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. The announcement comes ahead of the band’s upcoming North American and European tour dates kicking off January 23rd in Washington, DC. 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 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

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.

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.

The album 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.”

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The Machine Starts To Sing
track list:

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

Porridge Radio 2025 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

pre-order The Machine Starts To Sing HERE