Multi-instrumentalist Mauro Remiddi announces the release of his second album as Porcelain Raft, Permanent Signal, to be released August 20th.

In a press release Remiddi explained a bit about the album:

In a way, growing up in Italy, then living for 12 years in London, and now two and a half years in New York, made me realize that I have some dear friends I rarely see. I was touring almost non-stop for eight months and I started having these imaginary conversations in my head with people I wanted to communicate with, but for one reason or another it couldn’t happen. This is where the album title came from: the idea of a signal that says the line is off.

The album name, according to Wikipedia, is a term used to describe “a condition in which a phone line is off-hook without connection for an extended period of time.” Remiddi started working on the album at the end of 2012, shortly after returning from tour. Some collaborators on the album include Yuck’s Jonny Rogoff on drums, Antlers’ bassist Darby Cicci (who also contributed double vocals and trumpet, and engineered the sessions in his Brooklyn studio), and cellist Gaspar Claus (frequent collaborator with Sufjan Stevens and Bryce Dessner of The National). Check out the album teaser and track listing below.

Permanent Signal Track Listing
01 Think Of The Ocean
02 Cluster
03 Minor Pleasure
04 Open Letter
05 Night Birds
06 It Ain’t Over
07 I Lost Connection
08 Warehouse
09 The Way Out
10 Five Minutes From Now
11 Echo