Porridge Radio share "A Hole In The Ground" off of new album Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me, out October 18th via Secretly Canadian.

Where the previous single "Sick Of The Blues" has the band's main songwriter Dana Margolin seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, "A Hole In The Ground" finds us right in the middle of the heartbreak, as Margolin's voice breaks with unremitting sorrow and ache.

Porridge Radio recorded a live rendition of the track with some haunting shadow-induced mime visuals. It was part of a special sold out audiovisual performance at Centre Pompidou in Paris, co-created with Margolin's sister Ella and Ellie Wintour. Watch and listen below:

Margolin has the following to say about "A Hole In The Ground":

“This is a song about not knowing, being trapped in a haunted fairytale or a horrible nightmare and running and running and predicting horrible futures that come true and self-fulfill. It's a gentle lullaby but it's also a folk tale with a tragic ending. This is a song about knowing what you don’t know yet. Seeing the future by guessing, being right.”

Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me is an emotionally arresting record pretty much recorded as a live band, with Margolin wrestling with burnout, the music industry, heartbreak, and her own increasing immersion in her craft as an artist. Produced by Dom Monks, longtime engineer for Big Thief and Laura Marling, Clouds was recorded in Frome at the beginning of 2024 in an environment where Margolin could fully express herself.

Pre-order Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me here.

Since last year, Margolin has been keeping a Substack page that documents her experiences, interests and thoughts. You can subscribe here.

Supporting the new album, Porridge Radio are set for a world tour at the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. All the dates are listed below.

10-31 — Tourcoing, FR - Le Grand Mix
11-01 — Vendôme, FR - Les Rockomotives
11-02 — Lorient, FR - Les Indisciplinées
11-07 — Dublin, IE - Whelan’s
11-18 — Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
11-19 — Bristol, UK - Marble Factory
11-20 — Leeds, UK - Irish Centre
11-22 — Glasgow, UK - Òran Mór
11-23 — Newcastle, UK - Newcastle University SU
11-25 — Manchester, UK - Gorilla
11-26 — London, UK - Electric Brixton
11-29 — Margate, UK - Lido
11-30 — Brighton, UK - Chalk
12-02 — Amsterdam, NL - Tolhuistuin
12-03 — Brussels, BE - Botanique
12-05 — Paris, FR - Le Trabendo
12-09 — Hamburg, DE - Knust
12-10 — Berlin, DE - Columbia Theater
12-11 — Prague, CZ - Futurum
12-12 — Vienna, AT - Flex
12-14 — Schorndorf, DE - Manufaktur
12-15 — Zurich, CH - Mascotte
12-17 — Luxembourg City, LU - Rotondes
12-18 — Wiesbaden, DE - Schlachthof
12-19 — Cologne, DE - Artheater
01-23 — Washington, DC - The Atlantis
01-24 — Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry
01-25 — Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
01-26 — Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
01-28 — Toronto, ON - The Garrison
01-30 — Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
01-31 — Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
02-04 — Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
02-05 — Seattle, WA - The Chapel
02-07 — San Francisco, CA - Independent
02-09 — Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex

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