De britiske shoegazeheltene i Ride slapp tidligere i år to nye singler 'Charm Assault' og 'Home Is A Feeling'. I dag deler de musikkvideoen til 'Charm Assault' og annonserer sitt nye album 'Weather Diaries' som slippes 16. juni via Wichita Recordings. Det vil være bandets første album siden 'Tarantula' som kom ut i 1996 via Creation Records.

Låta 'Charm Assault' ble denne uka A-listet på BBC Radio 6. Hele albumet er produsert av den legendariske DJ'en og produsenten Erol Alkan. Utgivelsen gjenforener bandet med Wichita label-grunnleggerne Dick Green og Mark Bowen. De jobbet nemlig også med bandet i starten av Creation Records sin karriere.

Andy Bell fra Ride uttaler om singelen 'Charm Assault': "Charm Assault is a pretty straightforward expression of frustration and disgust at the people who currently run our country. The tour in 2015 was a good way of reminding us what we were good at in the first place and Charm Assault feels like a natural continuation from our peak. When we started writing together again we tried to imagine we'd kept on making music all this time, and this was just the latest one."

Erol Alkan uttaler om samarbeidet: “'Nowhere' and 'Going Blank Again' were big records for me and my friends when we were growing up. I've vaguely known Andy for a few years through his brother-in-law but we didn't actually meet until a couple of years back. I had an email from them asking if I'd like to collaborate with the band, and once I'd heard the demos, I was 100% in. Andy's very well versed in electronic music, so we had a common bond in that as well as alternative music. The new music contains all the great elements you want from Ride - Great songs, loud guitars, beautiful harmonies, powerful rhythms.”

Ride er Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence Colbert og Steve Queralt. Sammen gjennomførte de flere festivaljobber og en utsolgt headline-turné i 2014/2015, blant annet på Øyafestivalen, Coachella, Primavera og Field Day.