Steve Queralt, bassist for the band Ride, has announced the release of his debut solo album titled Swallow, slated to be available on June 13 through Sonic Cathedral.

The album, which Queralt has been working on over the past five years, primarily consists of instrumental tracks, although it does include vocals from notable artists Emma Anderson of Lush and Verity Susman from Electrelane and MEMORIALS. The mixing of the album was handled by Matthew Simms, who plays in MEMORIALS alongside Susman.

In a statement about the process, Queralt said:

“Swallow 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. 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.”

The lead single from Swallow, titled "Lonely Town," features Anderson’s vocals and gets its inspiration from Joy Division, according to Queralt.

“I’d been going through another Joy Division stage and so the rhythm and tempo were the starting point and, once they were in place, the bass part followed naturally. Emma follows the synth melody for the chorus, but it’s the bridge part that does it for me. Just after we finished it, Emma came up with more vocal parts which were too good to miss out on, so back to the studio we went.”

Swallow Tracklisting:

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