Rest in peace Red Riders and by extension any remnant of Sydney’s indie scene circa 2004-2007. Announced via their website yesterday, the quartet who implored us to slide in next to them have formally called it quits after eight years, two albums and support slots for the likes of Franz Ferdinand and Death From Above 1979. Says the statement:
Hey Guys,
This is kinda hard to say, but anyway here goes: after eight immensely fun years of playing together as Red Riders it seems like now’s the right time to bow out. We’re all still the closest of friends, but just feel like the entity that is Red Riders has run its course, and rather than grind something that’s special t…o us into the ground, we’d like to call it quits while we can still stand proudly behind everything that we’ve made together. We wanna thank everyone who’s ever bought a record of ours, come to one our shows, shared our music with someone, written about us, put our music on the airwaves… Basically, to anyone who’s ever given a damn, thank you! It’s been mad sharing a part of our lives with way more people than we had any right to expect to. We’re gonna keep making music in other guises so keep a ear out, and if you see us at the pub, or lurking up the back of a show someplace, come say hi. We can grab a beer.
Love,
RR.
P.S We’re gonna play a couple of special farewell shows in Sydney and Melbourne in June, but otherwise the upcoming shows supporting Children Collide will be our last. Hope to see you there!
See you on the other side guys.
