SECRETLY CANADIAN
Born out of Dana Margolin’s bedroom as a solo project, Porridge Radio’s transition into a full band has been as seamless as their happy knack for infectious guitar pop. There’s a loose, scrappy DIY band charm to them as fuzzdrenched guitars rattle around the record like a pinball. However, there’s also a fuller, richer, more ambitious tone to the recordings here that sit very nicely between grungey garage band and polished melodic pop. Margolin’s natural melodic streak is constantly apparent and impressive throughout, at times recalling the blistering power of early PJ Harvey, as on Don’t Ask Me Twice, a track that is as ferocious as it is catchy. This duality of compositional writing that takes in guttural power alongside toe-tapping grooves is exactly what makes Every Bad such an interesting and arresting debut.