A stopgap release between Nowhere and Going Blank Again, the Today Forever EP actually can make a solid claim to being Ride's best all-around effort.
If not quite as immediately poppy as many of its early songs were, Today Forever still shows the band eager to make its own mark while avoiding the somewhat pointless retro focus of its later years.
"Unfamiliar" makes for an enveloping start, embracing a great combination of feedback crunch, Cure-influenced psychedelia, and delicious harmonies.
"Sennen" rides a lovely chime and steady shuffle beat from Colbert, while "Beneath" merrily gallops along with some good guitar pyrotechnics and singing from Bell and Gardener.
The real winner comes at the end with "Today" -- if the lyrical sentiments are simple enough, the slow rise and blast of the music from start to finish, with some heartbreaking background drones to boot, is one huge, romantic wash of sound.
Some of shoegazing at its finest, no question.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UnfamiliarAndy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt | Ride | Play | 05:00 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | SennenAndy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt | Ride | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | BeneathAndy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt | Ride | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | TodayAndy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt | Ride | Play | 06:25 | 14 MB | 40 MB |
| 19 mins | 45 MB | |||||
| 19 mins | 131 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Bell | Composer |
| 2 | Andy Bell | Composer |
| 3 | Loz Colbert | Composer |
| 4 | Mark Gardener | Composer |
| 5 | Steve Queralt | Composer |
| 6 | Ride | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |