've always been somewhat lukewarm to the shoegaze and emo bands - rarely do I dislike them, but it's hard to describe - it's almost like even when bands like Ride were new/fresh in the early 90s they already all had a sameness to them. Not necessarily bad, but so much of the music truly became interchangeable to me. In a parallel way to the 80s I can probably pinpoint the release date/s of albums like this within a year. Bringing it back to this album by Ride - I've listened to it from time to time and always enjoyed it a bit but if someone put it on by surprise would I be able to identify this as Ride as opposed to one of a handful of brief shining star bands like Mystery Machine? Maybe that's ok - because this album really is almost a soundscape; a mood. Vocals mixed very low and a likely-intentional lack of clarity and high-end both in said vocals and overall give it that almost-muddy cape of sound that just overtakes you as you listen. So AGAIN like similar albums this isn't one I can say "oh these ~3 songs are my favourites" - it's more a "put on the entire album"* listen and pretend like I'm in college again. 6/10 3 stars *"the entire album" meaning the original 8 tracks; extended versions are often just too much.

I wish this was Nowhere on the list!!!!!!! Shoegaze not my thing but I zoned out at work and got through it

My least favorite genre in my least favorite decade from my least favorite country on this list! I literally avoided this for days! My expectations were so low that I actually kind of come off impressed by this. It's alright.

When I saw that this album was shoegaze, I got excited. But I was kind of disappointed when I was listening to it. Nothing really stuck out to me, and I didn't get the same feeling I get from other shoegaze albums on this list. It's not bad, but not what I was hoping for. My favourite song was probably Paralyzed.

2,5

Very solid album, brings a little dimension to the shoegaze sound. It felt kind of like The Cure doing an impression of mbv. Songs weren't super memorable but there were moments, mostly when the drums would build or deviate from the established tempo.

Every song is good. No song is great. There are better shoe gaze records from this era. But this is a fun listen.

My love of shoegaze is well known. This isn't my favorite of that genre (my favorite is My Bloody Valentine of course) but I do love the shushing, whooshing, whirling vibes. I'd much rather listen to this than probably 75% of this list. Therefore it gets a 4/5 from me. Solid, interesting, and enjoyable, but not my all time favorite.

The Cure, but make it shoegaze and boring. This might as well be a list of 1001 Albums that Certainly Do Exist, because that's where this record belongs. Besides Kaleidoscope and Paralysed which both had a cool signature '90s sound, it's hard to see what makes this influential or worthy to stand against these other albums.

3.5

Feels like an album from a bygone era. Not that bad but just meh

When I listened to a bunch of indie rock in the late 2000s (and was coincidentally friends with not one but two professional music critics), the term "shoegazy" always came up and I knew exactly what they were talking about: distorted wall of guitar sound, sparkling, plinky guitar, and watery vocals. I'm ashamed to admit, I had no idea that shoegaze was an actual short-lived micro genre of the 90s. But apparently I love it, and by the third song in, I realized I loved this album as well. So why 4 stars and not 5? Well, one of my requirements for a 5-star (nearly perfect) album is that there is diversity. So while this is apparently a top-3 shoegaze album, every song follows the same formula. It's fantastic, but by the time I hit "Decay", I was ready for something new. Still, literally every single song resonated with me, and I can see myself including this album as a regular part of my rotation. 4.5/5

Psychedelic grunge. The Byrds of the 90s.

This is great. Kind of like Smiths meet Coldplay and The Cure.

Though exited to listen to this album again, it fell flat on these aging 2024 ears. Nowhere felt limp and flaccid after the the first few tracks of whirring tin-y reverb and earnest, yet failing, vocals. When this was released, this may have been hailed as a groundbreaking shoegaze or back step in rock (much needed at the time), but it's hard to hear this in 2024 and not think of a couple of unsophisticated young teens playing on a parent's vintage guitar amps while the router is being reset. I can see the appeal of Nowhere to a younger generation in this age of abundance and hype over 'what's old is new again' and the desire to find something that doesn't sound like everything. But this is not the album that lingers as a memento and is more like a forgotten relic to be casually discarded when cleaning out your parents house after they've moved on. "Yep, I remember that. More importantly, the internet is back..."

