{"product_id":"porridge-radio-clouds-in-the-sky-they-will-always-be-there-for-me-vinyl","title":"Porridge Radio - Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for Me - Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll the songs started out as poems,\" says Margolin of the work that \u003cspan\u003ebecame Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (2024), \"I wanted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto challenge myself.\" In a song, Dana argues, the writer can always hide \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebehind the tricks of the music and well-worn techniques such as repetition. \"In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea poem, though,\" says Dana, \"it's just words and that's it.\" Recorded in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomerset countryside in early 2024 by longtime Big Thief and Laura Marling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eengineer Dom Monks, Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePorridge Radio's new album and first new music in two years. The UK band's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enew album is a coming-of-age moment inspired by burnout, the music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eindustry, the brutal collapse of a relationship and - crucially - Dana's own \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eincreasing immersion in her craft as an artist. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A lot of this album is about a more frenetic and desperate kind of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elove,\" says Dana, \"it is about completely losing my sense of self in a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erelationship, and the deep residue of insecurity and pain that lingered and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eclouded a new relationship.\" Songs that were written as love songs - like In A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDream I'm A Painting - took on new meanings as Margolin viewed the songs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith a new distance. \"There was a lot of love and confusion, all interspersed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith exhaustion and pain.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Clouds sessions took place in Frome as Winter melted into early \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpring at the beginning of 2024. \"There were a few breakdowns,\" grins Dana, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein a fair assessment of recording such intimate and personal songs, \"after \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esome takes I would just collapse on the floor, so upset.\" An environment was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efostered where Dana could express herself and be nurtured. \"We would have \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethese big communal meals every night,\" she says, \"it felt very close knit and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecaring and warm and special.\"Our little house looked over a big hill,\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eremembers Dana, \"there was a river running through it, it was big and bright \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand beautiful.\" The studio itself was bright - full of beaming natural light from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe large windows, a blessing for musicians used to the sealed tomb world of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emost recording studios, and for once the band were all able to record in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esame room as the producer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToday, Dana reflects on Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Me with the enthusiasm of a real creative breakthrough. \"It feels like the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst time we've made something,\" she explains, audibly delighted at the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealbum, \"it captured something about our friendship and the way that we have \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elearnt to play together. I love the songs, I love playing them, they haven't \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egotten old and it feels like it's a special thing.\" A pause. \"It's taught me so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emuch. Following your gut to the nth point, trusting your friends and their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eloyalty, trusting to be able to fight with people properly. How I want to live is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehow I want to make records, because making records is my life because my \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ework is my play is my job is my life. 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