Looking over the list of albums slated for release in the new few months, it's hard not to get overly giddy - 2012 is going to be a great year for music. Several bands that made names for themselves with wildly inventive and successful debuts are putting forth their sophomore efforts this year. The all-important follow-up album can be tricky, though, especially when an artist has made such a unique statement with their debut - I'm definitely eager to hear how these musicians have adapted their sound. Cloud Nothings' (@cloudnothings) [...]
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Today's Quick Mention: Don't forget that the Kills and Jeff The Brotherhood are playing Stubb's tomorrow night. I really liked both of the band's full lengths from last year, so my guess at this point is that the show is going to be good. Tix will be $25 at the door. Secretly Canadian released Porcelain Raft's debut everywhere today, so I figured it was time to give you a reminder of how good they are via a [...]
Live: M83 + Porcelain Raft @ Concorde 2, Brighton January 22nd 2012 Porcelain Raft and M83 certainly share a penchant for the ethereal, even if Porcelain Raft instantiate this through a totally unpretentious set of bedroom loops and samples and M83 do so through sheer size and spectacle. The opening act, a duo fronted by London-based Italian Mauro Remiddi and recently signed to Secretly Canadian, release their much-anticipated debut album 'Strange Weekend' on January 24th. Though working within a similar sound-pallete, Porcelain Raft eschew the kind of sprawling, multi-layered, synthesized bombast of M83 in [...]
The new releases are officially kicking off this week and setting 2012 off in a proper direction. Here's what caught our attention. Big Deal; Lights Out Big Deal; Chair Cardinal; Hymns Cardinal; Love Like Rain Cloud Nothings; Attack On Memory Cloud Nothings; Stay Useless [...]
If 2012 is really the apocalypse, we'll at least be serenaded by lots of great music as our world goes up in flames. Yes, it's another great week of new releases filled with KEXP favorites, new and old. In fact, we've long been fans of Nada Surf , who return with their sixth album this week, which according to our Music Director, Don Yates, "finds them injecting some welcome additional energy and aggression into their melodic pop-rock sound via quicker tempos and some bristling electric guitar lines." Fans needn't fear that the New York band is trying to recapture [...]
Unless You Speak From Your Heart Put Me To Sleep After releasing a series of numerous EPs and singles over the last couple of years, Italy's Porcelain Raft has compiled a full-length collection of his dreamy electronic soundscapes. The LP, Strange Weekend , is out on January 23 from Secretly Canadian Records ( buy ). 'Unless You Speak From Your Heart' and 'Put Me To Sleep' are both from the full-length, which you can stream in its entirety here [...]
It's definitely an exciting Tuesday for new music. Spanning multiple genres, there's truly something for everybody to enjoy - rock out to the new, rawer Cloud Nothings , get nostalgic with the return of Chairlift's semi-retro pop, ease in to the sweet sound of First Aid Kit's sophomore disc, or get lost in the dream world of Porcelain Raft's highly anticipated debut full-length. Stay Useless - Cloud Nothings // Buy No Future/No Past - [...]
Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend Mauro Remiddi has led a complicated musical life. He has performed Klezmer Music for the Berlin Youth Circus, crossed the 38th Parallel to re-interpret the folk songs of North Korea, composed music for short films and Vaudeville revivals , and, today, he is set to release his solo debut under the name Porcelain Raft. The record, entitled Strange Weekend , is a triumph of so-called "dream pop," a record at once both intimate and expansive, both gentle and arresting. Mr. Remiddi recently re-located [...]
Hello everyone and welcome to the 4th full week of January. This week we have quite an interesting array of artists whether you're looking to get tripped out visiting Gonjasufi's webpage or listening to some dance beats from Visionquest . But let's kick it off with our most anticipated artist, Nada Surf , who's lengthy-titled album Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy . We're excited to get our dirty paws on this one. Their last album If I Had A Hi-Fi (2010) really fit out fancy. We think this should [...]
Porcelain Raft Strange Weekend Secretly Canadian 23/Ene/2012 "Un nuevo mundo envuelto en papel celofan" Desde que en 2010 Beach House creó esa maravilla de ensueño llamada "Teen Dream" logré entender este tipo de Dream Pop; el crear un lago de sonidos a base de riffs de ensueño, nos invita a navegar por cada una [...]
