This week’s pod features PSO’s sophomore full-length release, Second Season which collects 18 pieces from PSO’s second year spanning March 2019 to March 2020. The release was inspired by the invitation to participate in the ICOSA (an art collective in Austin) Soundscapes program. Outside their art space, these crossfaded tracks will play from dusk to dawn until January 9, 2024.
There will be a listening party on Thursday, December 21 at ICOSA in the Canopy Art complex at 916 Springdale Road in Austin, Texas. The music will start at 5:34 which is the official time of the beginning of the sunset. We will have hot chocolate, adult beverages, and on-site screen printing of PSO merch.
We will also have a brand new CD complete with a double-sided 11x17 Riso/inkjet printed folded cover on hand. You can get one in Austin or from the Bandcamp page. There will be links in the show notes.
So…Bring a camp chair and a mug. The event is free.
We begin with PSO no.52, Complete Orbit recorded among a singing chorus of birds then seg into sounds from a lemonade stand, cacophonous calls of purple martins from the purple martin sanctuary, seaplanes from Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands, and a pretty broken guitar in Birch Bay, Washington.
TRACKLIST
01 Complete Orbit No. 52, 4.18.2019 (2:34)
02 Lemonade for Days No. 71, 10.17.2019 (1:48)
03 Purple Martin Suite (Part 1) No. 88, 3.22.2020, Purple Martin Sanctuary, Austin, Texas (2:40)
04 Slip Slide Cumulonimbus No. 54, 5.9.2019 (1:26)
05 Axes on Axis No. 53, 4.26.2019 (1:53)
06 Friday Harmonics No. 65, 8.16.2019, Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands (2:21)
07 Point Texas No. 74, 11.9.2019 (1:25)
08 Flights No. 60, 6.26.2019 (1:12)
09 Lotus Loop No. 82, 2.3.2020 (1:44)
10 See Planes of Friday Harbor No. 64, 8.9.2019, Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands (2:34)
11 Lemonade Stand No. 70, 10.10.2019 (1:38)
12 Clear Winter＊s Day No. 83, 2.16.2020 (2:31)
13 Spare No. 55, 5.16.2019 (1:59)
14 Science Fairport Convention No. 80, 1.15.2020 (1:41)
15 Sprinkler Shadow No. 68, 9.19.2019 (2:27)
16 Sundials and Sirens No. 58, 6.13.2019 (1:25)
17 Birch Bay Swan Song No. 61, 8.3.2019, Birch Bay, Washington (1:12)
18 Purple Martin Suite (Part 2) No.89, 3.27.2020, Purple Martin Sanctuary, Austin, Texas (1:40)
LINKS
ICOSA Soundscapes: https://www.icosacollective.com/soundscape
Porch Swing Orchestra Website: https://porchswingorchestra.org/
Porch Swing Orchestra YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PorchSwingOrchestra
Porch Swing Orchestra on Spotify:
Porch Swing Orchestra on Bandcamp: https://sunsetcommission.bandcamp.com/
no.221 | Second Season