Porridge Radio say goodbye with single ‘Do not Need To Dance’ from new EP that “marks the top of the band”
Porridge Radio have introduced their break up and shared their goodbye single ‘Don’t Need To Dance’ from their forthcoming ultimate EP.
The Brighton band took to their official X/Twitter account to share ‘Don’t Need To Dance’ and wrote that their upcoming EP ‘Machine Begins To Sing’ – which is about for launch on February 21 and obtainable for pre-order here – will mark “the final new music from us as Porridge Radio and marks the top of the band.
“The songs on this EP are an essential a part of Clouds In The Sky They Will At all times Be There For Me, and imply as a lot to us because the 11 songs on the album. We’re excited so that you can hear them,” they tweeted.
They continued: “This band has been our life, we’re household now. These excursions will likely be our final, thanks a lot for listening. With love, Dana, Georgie, Sam and Dan.”
The melancholic ‘Don’t Need To Dance’ sees Dana Margolin softly wail: “No, I don’t wish to dance, however I don’t wish to cry about it / I feel I’ve taken all that I can take / And I don’t wish to assume as a result of I don’t wish to give it some thought / I can’t sleep, can’t sleep with out it,” describing one thing that’s consuming away at her.
Fashioned in 2015, Porridge Radio was created by Margolin as a method to specific herself and through inspiration from the ocean in her hometown of Brighton. In 2019, the band had been signed by the US indie label Secretly Canadian. They launched their second album and first on their new label house ‘Each Dangerous‘ in 2020. ‘Each Dangerous’ landed the 18th spot on NME‘s 50 Greatest Albums of 2020 and was additionally nominated for the Mercury Prize that yr.
In a five-star assessment of the LP, NME shared: “Right here Porridge Radio nail a few of music’s hardest tips – respiration recent life into indie and making a report that may loosely be in comparison with different bands in fragments, but in addition feels completely their very own. ‘Each Dangerous’ is a panoramic step up from their bedroom-recorded 2016 debut, ‘Rice, Pasta And Different Fillers’. No surprise they’ve declared themselves the “finest band on the planet”.
The songs on this EP are an essential a part of Clouds In The Sky They Will At all times Be There For Me, and imply as a lot to us because the 11 songs on the album. We’re excited so that you can hear them.
— Porridge Radio (@porridgeradio) January 15, 2025
This band has been our life, we’re household now. These excursions will likely be our final, thanks a lot for listening.
With love, Dana, Georgie, Sam and Dan.
— Porridge Radio (@porridgeradio) January 15, 2025
Beforehand chatting with NME as a part of The Massive Learn, Margolin opened up about her ambitions in regard to Porridge Radio and shared: “I wanna be Coldplay, clearly. Fucking silly query!”
She additionally addressed legendary rock critic Everett True declaring Porridge Radio “the most effective band on the planet” after catching 40 seconds of their efficiency in Brighton’s The Prince Albert.
“He’s nice; we all know him fairly effectively now,” she stated. “However I’ve at all times recognized that we’re the most effective band on the planet. Earlier than Everett True wrote it.”
Elsewhere, Porridge Radio are set to embark on a ultimate run of tour dates throughout North America and Europe. Try a full listing of dates under and go to here to buy tickets.
Porridge Radio 2025 US and European tour dates are:
JANUARY
23 – Washington, DC, The Atlantis
24 – Philadelphia, PA, The Foundry
25 – Brooklyn, NY, Warsaw
26 – Boston, MA, Brighton Music Corridor
28 – Toronto, ON, The Garrison
30 – Chicago, IL, Thalia Corridor
31 – Minneapolis, MN, seventh St Entry
FEBRUARY
4 – Portland, OR, Mississippi Studios
5 – Seattle, WA, The Chapel
7 – San Francisco, CA, Impartial
9 – Los Angeles, CA, Echoplex March
MARCH
13 – Rennes, FR, Antipode March
14 – Nantes, FR, Stéréolux
15 – La Roche-sur-Yon, FR Qaui M
17 – Barcelona, ES, Razmatazz
18 – Zaragoza, ES, Sala López
19 – Madrid, ES, Copérnico
21 –Lisbon, PT, Lisboa ao Vivo
23 – Donostia-San Sebastian, ES, Dabadaba
25 – Lyon, FR, L’Épicerie Moderne
26 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR, La Coopérative de Mai
27 – Dijon, FR, La Vapeur
MAY
6 – Athens, GR, AnClub
8 – Istanbul, TR, Blind
10 – Bucharest, RO, Management Membership
The band’s final launch was 2024’s ‘Clouds In The Sky They Will At all times Be There For Me‘. In a glowing five-star assessment of the LP, NME shared that the album is “a deliberate leap in the direction of feeling OK and in addition a bow tied round a report that’s shocking, affecting and invigorating in its honesty.”