Ride bassist Steve Queralt’s debut solo album Swallow is a beautifully brooding nine-track collection that combines the darkly textured soundscapes of early M83 and Sigur Rós with an electronic sheen reminiscent of Boards Of Canada.
 
It also features guest vocals from Sonic Cathedral labelmate Emma Anderson (formerly of Lush and Sing-Sing) and Verity Susman (Electrelane, MEMORIALS).Swallow has been slowly but surely pieced together between Ride albums and tours over the past five years and, perhaps as a result, has a slightly dystopian, Blade Runner feel that reflects the liminal spaces in which it was created.
 
Despite the fact that the majority of the album is instrumental, there is plenty of power and emotion poured into these moody, moonlit soundtracks. When words do appear, an underlying anger and political slant emerges and amplifies the album’s dark intensity. 
 
TRACKLIST:
 
1/Mission Creep
2/Lonely Town feat. Emma Anderson
3/High Teens
4/A Porsche Shaped Hole
5/Swiss Air feat. Emma Anderson
6/I Don’t Know How To Sing
7/Messengers feat. Verity Susman
8/1988
9/Motor Boats