Porcelain Raft, StarTropics
Thu. 06/07 | 9:00PM @ Schubas (map)
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Mauro Remiddi has played in bands and recorded in studios—and as he approaches 40 years of age, he’s decided he’s done with both. Now operating under the Porcelain Raft banner, the former head of jangle-poppers Sunny Day Sets Fire keeps things simple on the Gone Blind EP: his wisp of a voice, a circular guitar line, a bare minimum of programmed percussion, and a lot of ambient static. In melodic sense and voice, Remiddi is eerily reminiscent of solo-era John Lennon; and Gone Blind plays more at avclub.com
Porcelain Raft plays pretty, low key mood music that makes you feel sad (but not too sad) and nostalgic and probably bittersweet about past things known only unto you. And it's all the work of one Londoner (by way of Italy) named Mauro Remiddi. He used to be in that band Sunny Day Sets Fire (which I thought was one of the most derivative band names of recent years... but who asked me). more at ohmyrockness.com
Listening to Porcelain Raft's (aka Mauro Remiddi's) debut Strange Weekend will put you into the perspective of the moment until the next track comes on and it’s a new moment. It’s all so personal, and yet his music would transcend into a public or +1 atmosphere seamlessly. Read more about Porcelain Raft at HEAVEmedia.com
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