Blog: melophobe

When a band sounds as slick in the studio as Porcelain Raft does, there is a real danger that the live performance will fail to live up to expectations. Studios can produce some magic results, and the temptation to attempt to recreate that experience onstage can be almost as precarious as the decision to blow off the polish and play with a raw immediacy at odds with the band’s recorded sound. Mauro Remiddi, the principal personage of Porcelain Raft, evidently has enough experience under his belt to know how to walk that line. At a sparsely attended Sunday [...]

• Porcelain Raft - Unless You Speak From Your Heart