On Friday, Aaron Maine aka Porches will release his fifth album, the exuberant and audacious All Day Gentle Hold !. As a final peek at what’s to come, today Maine has shared album track “Back3School” - an ecstatic, spun-out joyride that swirls with careening synths and a pummeling kickdrum that drives the song to a crashing conclusion. “I got a little sun on my vacation /...

“Baby, baby, baby, baby / baby, baby, who’s the baby?!” sings Aaron Maine aka Porches on his latest single “Lately” from his forthcoming album, All Day Gentle Hold !, out October 8. On the album opener, Maine wastes no time flinging himself into the crashing synths, cymbals, and guitars, while repeating lyrics as if in a trance, stumbling upon a new meaning each time: “Crying out! How’s everybody holding up...

Porches, the musical alias of New York artist Aaron Maine, returns today to announce his fifth album, All Day Gentle Hold !. A peek at the album arrives in the form of “Okay” and its accompanying video, directed by Maine. After a year of isolation, “Okay” bursts open with a banging determination to reconnect with the world.

Maine says, “I recorded this album in my room...

Porches, the one-man-band project of New York-based musician Aaron Maine, is back with new single “I Miss That.” On top of a galloping pop tune carried along by bright, taut snare hits and warbling synths, Maine laments in his signature honey-coated raspy vocals, “I couldn’t believe what I had / So I threw it away I was bad / Just thinking I like that, I like that, I like that...

From his forthcoming new album Ricky Music, due out March 13, Porches a.k.a. Aaron Maine has shared a new track, album opener “Patience”. It comes alongside a video directed by frequent Porches collaborator Nick Harwood, who also directed the video for Porches’ previous single, “Do U Wanna”.

Maine says, “Patience feels like holding hands jumping out of a tree, and all you can do is laugh...

Porches, a.k.a. Aaron Maine, is back with a new album, titled Ricky Music and due out March 13 via Domino. Featuring contributions from Mitski, Zsela, and Dev Hynes, and with co-production by Jacob Portrait, Ricky Music expands on the Porches discography (The House, 2018; Pool, 2016; Slow Dance In The Cosmos, 2013) by delivering 11 emotionally open, cracked-glass pop songs.

About the album, Maine says: “My new album, Ricky Music,...