Porridge Radio Bids Farewell to ‘Don’t Want To Dance’ Single from EP That Signals the Band’s Conclusion

Announcement Of Split

Porridge Radio has announced their breakup and released their farewell single “Don’t Want To Dance” from their upcoming final EP.

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The Brighton band took to their official X/Twitter account to share the song ‘Don’t Want To Dance’ and mentioned that their forthcoming EP ‘Machine Starts To Sing’, set for release on February 21st, is available for pre-order. Here – will mark “the last new music from us as Porridge Radio” and signifies the end of the band.

“The songs on this EP are an important part of Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me and mean as much to us as the 11 songs on the album. We’re glad you heard them,” they tweeted.

They added: “This band was our life; we are family now. These tours will be our last, thank you very much for listening. Love, Dana, Georgie, Sam, and Dan.”

Emotional Farewell

In the poignant song “Don’t Want To Dance,” Dana Margolin softly expresses: “No, I don’t want to dance, but I don’t want to cry about it either / I think I took all I could take / And I don’t want to think, ’cause I don’t want to think about it / I can’t sleep, I can’t sleep without this”, revealing a deep inner turmoil.

Founded in 2015, Porridge Radio emerged from Margolin’s desire for self-expression, inspired by the sea in her hometown of Brighton. In 2019, the group signed with the American indie label Secretly Canadian. They released their second album, Every Bad, in 2020, which peaked at number 18 on NME‘s 50 Best Albums of 2020 list and received a Mercury Prize nomination that year.

NME gave a five-star review of the record, stating: “Here Porridge Radio has utilized some of music’s most sophisticated techniques – breathing fresh life into indie and creating a record that can be compared in bits and pieces to other bands, yet feels entirely its own. Every Bad is a stunning step up from their 2016 bedroom-recorded debut Rice, Pasta And Other Fillers. No wonder they declared themselves “the best band in the world.”

The songs on this EP are an important part of Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me and mean as much to us as the 11 songs on the album. We’re glad you heard them.

— Oatmeal Radio (@porridgeradio) January 15, 2025

This group was our life, now we are a family. These tours will be our last, thank you very much for listening.

Love, Dana, Georgie, Sam, and Dan.

— Oatmeal Radio (@porridgeradio) January 15, 2025

Previously speaking with NME as part of Great Reading, Margolin shared her aspirations for Porridge Radio, stating, “Obviously I want to be Coldplay. Damn stupid question!”

She also praised legendary rock critic Everett True, who referred to Porridge Radio as “the best band in the world” after capturing 40 seconds of their performance at the Brighton venue Prince Albert. “He’s great; we know him pretty well now,” she commented. “But I always knew we were the best band in the world, even before Everett True wrote it.

Furthermore, Porridge Radio is gearing up for a final tour across North America and Europe. You can check out the full list of dates below and visit here to purchase tickets.

Porridge Radio US And European Tour Dates 2025:

JANUARY
23 – Washington, DC, “Atlantis”
24 – Philadelphia, PA, The Foundry
25 – Brooklyn, New York, Warsaw
26 – Boston, Massachusetts, Brighton Music Hall
28 – Toronto, Ontario, Garrison
30 – Chicago, IL, Talia Hall
31 – Minneapolis, Minnesota, 7th Street Entrance

FEBRUARY
4 – Portland, Oregon, Mississippi Studios
5 – Seattle, Washington, Chapel
7 – San Francisco, California, Independent
9 – Los Angeles, California, Echoplex March

MARCH
13 – Rennes, France, March of the Antipodes
14 – Nantes, France, Stéréolux
15 – La Roche-sur-Yon, France, Caoui M
17 – Barcelona, Spain, Razmatazzi
18 – Zaragoza, Spain, Sala Lopez
19 – Madrid, Spain, Copernico
21 – Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon ao Vivo
23 – Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, Dabadaba
25 – Lyon, France, L’Épicerie Moderne
26 – Clermont-Ferrand, France, La Coopérative de Mai
27 – Dijon, France, La Vapeur

MAYBE
6 – Athens, Greece, AnClub
8 – Istanbul, Turkey, Blind
10 – Bucharest, Romania, Control Club

The band’s last release was the 2024 album Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me. In a glowing five-star review of the record, NME stated that the album is “a conscious leap into feeling OK, and a bow tied around a record that surprises, touches, and uplifts in its honesty.”