Porcelain Raft: Strange Weekend

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Home recordings give rise to certain expectations: organic production, no-frills execution, raw creativity expressed through scrappy experiments. Assembled in a Brooklyn basement, Porcelain Raft’s debut Strange Weekend has this DIY aesthetic, but tolerates no defects in presentation. Italy native Mauro Remiddi’s solo project is built on meticulously constructed and delicately polished dream-pop soundscapes, delivered with urgency and momentum. Despite the emphasis on textures over hooks, he doesn’t neglect his songwriting duties, and the album’s best tracks—“Put Me To Sleep” and “Unless You Speak From Your Heart”—pulse with movement, driven by bubbling beats and brisk rhythms.