This came out in 2002 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
WHO: Basically, Seaworthy is a one-man band — but when that man is Joshua McKay, frontman of Athens, Ga., ethno-trance outfit Macha, you don’t need to take applications from anybody else.
WHAT: The 10-song Ride, McKay’s debut solo project, tones down the Indonesian instrumentation and Moroccan roll of Macha for the romantically downcast, musically lush slocore minimalism of Low or Labradford.
HIGHLIGHTS: It’s hard to say — most of these tracks flow almost seamlessly into one another, giving the album a dreamlike quality and a stream-of-consciousness ambience.
LAST WORDS: Smooth sailing it isn’t — but repeated listening may induce rapture of the deep.
