The Lavender Faction “Ride” 7″ is one of my favorite early 90s shoegaze/noisepop singles. Rumor has it that Ride based their band name from this song after seeing The Lavender Faction perform it in Oxford (I believe I read that in This Almighty Pop fanzine), although Wikipedia says the band chose the name after a graphic design piece Mark Gardener created for a typography class. Who knows…
The “Ride” single was released on Lust Recordings, Stephen Joyce’s follow up to the fantastic Woosh fanzine and label. Lust released a number of other fine singles between 1990-91 featuring Aspidistra, Feral, The Keatons, Mr. Peculiar, St. James Infirmary, and a few more from The Lavender Faction. I’ve owned (and sold) many over the years, but the “Ride” 7″ has remained on my shelves. Definitely worth tracking down and usually costing just a few dollars. I wish I kept the 12″ version.
Listen to The Lavender Faction – Ride
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www.twee.net/bands/l/lavenderfact.html
www.twee.net/labels/lust.html
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What happened to Stephen Joyce? He was working as a roadie for MBV when i met him back in 1991. Went to a Woosh night with The Sunflowers playing live that night. Not sure if he is still doing the roadie work.
Comment by Collin Chen — 4 Mar @ 4:13 am
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