Steve Queralt (Ride bassist) has shared his new single “Lonely Town” featuring vocals by Emma Anderson (from Lush).
The track serves as the first single from his upcoming debut solo album ‘Swallow’, due to be released on June 13 via Sonic Cathedral. Pre-order your copy here.
According to the press released, ‘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 finds Steve embracing his shoegaze roots, with guitars playing a central role and also features guest vocals from me and Verity Susman (Electrelane, MEMORIALS).
Elaborating on the album, Steve says:
“After a few false starts, I had started to doubt the project altogether. It was going nowhere. Then, out of the darkness, Emma got in touch to tell me that she’d found her voice and could I send her some tracks. A few files back and forth and an afternoon in the studio later and we had ‘Lonely Town’ and ‘Swiss Air’.”
In the meantime, Verity had added vocals to the song ‘Messengers’ and transformed the track. Matthew Simms, now her bandmate in MEMORIALS, would go on to mix the finished album.
“Swallow has turned out so much better than I had hoped,” enthuses Steve. “I’d fallen out of love with it so many times I was thinking of calling it Loveless. But then, that wouldn’t be the whole story.”
Watch the Sara Nash-directed video below.
Swallow Tracklist:
- Mission Creep
- Steve Queralt feat. Emma Anderson – Lonely Town
- High Teens
- A Porsche Shaped Hole
- Steve Queralt feat. Emma Anderson – Swiss Air
- I Don’t Know How To Sing
- Steve Queralt feat. Verity Susman – Messengers
- 1988
- Motor Boats
Photo credit: Brian David Stevens
