by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
With their self-titled album out in just a few weeks, it would seem that Austin’s Porcelain aren’t holding any punches. The band’s first full length, due February 16th via Portrayal of Guilt Records is jagged and rampant, an album that seems to burst at the seams, a missive of explosive peaks and dynamic arrangements. For every moment that’s primed to burn and pillage, there’s another of atmospheric warble and gentle contemplation. Porcelain arrive with a sure footed debut, a post-hardcore album that’s urgently nuanced. Having already shared the corrosive grip of “World I Know,” the band are offering something a bit different with their latest single.
“Plastic” takes the Porcelain’s discordant pummel and offers a crawling sort of surrealist ease, the arpeggiated progressions recalling the sun-fried twang of Gun Outfit at times, with the dexterous muscle of Unwound never lurking too far in the distance. The song’s aggressive tendencies are balanced with the distorted country-tinged verses, pulled and eventually stubbed into a dense contusion. Porcelain swing from polarities, the epic swell of the duel guitars peeling away and swallowed in clouds of distortion. It’s a song that moves in cycles until it shakes loose toward a path less traveled, a colossal sidewinding into reckless abandon.
To celebrate the album’s release, the band are bringing the show on the road in February and March, joined for the majority of the dates by Toronto’s own Life In Vacuum.
Tour Dates:
02/16 - Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
02/21 - Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
02/22 - Tulsa, OK @ Whittier Bar
02/23 - Kansas City, MO @ Farewell
02/24 - Chicago, IL @ Cole’s
02/25 - Kalamazoo, MI @ The Abyss
02/26 - Toronto, ON @ Hounds Tooth *
02/27 - Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar *
02/28 - Salem, MA @ Koto *
02/29 - Queens, NY @ TV Eye w/ Jobber & A Deer A Horse *
03/01 - Philadelphia, PA @ Ortliebs *
03/02 - Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana *
03/03 - Durham, NC @ Rubies On Five Points *
03/05 - Atlanta, GA @ South Bend Commons *
03/06 - Pensacola, FL @ Handlebar *
03/07 - Hattiesburg, MS @ Fat Cat *
03/08 - New Orleans, LA @ The Goat *
03/09 - Houston, TX @ Bohemeo’s *
* w/ Life In Vacuum