He crafts massive, icy yet intimate soundscapes of swirling guitar sounds and raw vocals that pack overwhelming, emotional cacophony like the secret love child of Sigur Ros. Since that first post he's released a second, beautiful EP entitled EP2 (I know right). I hope he gets an album off the ground this year and I'd love to see him live.
The other day I was checking up the blog from the brilliant Transparent Records, and saw that label favourite Porcelain Raft had recorded a cover of Lonely Galaxy's "Have a Heart", the heartbreaking yet uplifting tale of a spurned lover from Lonely Galaxy's EP1 (Porcelain Raft recently teamed up with other label mates Yuck for a joint 7" release where the each band covered one of the other's songs. Sounds like the kind of guy you want at a karaoke party my friends...)
Porcelain Raft's cover really is a lovely variation on the original. Not as immediately guitar based as Lonely Galaxy's version, it fills with swirling and beeping electronic twiddles, huge upward waves of noise like gales, swirling around the slightly nasal, Sigur Ros-esque vocals of Mauro Remiddi (the real name of Porcelain Raft). The dynamics shift several times, drawing back then flooding in again, stronger and more powerful than before, like deep breaths; and the whole thing is underlined by a drum beat that literally sounds just like a heartbeat.
Be on the look out for both Porcelain Raft and Lonely Galaxy this year if you're a fan of swirling, beautiful, slightly dissonant noise.
Click here to go to the Transparent Blog page and download Porcelain Raft's cover of "Have a Heart" (right click the track name and click "Save Link/Target as")
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