Porcelain Raft Announces Release Date for Strange Weekend, Supporting European Tour Dates with M83

European electronica artist Porcelain Raft, aka Mauro Remiddi, recently announced that he will release his debut album, Strange Weekend, on January 24 via Secretly Canadian. Additionally, he will be kicking off tour with M83 in support of the effort.

A highly anthemic record, Strange Weekend is driven by Remiddi’s almost androgynous voice gliding above musical accompaniment provided by The Alessi Brothers, Julee Cruise, Judee Sill and Nick Gilder. The result is a highly moody, almost gothic representation of electronic pop.

The tracklisting for Strange Weekend is as follows:

Drifting In And Out
Shapeless & Gone
Is It Too Deep For You?
Put Me To Sleep
Backwords
Unless You Speak From Your Heart
The End Of Silence
If You Have A Wish
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The Way In

Stream “Put Me to Sleep” below:

In support of the album, Remiddi will kick off a European tour with M83 beginning January 17 in Bristol, UK.  The tour will kit stops in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, among others.

The tour dates are as follows:

01/17 – Bristol, UK – Trinity
01/18 – Manchester, UK – Ritz
01/19 – Glasgow, UK – Arches
01/20 – Leeds, UK – Cockpit
01/21 – Birmingham, UK – Institute
01/22 – Brighton, UK – Concorde
02/16 – London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire
02/23 – Copenhagen, DK – Vega
02/24 – Oslo, NO – Rockefeller
02/25 – Stockholm, SE – Berns
02/27 – Helsinki, FI – Tavastia
02/29 – Malmo, SE – KB
03/05 – Munich, DE – Hansa
03/06 – Milan, IT – Magazini Generali
03/09 – Barcelona, SP – Bikini
03/10 – Madrid, SP – Shoko
03/11 – Porto, PT – Hard Club
03/12 – Lisbon, PT – Lux