Strange Weekend

All in all, it's a solid debut effort and one that never spares on electronic dramatics and an extensive array of far-ranging ideas.

In many ways, this album feels more like a culmination than a debut, and Remiddi's vast and varied musical experience infuse his songs with a sense of confidence and craftsmanship that is often lacking in the work of his younger and less experienced peers.

Remiddi is able to successfully channel trippy psychedelia of beyond.

A perfectly pleasant contribution to the mysterious forces driving indie pop these days.

Strange Weekend merits return visits, and it rewards close listening.

Porcelain Raft borrows liberally from both the shoegaze and dream-pop playbooks, and so we get layers of sonic gauze shot through with delicately strummed acoustic guitar patterns and Remiddi's reedy, rather androgynous voice.

The legacy of Remiddi's latest LP, Strange Weekend, is the eerily beautiful atmosphere it creates, just like the work of older artists such as Angelo Badalamenti, and more recent work by Ariel Pink, Perfume Genius, and John Maus, who invest a huge amount of emotion and cerebral conceit into their work, which pads out their music with shambolic, poetic insulation.

Strange Weekend takes on the lofty task of musical multitasking and succeeds.

Strange Weekend is a very impressive debut album, full of craft, emotion, and songs that you'll want to listen to again and again.

Strange Weekend's gauzy dream-pop is almost incapable of provoking anything but love.

Built on meticulously constructed and delicately polished dream-pop soundscapes, delivered with urgency and momentum.

Remiddi has produced a truly excellent record which resonates emotionally and sonically.

Underneath the shimmering haze of drum loops, tape hiss, and gently strummed guitars... [this] is ultimately a pop album - a flight of lo-fi fancy anchored by some very real(and very catchy) pop hooks.[#39, p.69]

Sonically the songs are strong.

Strange Weekend drifts and delights. [Feb 2012, p.97]

This is an impressive debut and a solid step toward a more realised identity.

Most certainly a bedroom record affair and perhaps suffering for this fact but the overall sentiment captured make up for whatever shortcomings may be presented.