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Jan 15, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Steve Gullick

Porridge Radio have announced that they are breaking up and are releasing a final EP, The Machine Starts to Sing. They have also shared a new song, “Don’t Want to Dance,” via a music video. The Machine Starts to Sing EP is due out February 21 on Secretly Canadian. Check out the single below, followed by the EP’s details and the band’s upcoming (and presumably final) tour dates.

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 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.

The Machine Starts to Sing EP Tracklist:

1. Machine Starts to Sing
2. OK
3. Don’t Want to Dance
4. I’ve Got a Feeling (Stay Lucky)

Porridge Radio 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

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