In February, Porridge Radio announced a new album. WATERSLIDE, DIVING BOARD, LADDER TO THE SKY, is the full title of their third record, is scheduled for release on May 20th via Secretly Canadian. The British band around singer Dana Margolin had released a new single: Listen to “Back To The Radio”, which is also the opener of the new album, here in the stream and see the music video shot by Margolin’s sister Ella Margolin.
Dana Margolin said of the new song:
‘“Back To The Radio’ feels like a huge introductory hello or a big ceremonial goodbye. I wrote it at the end of 2019 when we were gearing up for the release of Every Bad and I felt like a lot of things were coming that I wasn’t sure I knew how to handle. The song grew out of a feeling of intense loneliness and being unprepared for what everybody was promising me was about to happen – and a strong desire to escape without knowing what I wanted to escape to. To me there’s a huge feeling of catharsis in this song, of letting go and letting it sweep you away.”
Now Porridge Radio follow suit and present another new single with “The Rip”. Hear it here and watch the music video again shot by Ella Margolin:
Singer Dana Margoline says about the new song: “At the beginning, it was a song about a power dynamic where I was in control, by the end it was about one where I had none. My friends always accuse me of making up idioms and using them like they are well-known phrases and I think this song is full of those. I love the idea of something being sick at the seams, like it’s disintegrating from its core. I like things that are so simple they are universal. I wanted it to sound like when your heart breaks so badly that your entire body aches. I wanted it to feel like your soul is dropping out of your body.”
The tracklisting of Porridge Radio’s new album reads as follows:
- Back To The Radio
- trying
- birthday party
- End Of Last Year
- gangs
- U Can Be Happy If U Want To
- Flowers
- jealousy
- I Hope She’s OK 2
- Splintered
- the rip
- Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
This is what the artwork of Porridge Radio’s WATERSLIDE, DIVING BOARD, LADDER TO THE SKY looks like:
Porridge Radio’s second album EVERY BAD was released in March 2020 and landed at number 12 on our list of the best albums of 2020. Their song “Born Confused” topped our ten favorite songs of that year. ME author Frank Sawatzki wrote of EVERY BAD: “Dana Margolin’s band translates uncertainty into ecstasy, taking indie rock avant-garde, grunge and dream pop with it.” Indie rock 2020 guide. Porridge Radio certainly didn’t invent or rework anything that couldn’t have been done ten or 20 years ago. But they lead us to believe that their signals can only come from these sound spaces, and these sound spaces are intensive care units for vocals and guitar.”
Porridge Radio originally wanted to tour Germany in March, presented by Musikexpress. Due to “changing Covid regulations” this tour had to be canceled like so many others. The label and the organizers are currently working on new dates.
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