I used to run the music blog Neon Musical Insight, but have since placed focus on freelance writing for outlets such as Impose Magazine, Beats Per Minute (BPM) and others - particularly album reviews. I also work for the music PR company Audible Treats.
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The Opiate of Blame
After a few standout EP’s over the past couple of years, Porcelain Raft finally sat down and crafted his debut full-length, Strange Weekend. With the oh-so-familiar DIY Brooklyn mentality, Mauro Remiddi, the sole member of Porcelain Raft, managed to create a telling and heartfelt album that layers itself in murky reverb and occasional distortion. Musically, Strange Weekend does its best to deceive, but upon hearing Remiddi’s glossy vocals and impressive songwriting, it quickly becomes evident that Porcelain Raft is much more than your typical bedroom/laptop project.
Album opener “Drifting In And Out” does exactly what its title says, with Remiddi harmonizing over arpeggiated guitar riffs and crisp keys that weave their way
through the albums lo-fi production. While “Shapeless & Gone” continues to trudge on in the puddled echoes that Animal Collective have endlessly explored in the past. Remiddi is clearly aware of his contemporary influence, doing his best to expose it on “Unless You Speak From The Heart,” a track that sounds eerily similar to Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks.”
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