Originally published by The Spinoff . Ride were one of the most powerful and original bands of the British shoegaze scene. Duncan Greive watches them grow, and wishes he hadn’t.
OPINION It’s almost impossible to age with any dignity. For a couple of months earlier this year, my elbow had a swollen fluid sac bulging out. A friend finds her fingers numb when she sleeps in the wrong position, while another takes his first fall “that felt like how an old person would fall”.
We’re all in our mid-40s. Going to see Ride at the Powerstation unavoidably brought us face-to-face with that reality, as the band has grown in ways the audience surely didn’t appreciate..
