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Feb 21, 2025 By Mark Redfern

Porridge Radio previously announced that they are breaking up and releasing a final EP, The Machine Starts to Sing. That EP is out today on Secretly Canadian and can be streamed here. You can also read our review of it. The band have also announced some more dates in the farewell tour. Stream the EP below, read the review here, and check out the dates (which include some new EU shows in May and June) below.

When the EP was announced they shared a new song from it, “Don’t Want to Dance,” via a music video.

The British band released a new album, Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There For Me, last October on Secretly Canadian. The songs on The Machine Starts to Sing were recorded during the creation of that album, but aren’t meant to be considered as offcuts or extras. Dom Monks produced the EP.

Dana Margolin, who fronts Porridge Radio, had this to say in a previous press release: “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.”

Previously the band shared Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There For Me’s lead single “Sick of the Blues,” which was one of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared its second single, “A Hole in the Ground,” via a music video. It was also one of our Songs of the Week. Its third single, “God of Everything Else,” also landed on Songs of the Week.

The band also features Georgie Stott (keyboards, backing vocals), Sam Yardley (drums, keyboards), and Dan Hutchins (bass). Porridge Radio’s previous album, Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky, came out in 2022.

Read our interview with Porridge Radio on their 2020 album, Every Bad.

Porridge Radio Tour Dates:

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
May 30 - Neustrelitz, DE @ Immergut Festival
June 1 - Mannheim, DE @ Maifeld Derby Festival
June 10 - Tours, FR @ Aucard de Tours Festival
June 12 - Milan, IT @ Santeria
June 13 - Ferrara, IT @ Ferrara Sotto Le Stelle
June 15 - Rome, IT @ Monk
June 17 - Marseille, FR @ Espace Julien
June 18 - Montpellier, FR @ Rockstore
June 20 - Oviedo, ES @ VESU Festival

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