{"product_id":"steve-queralt-of-ride-swallow-1","title":"STEVE QUERALT (OF RIDE) - Swallow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Limited Dinked Edition #336:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e “Blue Moon” transparent vinyl \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e Alternative outer \u0026amp; inner sleeve artwork \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e Signed Polaroid-style photo insert \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e Limited pressing of 400 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e = EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debut solo album from \u003cstrong\u003eRide\u003c\/strong\u003e bassist \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Queralt\u003c\/strong\u003e is a beautifully brooding collection that combines the darkly textured soundscapes of early M83 or Sigur Rós with the post-punk of Joy Division and New Order, all with an electronic sheen reminiscent of Mark Pritchard or Boards Of Canada. It features guest vocals on several tracks from \u003cstrong\u003eSonic Cathedral\u003c\/strong\u003e labelmate \u003cstrong\u003eEmma Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e (formerly of Lush and Sing-Sing) and \u003cstrong\u003eVerity Susman\u003c\/strong\u003e (Electrelane, MEMORIALS).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSwallow\u003c\/em\u003e has been slowly but surely pieced together between Ride albums and tours over the past eight years and, perhaps as a result, has a slightly dystopian, almost Blade Runner feel that reflects the liminal spaces in which it was created.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s also an underlying anger and political slant. Despite the fact that the majority of the album is wordless, there is plenty of power and emotion, summed up by the few lines from \u003cstrong\u003eJulie Sheldon\u003c\/strong\u003e’s poem ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Same Boat\u003c\/em\u003e’ that appear on the closing track ‘\u003cem\u003eMotor Boats\u003c\/em\u003e’ (“We’re all in the same boat they say, but I would disagree”). According to Steve, they “capture the reality of our times perfectly”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are also other words on the album courtesy of the two guest vocalists. “There have been some amazing instrumental albums made over the last few years, especially in the nu-classical and post-rock worlds,” says Steve, who points out the influence of Mogwai, and even titled one of the album tracks ‘\u003cem\u003eI Don’t Know How To Sing\u003c\/em\u003e’, “but some of the tracks sounded like songs to me, just without any words.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis led to the collaborations that, ultimately, tied the whole thing together and paved the way to the finished album. “One of the demos reminded me of Lush, who Ride had toured with in the ’90s, so I contacted Emma thinking her voice would be perfect. But she was confused and said she’d never sung lead vocals.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“At the time I hadn’t even decided I was going to sing on my own records, so I told Steve I couldn’t do it,” explains Emma. “Then, a couple of years later, when I was singing on my own records and my debut album Pearlies was about to come out, I enquired about it, thinking he must have found someone else, but luckily he hadn’t.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“After a few false starts, I started to doubt the project altogether. It was going nowhere,” says Steve. “Then, out of the darkness, Emma got back 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 ‘\u003cem\u003eLonely Town\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eSwiss Air\u003c\/em\u003e’.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the meantime, Verity from Electrelane had added vocals to the song ‘\u003cem\u003eMessengers\u003c\/em\u003e’ and transformed the track. \u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Simms\u003c\/strong\u003e, her then future bandmate in \u003cstrong\u003eMEMORIALS\u003c\/strong\u003e, would go on to mix the finished album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSwallow\u003c\/em\u003e has turned out so much better than I had hoped, largely thanks to Emma and Verity’s contributions which sew the tracks together and shape it into an album,” enthuses Steve. “I’d fallen out of love with it so many times I was thinking of calling it \u003cem\u003eLoveless\u003c\/em\u003e. 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