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Cat: WEBB 576LP. Rel: 7 Aug 23
Indie/Alternative

Side 1 - Track 1. Moonlight MedicineSide 1 - Track 2. 1000 MilesSide 2 - Track 1. From Time To TimeSide 2 - Track 2. Natural GraceSide 2 - Track 3. Only NowSide 3 - Track 1. BirdmanSide 3 - Track 2. Crown Of CreationSide 3 - Track 3. How Does It Feel?Side 4 - Track 1. Endless RoadSide 4 - Track 2. Magical SpringSide 4 - Track 3. Rolling ThunderSide 4 - Track 4. Don't Know What It Comes From

Released in 1994 on the ever-incredible Creation Records, Ride's Carnival of Light was the band's third full length, and didn't so much mark a shift but a progression in the journey of the critically acclaimed outfit, who still retain the shoegaze and noise pop elements we all fell head over heels for, but look to draw on more traditional British sounds, too. The result is something that might be described as a laddish, plugged-in take on folk, at times at least. Sadly, this wasn't quite what critics said about it, and after successive slamming in the press the band began to look unfavourably at the release, too, with frontman and guitarist Andy Bell even going so far as to describe it as "carnival of shite". More recently, he managed to make peace with it, and revisiting the songs now reveals myriad classics waiting to be rediscovered and appreciated out of the context and weight of expectations they were born into at the time.