On its new album, Porridge Radio searches for truth in life's contradictions
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky is filled with ruthless self-interrogation and existential fear; rather than suggesting easy solutions, these songs offer space to try to figure it all out.
Dana Margolin, lead singer of , demands precise environmental conditions on "Back To The Radio," the first song on the British band's new album : "Lock all the windows and shut all the doors / And get into the house and lie down on the cold hard floor." Only then can she focus on the work she needs to do. "We cannot get better if we can't talk about it," she sings. Margolin's known since the band's 2016 debut album, that good intentions are meaningless without the effort necessary to make them real. Back then, her songs evidenced a hesitation to act on that, though, she only withdraws so she can better face down everything she might have missed before, both the good and the bad.
