My Dream Rider Series – Alex Elbery

Perth-born, Melbourne-based songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Alex Elbery takes an exuberant leap via his brand new single Ripcord. Releasing today with an accompanying whimsical music video, Ripcord is a warm and dynamic ode to falling in love, coated with billowing pop hues, driving alt rock undertones and an endearing Aussie tinge alongside heartfelt lyricism.

We caught up with him to ask him what his Dream Rider would be:

Some Boursin and a crispy baguette – Boursin is a delicious garlic cream cheese. I feel like that’s perfect for vocal warm ups.
An indoor aviary full of cockatiels and exotic parrots that all want to hang out with me.
A wrestling ring – I don’t think I’d want to wrestle anyone per se, but I do think it would be fun to run around in it, do some flips and tumbles. Might be a good way to get the nervous energy out.
A massage. – I’d probably pull a muscle running around the wrestling ring, so might be good to get that sorted.
Some sort of VR gaming set up.
An older, parental figure to constantly tell me I’m doing a good job.
Some board games – something like wingspan, nice, relaxing and fairly non-competitive.
A push bike for each band member – I think it’d be fun to do a lap around the block before we play, really get in the zone, y’know?
Winona Ryder – she’s one of the best Ryders and I reckon she’d be a great hang.
I put this to my band to see what they would want, and all they came up with was ‘a small bag of shredded cheese.’ I’m delighted by how easy they are to please so I feel like I really should Include their ‘small bag of shredded cheese.’