Unless You Speak From Your Heart Put Me To Sleep After releasing a series of numerous EPs and singles over the last couple of years, Italy's Porcelain Raft has compiled a full-length collection of his dreamy electronic soundscapes. The LP, Strange Weekend , is out on January 23 from Secretly Canadian Records ( buy ). 'Unless You Speak From Your Heart' and 'Put Me To Sleep' are both from the full-length, which you can stream in its entirety here [...]
After the excitement and the commotion in the newness of the year passes, it's a dreadful few weeks of purgatory; a period of reconciling the lingering effects of the year just passed with the swirling sweet nothings from the year to come, as you wait for it to finally take off one way or the other. Days pass with a peek of an eye, waiting to detect any hint of some spark. I've mentioned it before , but sometimes it takes only that one thing for the domino effect to push all else forward and freshen the momentary staleness [...]
As the year 2011 was coming to a close, Mauro Remiddi is an artist whose hype was building up into the New Year with EP's that caught the attention of many music publications. Under the moniker Porcelain Raft , his debut album Strange Weekend has been highly anticipated since late last year, making its release this month one of the more prominent albums of 2012 so far. Before venturing out on his own, Remiddi was in the British indie-pop...
The debut album by experimental indie/electronica artist Porcelain Raft is released today and you can pick up two very fine tracks - ' 'Put Me To Sleep' ' and ' Unless You Speak From Your Heart ' for free or stream them below. Put Me To Sleep by Porcelain Raft Unless You Speak From Your Heart by Porcelain Raft
Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend By Antonio Tzikas Out of a Brooklyn basement explodes shimmering, ethereal sonic bliss in the form of the debut album from Porcelain Raft , also known as Italian born multi-instrumentalist Mauro Remiddi. Even the name Porcelian Raft suggests something otherworldly, and otherworldly is exactly what this album is. Bursting with swerving, dive-bombing synth swells - a sound that's halfway between ambient electronica and shoegaze influenced dream pop - the culminate effect of the production is a style that twists and twirls, creating a universe [...]
Hype Machine is streaming Porcelain Raft 's debut full length, Strange Weekend , right now. Let me be the first to tell you, it is the record of the year so far. Mauro has created a timeless romantic record that borders the line between reality and dream. A perfect combinaion of uptempo and downtempo tunes that will have you swooning over and over. The Italian is currently supporting M83 in Europe (HUGE), and will be playing some shows with Smith Westerns in the states later this month.
Porcelain Raft - Unless You Speak From Your Heart "Unless You Speak From Your Heart", is the second single from Porcelain Raft 's upcoming album. You can now stream the entire LP via Hype Machine here . The album is due out January 24th we would love to hear your thoughts on it.
We've been spinning Porcelain Raft's , aka London-via-Italy dream-pop composer Mauro Remiddi, debut album "Strange Weekend" for the last few days, while we have been driving around the city. It feels so good. "Unless You Speak From Your Heart", the second single from the album, is definitely one of Strange Weekend's most beautiful tracks. The album is now available for streaming at Hype Machine, ahead of its release on January 24th via Secretly Canadian. Listen to all ten tracks here . Download here
Much to add to your shopping list on this week's 5ive . Enjoy thoroughly. Porcelain Raft "Drifting In And Out" [ follow ] from Strange Weekend The Pharmacy "Dig Your Grave" [ follow ] from Dig Your Grave First Aid Kit "Wolf" (Bonus Track) [ follow ] from The Lion's Roar Y La Bamba [ follow ] from Court The Storm [...]
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Put Me To Sleep - Porcelain Raft // Buy One aspect of music has always fascinated yet simultaneously bamboozled me - the ways in which different people react to the same artist or genre. Despite having had significant time to digest, dissect and form some kind of understanding of music's emotional abilities, some things still remain a mystery, namely the unwritten, inexplicable law of love between listener and artist. Some musicians can release a slew of music and my most enthusiastic response is "yeah it's alright, I guess", while others can instantaneously draw me [...]
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