Porridge Radio - "End of Last Year"

Photo by Matilda Hill-Jenkins

Post punk is typically a fast and aggressive genre of music, but Porridge Radio change that on their latest single. "End of Last Year" is filled with synths and is a more gentle take on their style. It's a lovely song, even as the intensity gets ramped up. And this is a song that's intense, despite how laid back it starts out. Dana Margolin's vocals propel this song and completely drive the emotion, with backing vocals and instruments merely following Margolin's lead. This one reminds me of a current version of Yeah Yeah Yeah's now immortal "Maps." Plus, with a title like "End of Last Year," this is perfect to suggest to the graduating seniors in your life.

Dana Margolin says of the new song:

"'End Of Last Year' is a love song for my bandmates and for myself. It’s about not trusting my intuition, not trusting my body to heal itself, not trusting the people closest to me, but it is also an ode to all those people, and to difficult platonic love. It came out of a particularly painful period of communication breakdown and high pressure that hurt a lot, but ended in reconciliation and understanding."

You can watch the video for "End of Last Year" below. Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky is due out May 20 on Secretly Canadian, and can be pre-ordered here. For more on Porridge Radio, check out the band's Facebook and Twitter. Upcoming tour dates are below the video, and let's hope they squeeze in a Boston date between Chicago and New York.

Fri. May 20 - Manchester, UK @ Piccadilly Records
Sat. May 21 - Edinburgh, UK @ The Great Eastern
Sun. May 22 - Leeds, UK @ Crash Records
Tue. May 24 - London, UK @ Rough Trade East
Wed. May 25 - Brighton, UK @ Resident Music
Thu. May 26 - Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Records
Thu. May 26 - Sun. May 29 - Walton-on-trent, UK @ Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering 
Fri. May 27 - Totnes, UK @ Sea Change Festival 
Sat. Jun. 4 - Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound Weekend 1 
Wed. Jun. 8 - London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
Sat. Jun. 11 - Hilvarenbeek, NE @ Best Kept Secret Festival
Wed. Jun. 29 - Sat. Jul. 2 - Ydynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
Fri. Jul. 8 - Soliera, IT @ Arti Vive 
Sat. Jul. 9 - Siena, IT @ LARS ROCK FEST 
Thu. Jul. 14 - Sat. Jul. 16 - Budapest, HU @ Reflektor Festival
Fri. Jul. 15 - Stirling, UK @ Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival 
Fri. Jul. 22 - Southwold, UK @ Latitude Festival
Sat. Jul. 23 - Macclesfield, UK @ Bluedot Festival 
Tue. Aug. 9 - Stockholm, SE @ Hus 7
Thu. Aug. 11 - Oslo, NO @ Øyaestivalen 
Sun. Aug. 14 - Kiewit-Hasselt, BE @ HEAR HEARI 
Mon. Aug. 15 - Wubterthur, CH @ 47. Winterthurer Musikfestwochen 
Tue. Aug. 16 - Sat. Aug. 20 - Paredes de Coura, PT @ Paredes de Coura Festival 
Thu. Sep. 1 - Sun. Sep. 4 - Sixpenny Handley, UK @ End of the Road Festival 
Tue. Sept. 6 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Wed. Sept. 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
Fri. Sept. 9 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Mon. Sept. 12 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Tue. Sept. 13 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Thu. Sept. 15 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Fri. Sept. 16 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Sat. Sept. 17 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
Mon. Sept. 19 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Tue. Sept. 20 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Fri. Sept. 23 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Sat. Sept. 24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Sun. Sept. 25 - Washington, DC @ DC9
Tue. Sept. 27 - Atlanta, GA @ Earl
Wed. Sept. 28 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East
Fri. Sept. 30 - Dallas, TX @ Three Links
Sat. Oct. 1 - Austin, TX @ Parish
Sat. Oct. 15 - Digbeth, UK @ The Crossing Digbeth
Thu. Oct. 20 - Sheffield, UK @ Southampton 1865
Sat. Oct. 22 - Exeter, UK @ Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre
Mon. Oct. 24 - Nottingham, UK @ Metronome
Tue. Oct. 25 - Bristol, UK @ Trinity Centre
Wed. Oct. 26 - Cambridge, UK @ Cambridge Junction
Fri. Oct. 28 - Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke’s
Sat. Oct. 29 - Manchester, UL @ Manchester Academy 2
Sun. Oct. 30 - Leeds, UK @ Leeds Irish Centre
Tue. Nov. 1 - Hove, UK @ The Old Market
Wed. Nov. 2 - Hove, UK @ The Old Market
Thu. Nov. 3 - London, UL @ 02 Shepherds Bush Empire
Fri. Nov. 11 - Amsterdam, NE @ Melkweg OZ
Sat. Nov. 12 - Maastricht, NE @ Muziekgieterij
Sun. Nov. 13 - Cologne, DE @ Club Volta
Wed. Nov. 16 - Lyon, FR @ Le Sonic
Thu. Nov. 17 - Milan, IT @ Biko
Sat. Nov. 19 - Bologna, IT @ Covo Club
Sun. Nov. 20 - Annecy, FR @ Le Brise Glace
Tue. Nov. 22 - Barcelona, ES @ La 2 de Apolo
Thu. Nov. 24 - Vigo, ES @ Radar Estudios
Fri. Nov. 25 - Guimaraes, PT @ Centro Cultural Vila Flor (CCVF)
Mon. Nov. 28 - Madrid, ES @ Independance Club
Tue. Nov. 29 - San Sebastián, ES @ Dabadaba
Thu. Dec. 1 - Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbey
Fri. Dec. 2 - La Rochelle, FR @ La Siréne
Sun. Dec. 4 - Bruges, BE @ Cactus Club
Mon. Dec. 5 - Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes
Wed. Dec. 7 - Zürich, CH @ Bogen F
Thu. Dec. 8 - Munich, DE @ Kranhalle, Feierwerk
Sat. Dec. 10 - Vienna, AT @ Flex
Sun. Dec. 11 - Prague, CZ @ Café V Lese
Mon. Dec. 12 - Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
Fri. Dec. 16 - Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang
Sat. Dec. 17 - Copenhagen, DK @ Lille Vega, VEGA