Porridge Radio Announce final release: The Machine Starts To Sing EP Out 21st Feb, 2025,

Porridge Radio announce a new EP titled The Machine Starts To Sing, out 21st February via Secretly Canadian, and share new single “Don’t Want To Dance”. The band have also announced that the EP will be their final release, with Dana Margolin, who fronts Porridge Radio, releasing the below statement:

“This is the last new music from Porridge Radio and marks the end of the band. The songs on this EP are an important part of Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me, and mean a lot to us. We are excited for you to hear them. This band has been our life, we’re family now. These tours will be our last. Thanks so much for listening.”

The announcement comes ahead of the band’s upcoming North American and European tour dates, all of which will still be fulfilled, kicking off 23rd Jan (tickets).

The EP is a collection of songs produced by Dom Monks, longtime engineer for Big Thief and Laura Marling, and recorded during the making of the band’s recent, acclaimed fourth album Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (‘…exquisite euphoria…’ – The Observer).

Though recorded during the album sessions, the songs on The Machine Starts To Sing aren’t offcuts or extras. The EP is packed with emotive, standout moments in songs that took on a different life to the themes and sonic palettes of the album. The result is a snapshot of some of the band’s best songwriting to date.

Opening track “Machine Starts To Sing” hints at ‘the idea of finding comfort in cold and dystopian places, finding reminders of life in moments of disconnection and alienation’, says Dana Margolin. “OK” follows, a warmer and more tender ballad, first intended for an early Margolin solo release but now reimagined with the help of the band.

New single “Don’t Want To Dance” comes next, a song about ‘persisting, choosing life, living and trying again’, before “I’ve Got a Feeling (Stay Lucky)”, a song about being full of love and hope, closes the EP on an optimistic and cathartic endnote.

The Machine Starts To Sing track list:

Machine Starts To Sing
OK
Don’t Want To Dance
I’ve Got A Feeling (Stay Lucky)

On recent album Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me:

Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me is a moment of reckoning inspired by burnout, heartbreak, and band leader Margolin’s own increasing immersion in her craft as an artist. Across the album, Margolin’s ruthlessly self-interrogating writing style is matched by some of the band’s most affecting music to date, patiently building and tragically intense.

It was recorded in Frome at the beginning of 2024. The band – Margolin (guitar, vocals), Georgie Stott (keyboards, backing vocals), Sam Yardley (drums, keyboards), and Dan Hutchins (bass) – worked more closely than ever on shaping the album to record it live in the studio. “As a band we do something very particular and very emotionally intense live, and Dom (Monks) knew how to get that feeling across and catch the magic of a live performance on record.”

Porridge Radio Tour Dates

Jan 23 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis

Jan 24 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry

Jan 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw

Jan 26 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

Jan 28 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison

Jan 30 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall

Jan 31 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry

Feb 4 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios

Feb 5 – Seattle, WA @ The Chapel

Feb 7 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent

Feb 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex

March 13 – Rennes, FR @ Antipode

March 14 – Nantes, FR @ Stéréolux

March 15 – La Roche-sur-Yon, FR @ Qaui M

March 17 – Barcelona, ES @ Razmatazz

March 18 – Zaragoza, ES @ Sala López

March 19 – Madrid, ES @ Copérnico

March 21 – Lisbon, PT @ Lisboa ao Vivo

March 23 – Donostia-San Sebastian, ES @ Dabadaba

March 25 – Lyon, FR @ L’Épicerie Moderne

March 26 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Coopérative de Mai

March 27 – Dijon, FR @ La Vapeur

May 6 – Athens, GR @ AnClub

May 8 – Istanbul, TR @ Blind

May 10 – Bucharest, RO @ Control Club