Taking a dark, sultry approach to shoegaze, the Black
Ryder formed in 2007 after vocalists/multi-instrumentalists Aimee Nash and
Scott Von Ryper departed from the Morning After Girls. Originally from Sydney,
Australia, the pair collaborated with members of Brian Jonestown Massacre,
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Swervedriver and the Church on their 2009
full-length debut Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride. In 2010, Mexican Summer released
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride in the US, while Von Ryper and Nash moved to Los
Angeles. Buy The Ticket Take The Ride sounds like an easy LP to love; but only
if you’re not Pitchfork. Rolling Stone included Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride
in its “50 Best Australian Albums of the year” in 2009, saying “the sprawling,
slow-burning psych-rock paints creeping moods with layer upon layer of droney,
blissed-out guitars and ethereal vocals…”
