Blog: Listen Before You Buy

Tweet After a string of neatly arranged EPs, and an opening slot for M83 , Porcelain Raft has finally released a debut album and "Strange Weekend" lives up to the hype.  The appeal of "Strange Weekend" comes from the layering of reverb-soaked instrumentation, punctuated by Mauro Remiddi’s sweeping vocals.  He ranges from crooning bedroom-pop to HEALTH-like vocals, which are textually thinner and sound more ambient.  Even though the music is wonderful, the production quality of "Strange Weekend" is light-years [...]