New computer. Lost my notes. Can't remember what I thought about which song. Generally I liked this.

"Nowhere" continuously sounds like Ride was trying to make music of a kind that I would really dig. But try as they might, it was never quite right. It's hard to place exactly what was missing, but let's begin with the totally unspectacular vocals. So unspectacular, that as they droned on and on, never grabbing me or making me pay extra attention to a song, I would have never been able to guess that Ride utilized two lead singers. It took two guys to bore me that much? The bland singing was accompanied by guitar and drum work that never quite broke free and soared the way it needed to. They just kept chugging along, flat and even, which showed off some skill but hardly inspired any emotion. Maybe those are all just hallmarks of shoegaze, a hard-to-pin-down genre that apparently this album was emblematic of.

I generally liked it, it needed something more special to really get it over the hump to a 4. Nothing to complain about but nothing to get excited about either.

Mediocre rock fronted by subpar vocals.

Not bad, not great

Okay

All very indistinct. The sounds all seem to blur into each other and non of the tracks are able to stand out from the Wall Of Noise. Interesting to hear the influence on some of my favourite bands from around that time - early Blur and The Charlatans. My sister was into Ride but they never made much of an impact on me. The art work made more an impression on me than the music.

Definitely "wall of sound", but not too heavy. I like the atospheric, echoey feel

Decent shoegaze but there are significantly better albums in the genre. The highlights for me were "In a Different Place", "Polar Bear", "Decay", and "Vapour Trail" the last of those being the only one I knew before today. Good album but just not super special to me.

Saw shoegaze and dreaded this, overall wasn't too bad though and kinda got into at times.

Lo que más rescato de este disco es haber aprendido el término "shoegaze" al leer lo publicado. En cuanto a la música es decente pero no muy distinto a tantas otras bandas.

I wasn't aware of this album but it was pretty good, a very 90s sound but that's no bad thing.

Pretty forgettable to be honest, but also inoffensive.

Average

A lot of these songs have a melancholy vibe but the production buries them in layers of feedback and noise. The insane amount of feedback and reverb on the guitars in “Dreams Burn Down” is a good example of this. When the music turns up to 11, it feels like hard rock but it’s not a hard rock song, really. I love that contrast and I love the energy of this band. I’m surprised that I’ve never heard of them but delighted to now. They’re a hell of a rock band — the drums on opener “Seagull” are fast and ferocious and never let up. And the rest of the band piles on the noise! It’s a great opening statement and a great track. (I love the drumming on “Polar Bear” too.) 4 stars for the songs and music + a bonus star for this drummer working overtime. He singlehandedly transforms a few of these songs with his playing.

Nice album cover. It's very simple but the band name and album title really fit in there perfectly. This surprised me as it came ~out ~of ~nowhere. Never heard of the band or album or any of these songs. It's a nice sound. Came out in 1990 but still has that hangover from the 1980s soft vocals like The Cure. Overall I really liked it.

My 1001albums listening buddy liked this album enough to add it to her listening library and now I’m not sure we should be listening buddies any more. 😂 I did not like this album. Not even a little bit.

Utrolig lite minneverdig

Dette er jo sinnsykt bra, hvordan kan jeg aldri ha hørt eller hørt om Ride? bra balanse av støy, basslinjer, progresjon og vakre melodiske temaer.

Interesting combo of big fuzzy guitars and 60s style song writing and drum playing. Will give another listen in the future for sure.

