Ride To Play ‘Nowhere’ Album At The Institute
Ride have announced that in further celebration of the 25th anniversary of their début album Nowhere, they will be performing the entire album in full for the first time ever at all dates on their forthcoming UK tour, which starts in Leeds on October 11th and ends at The Institute in Birmingham on October 22nd.
The band’s set at each tour stop will comprise of a classic Ride set-list to open the show, followed by the performance of ‘Nowhere’ from start to finish. Whilst album tracks ‘Vapour Trail’, ‘Dreams Burn Down’ and ‘Taste’ have regularly featured in their live performances over the years, this will be the only chance to see the Oxford four-piece playing their shoegaze classic in its entirety.
Ride will release ‘Nowhere25’ on November 6th, a CD+DVD release featuring the expanded 15-track album alongside the live recording of their concert at London’s Town & Country Club in March 1991 that until recently had been lost in the archives. A heavyweight blue marble vinyl version will also be available.
‘Nowhere’ was originally released on 15th October 1990, featuring classic tracks including ‘Vapour Trail’, ‘Polar Bear’ and ‘Dreams Burn Down’. Widely considered one of the greatest albums not only of the ‘shoegaze’ genre, but of the 90s, ‘Nowhere’ was Creation Records’ first Top 75 album, peaking in the UK album charts at #11, and continues to appear in various album lists from respected music titles such as Pitchfork and NME.
The 15 track album version features three tracks from the ‘Fall’ EP, released in September 1990 in the lead up to ‘Nowhere’, plus four songs from the ‘Today Forever’ EP, which came out the week of the Town & Country Club show in March 1991. This show was part of a short UK tour to support ‘Today Forever’, the first new material from Ride since ‘Nowhere’.