Squid's Anton Pearson announces debut album, Driving Through Belgium

"Tintinnabulation I" is the first preview of Pearson's six-track collection of songs. Speaking about the single, Pearson explains: “I wanted to create a piece that sat somewhere between disorientation and hope. The high frequency tingling sound that builds the bridge between the two sections of this piece was the first thing I made. It was a loop made from some synths that I put through my pedalboard and pitched up a couple of octaves with a Whammy pedal.

"I liked how fragile and spikey it felt. The first half is mostly synths and guitar sounds, these all bend into one another and process in new ways, but as I got more confident in the piece and my production, I wanted to build something that felt really sonically recognisable in contrast to the kind of oblique first half, and I came up with the piano and pianet line that makes the second half.”

Driving Through Belgium is based on experimentation, leaning into an ambient soundscape composed by Pearson, who responded to his environment in real time. He remained off-grid without using samples to offer a true reflection of himself as an artist chronicling feelings of hope, euphoria and confusion.

Driving Through Belgium artwork

Driving Through Belgium tracklist

"Driving Past the Muscular Cows in Belgium"
"Builder in a Bottle"
"Tintinnabulation I"
"Teeth to Cut the Grass"
"Tintinnabulation II"
"Tern Daylight"