{"product_id":"fohn-porcelain","title":"Fohn - Porcelain","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"138\"\u003eSecond album from multi-instrumentalist \u003cstrong data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"88\"\u003eFohn\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"106\"\u003eTom Connolly\u003c\/strong\u003e), following 2024's \u003cem data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"137\"\u003eSeanteach\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTom is also one of five members of \u003cstrong data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"184\"\u003eQuade\u003c\/strong\u003e (AD93). Their second album, \u003cem data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"233\"\u003eThe Foel Tower\u003c\/em\u003e, was released in 2025 to widespread acclaim. He is also a member of the upcoming meditative folk group \u003cstrong data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"354\"\u003eTwelfth House\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"708\"\u003eFohn conjures a dreamlike landscape of introspective beauty, loneliness and transience from analogue tape and field recordings on the new album, \u003cem data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"707\"\u003ePorcelain\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"1072\"\u003eA late summer evening in southern France. The dry mistral wind billows the washing that hangs outside the windows on narrow streets, bringing with it the first whispers of autumn. In the distance, children are playing in the square, their shouts caught in the dust whipped up by their feet. A bell tolls, the light dies, and a rich, compelling solitude descends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1325\"\u003eViolinist and multi-instrumentalist Fohn, aka Tom Connolly, describes the act of making music as \"building fictional environments that become places of solace,\" and a process of translation and projection that bridges his internal and external worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1707\"\u003eWhile musicians like \u003cstrong data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1369\"\u003eJohn Also Bennett\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1388\"\u003eOren Ambarchi\u003c\/strong\u003e and Connolly's own group \u003cstrong data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1423\"\u003eQuade\u003c\/strong\u003e drift behind his sound, \u003cem data-start=\"1448\" data-end=\"1459\"\u003ePorcelain\u003c\/em\u003e draws its temperamental inspiration from films like \u003cem data-start=\"1512\" data-end=\"1534\"\u003eCall Me By Your Name\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1539\" data-end=\"1559\"\u003eAndrei Tarkovsky\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1574\"\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the sculptures of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1623\"\u003eAntony Gormley\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose solitary figures stand isolated in expanses of water along the UK coastline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1709\" data-end=\"1994\"\u003eHow does Connolly describe the atmosphere he wants the music to evoke? \"It's the feeling of the inevitability of something having to pass,\" he answers. \"It's compelling because it's fundamentally unattainable. You're searching and grasping for something that you can never fully hold.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1996\" data-end=\"2229\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eA moving, intimate and deeply personal album, \u003cem data-start=\"2042\" data-end=\"2053\"\u003ePorcelain\u003c\/em\u003e shimmers in the elusive light of melancholy. For Connolly, it provided the release of catharsis, but it's a feeling that will mean something different to everyone who listens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1996\" data-end=\"2229\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eFFO: Oren Ambarchi, Milkweed, Shovel Dance Collective, Daisy Rickman, Tara Clerkin Trio and Flaer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Odda Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition Black Vinyl with Postcard","offer_id":58406763594073,"sku":"SDZ-47934","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/SRD_20260625_1203_110525_334_v_0843190091713_002.jpg?v=1782492830","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/fohn-porcelain","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}