Porcelain Refuse To Look Away On "DSD"
Written By: Big C
A phone screen can make the world feel impossibly close while leaving us powerless to change what's happening beyond it. Porcelain confronts the contradiction on DSD, the final preview of their sophomore album, Today's Minor Victories. The Austin quartet drives the song forward with serrated guitar riffs, punchy percussion, and Steve Pike's increasingly urgent vocal delivery. Conceived as a companion to their earlier single Torch, the track addresses the band's response to reports of immigration enforcement violence in Minneapolis. Pooneh Ghana's accompanying music video draws from footage of the band performing and traveling, shifting the focus from international events to political unrest closer to home. The band explains the connection between its recent compositions:
We consider this a sister song to Torch (a song we put on a 7" before this record). It’s once again watching the horrors of the world unfold in front of your eyes from the comfort of your own home while staring at your phone.
That intensity extends throughout "Today's Minor Victories," a 47-minute collection recorded largely live at Estuary Studios in Austin with engineer and mixer Scott Evans, then mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service. Following the metallic churn of Apocalypse and the gradual, guitar-heavy escalation of Waltz, "DSD" reinforces Porcelain's preference for arrangements that allow repetition, distortion, and physical performance to communicate as forcefully as the lyrics themselves. Alongside Pike, guitarist and vocalist Ryan Fitzgibbon, bassist Jordan Emmert, and drummer Eli Deitz draw from years of shared experience across the city's independent music community, refining much of the material through touring before entering the studio. Porcelain will introduce the album with two release shows at Hole In The Wall in Austin on October 22 and 23 before embarking on their largest North American tour. For a band whose songs have been sharpened onstage before reaching the recording studio, "Today's Minor Victories" presents an interesting proposition: sometimes survival isn't about escaping the noise, but finding enough strength to make it through another day. Connect with Porcelain through INSTAGRAM, BANDCAMP, and YOUTUBE.
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