Pretty generic English rock

No expectation as the only information I had were the cover art and the date, never having heard of the band before. First impression, a minute into the first track is that of a less competent Hawkwind - we'll see. It flattered to deceive in that it started as reasonably good psychodelic rock but migrated quickly (by track 3) to very boring indie rock. Still, have to give it more time yet, it might be a temporary aberration. No, not temporary it goes on with more boredom. What could be interesting songs absolutely demolished by flat and uninterested vocals. Even the 'hit' Vapour Trail does not manage to alleviate the tedium. I suppose that there are people in the world that like being bored, there is no other explanation for 17 million plus streams of this track! I gave up at track 10 to go and watch the paint dry

I'm so sick of depressed British men

I went from “kinda like The Cure + Cranberries” to “ehh, that was way too much credit — more like Oasis” to “OK enough is enough, this should have ended a half hour ago.” 2.75/5

interesting. 3.5/5

One long song

not bad at all, i'd say 3.5

I THINK it’s really good, an interesting spin on the early shoegaze craft. Will need to listen with better headphones though

Indieful

I dont like it. I feel like a bully cause I want to punch the singer stright in his emo face.

Très intéressant, définitivement à revisiter. Pas surpris que ce soit un album important dans le paysage showgaze.

I wasn't into Ride at the time. Always found it too thin and trebly, not enough bottom end. Lightweight and just not that interesting. Bought this plus the EPs for between 50p and a UKP1 in the Oxfam near where I used to work (plus Doolittte and the first Stone Roses album for about the same amount of money) but it still didn't do much for me. Got media pass last time they played here and enjoyed it. Much better live than on album. See they're back to play this album in full at the end of the year. Will probably look to go and photograph again, even though it's an ok but not amazing album.

Buzzy but somehow pedestrian.

For a debut album, this is great! The vibes are a bit edgy but super smooth! Great riffs and lovely aerial vocals. I would listen to it again for sure. 3.75/4

I don't where to place myself on this... The listening was OK (a bit long) but some tracks made me move my head. Did not like any song in particular and Juste went through it... Very small 3/5

Rock indie, aburrido y monótono.

It's like someone is talking to you when your mind is on something else. You know that something is being said, but it's just not interesting enough to really pay attention to. It's there but it doesn't really make an impression. But maybe that's the point? Best Tracks: Seagull; Polar Bear; Vapour Trail

I found this, literally, monotonous to start with. It gre on me towards the end but I wouldn’t revisit so a harsh 2*

Again not really for me. I think you have to be in the right mood for this shoe-gazey type stuff and it just didn't hit me today.

I started out hating this one, with the flat, droning vocals and uninspiring sound. Enjoyed it a bit more towards the end, not sure if the tracks got better or it just grew on me. It's still a bit mediocre and not super memorable.

This was upbeat enough to keep me entertained but it doesnt do much for me. Vapor Trail is a good track.

Yea a nice listen

It's "medium loud" shoegaze. Great sixties-inspired vox, muscular bass, jangly guitar. There's a little bit of The Smiths in here and possibly some Stone Roses. Very pretty arrangements and some really catchy moments in as well. The sounds on the record are great but the cover of this album put it over the top. Incredible!

wettastic

The finest album of the shoegazing era. Yes, it's better than My Bloody Valentine.

I guess we have to cover this genre in 1001. Too bad

Not my jam, not much here resonated with me.

Genre: Shoegaze 4/5 Shoegaze, a genre defined by its part-noise rock/part-dream pop alignments, is not a genre I often venture towards. As much as I enjoy rock music, the more loud, distorted, reverb-heavy records of the 80s-90s are very hit-or-miss for me, and it took this album coming up in my random daily album for me to finally fully take the dive. I've tried Loveless before, My Bloody Valentine's famous LP, and Shoegaze's crown jewel (as well as one of the best albums ever made, according to critics and listeners), and I found it droning and incessant, and not in a good way. While I'll patiently await Loveless's turn on my docket, Ride's Nowhere was quite the pleasant surprise for me! The album overall had a similar noise factor, but was also paired with a more noise pop-oriented approach, not giving into the truly aggressive sonic side of the genre, and it pays off big time. With more focus on structure and journey rather than density and loudness, Ride concocted something both accessible and challenging. The intro, Seagull, with gentle touches of jangle pop and space rock, is a prefect start to the record, and the album proceeds cautiously yet ambitously, with the first half of the album wrapping up with the dreamy and heavy Dreams Burn Down. To round out the album's second half (before the CD bonus tracks start that is), Vapour Trail is a real triumph. The track builds itself up beautifully, almost hitting the same sort of emotional high one would anticpate on a Cocteau Twins record. A really great listen, and one that I will enjoy revisiting at a later date. Real solid record.

