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Squid’s Anton Pearson Details Debut Ambient Album Driving Through Belgium, Shares “Tintinnabulation I”
Squid guitarist Anton Pearson has announced his debut solo ambient album, Driving Through Belgium, and shared the lead single “Tintinnabulation I,” a two-part piece balancing disorientation and hope ahead of its July 3 release.
After a big year with Squid—whose 2024 album Cowards earned wide critical praise—guitarist Anton Pearson is stepping into solo territory with a very different mood. His debut ambient record, Driving Through Belgium, arrives July 3 via World Of Echo, and he’s introduced it with the expansive lead single “Tintinnabulation I.”
Pearson says the piece was built around tension and release, aiming for a space “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,” Pearson explains. “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.”
He adds that the opening section leans on warped synth and guitar textures that fold into each other, before the track shifts into something more grounded. That turn arrives in the second half with a piano and pianet motif, a clearer melodic line set against the more oblique opening passage.
Listen to “Tintinnabulation I” below.
Tracklist: Driving Through Belgium
01 “Driving Past The Muscular Cows In Belgium”
02 “Builder In A Bottle”
03 “Tintinnabulation I”
04 “Teeth To Cut The Grass”
05 “Tintinnabulation II”
06 “Tern Daylight”
Driving Through Belgium is out 7/3 on World Of Echo.
