UK band Porij share new single “Unpredictable”, the track is off their debut album Teething, available April 26 via Play It Again Sam Records (Nation Of Language). The album was produced by David Wrench, known for his work with Frank Ocean, The xx, Young Fathers), and have played shows with Metronomy, Coldplay and Friendly Fires.

The roots of new single “Unpredictable”, lie with a poem Egg wrote about missing the simplicity of their early life but craving the complexity of the future which stretches out before them. It’s between those contradictions, the truths that co-exist rather than cancel each other out.

On the new single, Porij say: “These lyrics came from a poem I wrote in November. It was fairly bleak, but in essence was all about missing the simplicity of my early life but craving the complexity of the life that could come. In that period of time everything felt quite up and down and I didn’t really know how I was going to feel from one day to the next.”

Speaking on the single’s accompanying video, director Maxi McLachlan comments: “It’s weird to say my main point of reference was video game character building menus, but that’s where it started! The point was to try and create a video where Egg is constantly rotating but their clothes transform until it becomes so extreme that they warp into other band members. When we first discussed the video we knew we wanted it to reflect the chaotic but very carefully produced track. I wanted to create the feeling that Porij becomes so unpredictable that not even the machines can handle it and the whole thing shatters.”

Porij North American Tour Tour Dates

March 11 – Baby’s All Right, New York
March 12-16 – SXSW, Austin, TX
March 18 – The Echo, Los Angeles
March 19 – Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco
March 21 – Madame Lou’s, Seattle
March 22-23 – Treefort Festival, Boise, ID

Porij
Teething
Play It Again Sam

1. Marmite
2. Unpredictable
3. Don’t Talk To Me
4. Endlessly Waiting
5. My Only Love
6. Ghost
7. Stranger
8. Sweet Risk
9. Gutter Punch
10. You Should Know Me
11. Slow Down

Pre-order Teething by Porij HERE