Going Blank Again

The best shoegaze album of all time.

Ride's Going Blank Again creates a certain feeling through its raw, dirty production and lengthy, drawn-out structures and runtimes that is perfectly captured by the phrase "catharsis through repetition". This record's insistence on drawing out its tracks to huge lengths while keeping the sound and production so dirty and raw and colorful lends it this fantastic sense of journey, this satisfying and strangely beautiful composition ... read more

❄🎄⛄ The December Challenge Day 25 (CHRISTMAS YAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA HOHOHOHOHOHO)⛄🎄❄
List: https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/flapjack483/list/281651/the-december-challenge-2024-/

The prompt: an album that feels like a gift to yourself

The album: Going Blank Again by Ride

This was so blissful, perfect for a Christmas gift!

Ride is known as one of the big 3 in shoegaze--my bloody valentine, Slowdive, and them. While they switched gears into more britpop leaning territory ... read more

i expected to hear more of dark and intense energy and less of sunshine and rainbows. but that’s ok since it’s a pretty solid album plus the opening and closing tracks are amazing

(i just realized that leave them all behind is 8 minutes long and i swear it was only like 4-5 minutes when i listened to it)

This is one of the greatest albums ever created. The melodies on here are truly otherworldly. Shoegaze releases don’t get enough love on this website in my opinion