2.5 / 5 Listened to this all day and every time it started again, it was like hearing the songs for the first time. This one would really take some time to get used to. I might like it better in the future.

Has a Meat Puppets vibe

Great debut.

I think this was very much of its time - listening now, I'm not overly impressed.

Well that's a whole lot of nothing

Je pensais adorer le shoegaze après avoir écouté loveless de my bloody valentine, là c'est beaucoup moins bien. Aussi j'en ai marre d'avoir du rock bordel

bought it when it came out based on hype alone and love it to this day. really really awesome debut, shame they never matched it. Great live band too

Pop ambiental. Repetitivo y mareante.

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

Still a bit too much treble for this Rona ravaged headache zone of a brain I'm currently sporting.

Feels like hearing some of the soothing birth gurgles of Britpop. And there's even a future Oasis member singing lead!

I had never heard of Ride, but this was pretty good.

sounds like early chumbawumba.

-Nowhere Shoegazer is a genre I enjoy, but few of its biggest contributors are ones I come back to; Cocteau Twins, Lush, Slowdive...but Ride is one of those "oh hey, that's a song" and I never commit it to memory because it's so forgettable, I'm just glad I got a break between other tracks I enjoy. Nowhere is an album of mostly forgettable tracks, except for its title track which has so much feedback and reverb that it's painful to listen to. The rest of the album is...just there, filled with meek vocals, lazily-strummed guitars, melotron, slathered with way too much chorus/reverb... it's like a thick smear of spackle between the notes. But I'm thankful this Ride exists, they pad out many of my favorite Shoegazer playlists.

I guess I missed these guys when they were current, but it's decent.

Above average for the genre, but that’s like saying you were served an above average plate of lutefisk.

Man, I liked some other shoegaze albums and thought I'd dig this too after reading it was a quintessential album to the genre, but it's a real whiff for me. Not bad, just much less than expected. || It helped me solidify the opinion that shoegaze is just a lamer, British version of early American emo.

A fusion of the jangle pop and harmonious vocals of the Byrds with the fuzzy noisiness of Jesus & The Mary Chain's Psychocandy. Moreso than any other shoegazing artist can I see their influence on the shoegazing and eventual Britpop scenes, Suede being the top example. It's heavy and loud, marked by heavy distortion and drumming. I'm proud to be able to pick out the six-ish channels in the songs. There isn't a single bad track in the original album. Most are great, and some are just incredible. Crank on high volume for max enjoyment. Constantly I had hazy images of lighthouses, seagulls, and sailing the sea, impressionist paintings turned to sound. I have a feeling this album isn't as revered as Slowdive or mbv due to the lack of iconic tracks or emotions. When I first listened to Loveless, I was constantly surprised and experienced feelings of nostalgia or sadness, despite having never heared any of them before. Here, I still felt surprised in a few areas, but it hardly blew my mind, and I mostly knew what to expect going into a track. Meanwhile, the only track I hear talked about is "Vapour Trail." That doesn't stop it from being coherent and full of great tracks I could enjoy alone. While I'm at it, I might as well talk about the two EPs attached. Most versions have the Fall EP attatched, which is just incredible. Each of these 4 tracks (including "Dreams Burn Down") are super memorable and distinctive, leaving more of an impact on me, faster and more passionate. I love their inclusion, although I wish they were integrated, as "Vapour Trail" is the perfect closer. The version on Spotify also has the Today Forever EP. They're enjoyable and not bad, but they're a bit monotonous, especially "Beneath." "Today" is a decent way of closing the album, but I think this EP could be cut out.

