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Porcelain Raft’s Mauro Remiddi began working on ‘Permanent Signal’ at the end of 2012, two months after returning from tour supporting his first album ‘Strange Weekend’. It became a period of readjustment in which he was beginning to enjoy everyday comforts and reconnecting with friends, yet the thoughts of those unrealized conversations during his recent travels were still fresh in his mind.

Inspired by this surreal moment of transition, where the reality of finally being home was still overshadowed by lingering feelings of detachment, he sold almost all of the instruments used for ‘Strange Weekend’ in order to “start with a new colour palette”.

During ‘Minor Pleasure’, Remiddi finds catharsis amidst the processed drone of organ and piano, echoing the gospel-dosed psychedelia of Spiritualized, There are tracks like ‘Cluster’ and the haunting, Lennon-esque ‘I Lost Connection’, which deal directly with lives either on hold or in transition.

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Andy says: Porcelain Raft's debut was one of Piccadilly Records' albums of the year and this follow-up does not dissapoint. Like Puressence gone shoegaze, there's a real songcraft once more on display.