Album Review: Swallow by Steve Queralt

Steve Queralt's solo debut, Swallow, arrives not with a bang, but with a textured, atmospheric hum. The Ride bassist, known for his foundational rhythms, stepped forward to craft a collection of songs that feels ambitious in nature and cinematic in scope. It’s a varied sonic landscape--at times poignant, vibrant, and melancholic--that occasionally suggests the updated ethereal shoegaze of later Slowdive, or Ride’s own recent output, yet with a distinctively introspective hue.

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