Porridge Radio announce new album ‘Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me’
The group's latest lands in October.
By Nick Reilly
Porridge Radio have announced their new album, ‘Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me’, as well as sharing the lead single ‘Sick Of The Blues’.
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The acclaimed group’s follow-up to 2022’s Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky arrives on October 18 via Secretly Canadian.
They describe it as “a coming-of-age moment inspired by burnout, the music industry, heartbreak, and band leader Dana Margolin’s own increasing immersion in her craft as an artist.”
“Almost all the songs started out as poems,” Margolin went on to explain. “In a poem, though, you can’t hide.
“A lot of this album is about a more frenetic and desperate kind of love. It is about completely losing my sense of self in one relationship, and the deep residue of insecurity and pain that lingered and clouded a new relationship.”
Describing the lead single ‘Sick Of The Blues’, the group explain it’s about “being heartbroken and taking back some joy, remembering that you’re the source of your own happiness, not someone else, even when you’re hurt and left with a hole in your heart”.
“After being messed around enough, you just want to take back control. I just wanted to let it go, stop letting it consume me,” added Margolin.
“I wanted simplicity, to have fun and remember everything good that could possibly happen. To love wholly, to not take anything too seriously. To have fun with my friends, to remove the tunnel vision and fall in love with my life again.”
The group have also announced an extensive world tour, which kicks off with a UK and European run throughout November and December. In early 2025, they’ll head out on a run of US dates too. You can see the full list of dates below.
OCTOBER
31 – Tourcoing, FR, Le Grand Mix
NOVEMBER
1 – Vendôme, FR, Les Rockomotives
2 – Lorient, FR, Les Indisciplinées
7 – Dublin, IE, Whelan’s
18 – Nottingham, UK, Rescue Rooms
19 – Bristol, UK, Marble Factory
20 – Leeds, UK, Irish Centre
22 – Glasgow, UK, Òran Mór
23 – Newcastle, UK, Newcastle University SU
25 – Manchester, UK, Gorilla
26 – London, UK, Electric Brixton
29 – Margate, UK, Lido
30 – Brighton, UK, Chalk
DECEMBER
2 – Amsterdam, NL, Tolhuistuin
3 – Brussels, BE, Botanique
5 – Paris, FR, Le Trabendo
9 – Hamburg, DE, Knust
10 – Berlin, DE, Columbia Theater
11 – Prague, CZ, Futurum
12 – Vienna, AT, Flex
14 – Schorndorf, DE, Manufaktur
15 – Zurich, CH, Mascotte
17 – Luxembourg City, LU, Rotondes
18 – Wiesbaden, DE, Schlachthof
19 – Cologne, DE, Artheater
JANUARY
23 – Washington, DC, The Atlantis
24 – Philadelphia, PA, The Foundry
25 – Brooklyn, NY, Warsaw
26 – Boston, MA, Brighton Music Hall
28 – Toronto, ON, The Garrison
30 – Chicago, IL, Thalia Hall
31 – Minneapolis, MN, 7th St Entry
FEBRUARY
4 – Portland, OR, Mississippi Studios
5 – Seattle, WA, The Chapel
7 – San Francisco, CA, Independent
9 – Los Angeles, CA, Echoplex