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PORRIDGE RADIO GOD OF EVERYTHING ELSE
Landing just ahead of their new album Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me, emotive indie stalwarts Porridge Radio share its touching final single 'God of Everything Else'. Easing in gently, roomy drums welcome melancholy keys and loose guitar strums as songwriter Dana Margolin's reflective lyricism meanders through a difficult stream of consciousness. Margolin confides: “After a horrible relationship I felt like a piece of shit on someone’s shoe, like I was so unimportant and completely drained of any power I once had. Lying to myself in order to get that power back. You did this to me, but I’m the god of everything else. Fuck you. A song about dissociating constantly and being in pain constantly, wandering the streets for hours with nowhere to be, never stopping to face the void, always running from it, never healing, trying to find myself in other people, not having a clue where to put my next step forward. Also a song about femininity, wondering how to be a woman, watching someone else do it so effortlessly, wondering if I could be like her would it be easier. Of course not.” Building to guttural climax, captured perfectly by producer Dom Monks (Big Thief, Laura Marling et al), 'God of Everything Else' is a raw and accomplished taste of what's sure to be another special LP from Porridge Radio. -Holly Mullineaux
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