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Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
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When
Porridge
Radio’s
Dana
Margolin,
one
of
the
most
vital
new
voices
in
rock,
began
to
consider
the
themes
of
her
new
album,
three
vivid
words
began
to
emerge:
joy,
fear
and
endlessness.
The
artwork
of
the
band’s
third
full-length,
‘Waterslide,
Diving
Board,
Ladder
To
The
Sky’,
is
a
surreal
image
that
evokes
the
ducks
and
dives,
slippery
slopes
and
existential
angst
of
life
in
recent
times.
“To
me,
the
feelings
of
joy,
fear
and
endlesses
coexist
together,”
says
Dana.
“You’re
never
just
happy
or
unhappy.”
Following
‘Every
Bad’’s
release
in
2020,
Margolin
was
quickly
becoming
regarded
as
one
of
the
most
magnetic
band
leaders
around.
But
if
‘Every
Bad’
established
Dana’s
bravery
in
laying
herself
bare,
her
band’s
third
record
takes
that
to
anthemic
new
heights.
While
there
are
moments
of
guttural
release,
she
also
finds
soft
power
on
songs.
“I
used
to
think
I
had
to
be
loud
to
be
heard,”
she
admits,
“but
now
I’m
definitely
less
afraid
of
being
gentle.”
The
band’s
first
new
single,
‘Back
To
The
Radio’,
sets
out
their
stall,
a
lurching
call
to
arms
that
contrasts
Dana’s
lyrics
of
panic
and
closing
herself
off.
This
song
is
just
one
of
example
in
‘Waterslide,
Diving
Board,
Ladder
To
The
Sky’
that
explores
something
that
has
long
been
an
important
part
of
Porridge
Radio’s
process:
playfulness.
“I
think
the
album
needed
to
have
that
balance,”
Dana
explains.
Balance:
that’s
the
word
the
album
seems
to
be
eternally
striving
for
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joy,
fear
and
endlessness
in
harmony
but
also
self-acceptance.
Dana
is
more
aware
of
how
she’s
creating
a
persona
as
her
star
continues
to
rise,
and
how
she’s
singing
personal
songs
that
now
belong
to
other
people
which
gives
her
purpose.
She
says,
“I
wrote
these
songs
for
myself,
but
I
think
everyone
wants
to
feel
like
what
they’re
doing
is
useful
in
some
way.
I’m
ready
to
embrace
it
all
now,
whatever
happens.”
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