Listen to Porridge Radio’s new track ‘The Rip’, inspired by Charli XCX and Deftones
nme.comPorridge Radio have shared their new single ‘The Rip’, which has been inspired by both Charli XCX and Deftones.The track is taken from Porridge Radio’s upcoming third album ‘Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky’ and follows on from ‘Back To The Radio’, which was released in February.Speaking about the song, vocalist Dana Margolin said: “We wanted it to sound like massive pop, like Charli XCX, but with the instrumentation of bands like Slothrust or Deftones.”Check the song out below, alongside a video directed by Margolin’s sister, Ella.“‘The Rip’ was the last song to be finished for the album, and we finished it about a week before we went into the studio to record it in March 2021,” explained Dana. “It took the longest a song has ever taken me to write lyrics for, and they took form over a few years.
At the beginning it was a song about a power dynamic where I was in control, by the end it was about one where I had none.”She added: “My friends always accuse me of making up idioms and using them like they are well known phrases and I think this song is full of those.
I love the idea of something being sick at the seams, like it’s disintegrating from its core. I like things that are so simple they are universal.
I wanted it to sound like when your heart breaks so badly that your entire body aches. I wanted it to feel like your soul is dropping out of your body.”‘Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky’ is released on May 20 via Secretly Canadian.
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