Not a big fan.

Excellent

Never heard of this band. Not great but a nice surprise

this album has drained me. probably going for a 2, although there are good elements of it, the bad tracks bored me.

bit forgettable. sorry.

As a shoegaze fan, I found myself subconsciously avoiding this LP for some reason. Found it refreshing to dive in and find a rich, substantial album that escapes feeling dated while delivering on a wide sonic palette. The early Britpop foundations of shoegaze as a genre shine here, imbuing a strong melodic body without carrying over the awful remnants of the 80s. Not every track finds its own voice, but those that do stun with the heavy guitar lines that would become fundamental in later gazer works.

Mostly blah, but a few outstanding tracks.

A threshold question is do you like shoegaze – I do. For many then this is like grading on a curve. I understand that. However, along with My Bloody Valentine, Ride is the probably the other seminal shoegaze band. Putting aside the discussion as to whether they visionaries, the combination of pop songs and dense, hypnotic noise works for me.

This album was incredible. My bloody valentine is one of my favorite bands but I’m actually not that familiar with shoegaze beyond them, and this definitely didn’t disappoint. The trippy and vibey instrumentation took me to another world and for a moment anything felt possible

I'm surprised that I've never heard of this album, or the band for that matter. I hear a lot of different influences in this music. First, there is definitely some '60s psychedelic rock, followed by a hint of Pink Floyd. There is also an element of the "wall of sound" production style and even a bit of Oasis. Underneath all of this is some pretty good Rock & Roll. I will probably listen to this again and maybe try one of their other records as well

This was fine, and had some nice guitar parts but was not really my taste. I don’t love low fi sounding music in general as I love to hear all of the instruments and I feel like we lost that with the way it was mixed. Since this is shoegaze music that was certainly intentional.

Joutava, tylsä ja muutenkin tusinakamaa

Ihan ok progerockpläjäys

It's definitely shoegaze. Very Verve-y, but without as much swagger. I thought the vocals let it down a bit

A pleasant post-punk album. Heavy, melodic, slow-flowing rock with ethereal vocal. Highlight: Paralysed

Jeden z dwóch panów wokalistów bardzo mi nie pasuje, najbardziej to słychać w duetach. Poza tym bardzo przyjemny muzycznie altrock - może i nie wyróżnia się niczym szczególnym (chociaż kilka utworów miało bardzo dobre perkusyjno-gitarowe momenty), ale nie ma tu też nic szczególnego do zarzucenia. Spójny, ciekawy, momentami wolniejszy, momentami szybszy. Utwory jak na moje troszkę za długie, a sekwencje przeciągnięte momentami na siłę. Seagull ma bardzo mocne i ciekawe zakończenie, które z całej płyty najbardziej zapadło mi w pamięć i to chyba tendencja, która przewija się przez cały album - końcówki o wiele lepsze, niż początki. Zespół bardzo fajnie buduje napięcie, szkoda jedynie, że poza utworami nie zrobili tego samego z kolejnością utworów w albumie. Solidne 3 z czystym sumieniem mogę dać, bo fajnie to wszystko brzmi, ale nic więcej.

Ten album jest definicją obojętności. Nic złego, nic nadzwyczajnego, nawet jednego dobrego bangera nie ma :(

Słaba czwórka, ciężko mi uzasadnić ten wybór. Nie ma żadnego wyróżniającevgo się utworu, ale słuchało się znacząco przyjemniej niż wielu albumów dotychczas ocenionych na 3. Jest bardzo spójny brzmieniowo, wokal mi się całkiem podoba. Może nieco na wyrost oceniam, ale co tam.

It's not bad. Had I found this in my teens or early twenties perhaps it could have been an album I remembered with fondness. Now it will probably be forgotten in a week.