I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again … music and the power of association (good and bad) is such a powerful one. This week, I had one of those perfect moments.

Despite the fact that BBC 6 Music is not the station it once was (and if you’ve listened to it for a while, you’ll know what I’m getting at), this week they pulled one out of the bag for me. In the office, this was a pen slam down on the desk, “is it really?” moment. And it was. This week’s TFI so perfectly sent me back to a time when I certainly was young, foolish and happy; a definitive point in my youth. Our big, lovely college crowd so much defined by our musical tastes and how we looked, with all the subtle nuances a group of 20 plus friends can have.

Ride: Oxford’s shoegazing band, they belonged to us. Magic moments.

Cheers lads.

Mrs Mackerel (now older, more sensible, but just as happy)

Check out your shoe leather to this mighty fine offering.

Download Ride – Taste mp3 (from Fall EP)