Porridge Radio
The project of songwriter Dana Margolin, Porridge Radio's blend of indie rock, slowcore, and art-punk emerged from the south of England in the mid-2010s, with their full-band debut, Rice, Pasta and Other Fillers, appearing in 2016. Picking up traction on outlets like BBC Radio, the group took a leap in recording quality and volatility with 2020's Every Bad. Two years later, the anxious Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky strived for a more sweeping, stadium-sized sound.
Begun as the guitar-based, laptop-recorded solo effort of Brighton, England's Dana Margolin circa 2012, Porridge Radio released its first collection of acoustic demos, Misery Radio, on Eyeless Records in May 2015. Margolin followed it with the self-released I'm Not Sure Anymore that December and the EP Say Sorry or Die early the next year. Early 2016 also brought a split EP with West America called Hello Dog Friendly.
Expanding the lineup to include Margolin (vocals, guitar), Georgie Stott (keyboards, vocals), Snake Leather, aka Josh Harvey (guitar), Maddie Ryall (bass, vocals), and Sam Yardley (drums), Porridge Radio released its first band LP, Rice, Pasta and Other Fillers, in August 2016. It was recorded in Yardley's shed. Another solo EP, frgttng, appeared in October of that year, with the solo full-length Bad Breath eventually following in December 2017. Still spare and rough-hewn, it included experiments with sound samples, keyboards, and electronics. That same month, Porridge Radio issued the seasonal song "O. Christmas."
A series of tracks arrived throughout 2019, and the band did a pair of live sessions for BBC Radio 6 Music, before the long-player Every Bad followed on Secretly Canadian in March 2020. The group's first studio album, it was recorded as a four-piece following the departure of Harvey. With touring off the table due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Porridge Radio set about writing and recording their next album while playing just a handful of dates throughout 2020. New music appeared in the form of the singles "Good for You" (with Lala Lala), "7 Seconds," and the holiday-themed "The Last Time I Saw You (O Christmas)," and Every Bad was reissued in an expanded version featuring demos and remixes in 2021.
As the band put finishing touches on their third album, they provided covers of Wolf Parade's "You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son" and the Shins' "New Slang" for Sub Pop's singles club. Co-produced by Tom Carmichael, Margolin, and Yardley, the completed Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky arrived on Secretly Canadian in May 2022.
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13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Every Bad (Expanded Edition)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Secretly Canadian on 24 mrt. 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
Alternative en Indie - Released by Secretly Canadian on 20 mei 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
7 Seconds
Alternative en Indie - Released by Secretly Canadian on 14 sep. 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Good For You
Alternative en Indie - Released by Secretly Canadian on 2 jul. 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son
Rock - Released by Sub Pop Records on 9 aug. 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Last Time I Saw You (O Christmas)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Secretly Canadian on 8 dec. 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Let’s Not Fight ! b/w Strong Enough
Alternative en Indie - Released by Secretly Canadian on 16 feb. 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Happy In A Crowd
Alternative en Indie - Released by Secretly Canadian on 4 jun. 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wet Road
Alternative en Indie - Released by Secretly Canadian on 16 apr. 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Give/Take
Alternative en Indie - Released by Secretly Canadian on 2 apr. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Don't Ask Me Twice
Alternative en Indie - Released by Secretly Canadian on 1 mei 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rice, Pasta And Other Fillers
Punk en New Wave - Released by Memorials of Distinction on 25 nov. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo