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A TASTE OF TASTE WITH...

Porches

🔊 No autotune,💇‍♂️ Bad haircuts, 🧴 Rhode, and more.

August 30, 2024

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Porches is the musical project of New York City-based musician Aaron Maine. I was made aware of Porches from his feature on Blood Orange’s 2019 album Angel’s Pulse, and from there I was lucky enough to do a deep dive into his discography which shines just as bright (check out this track— an all-time favorite). His music is synthy, sentimental alternative; more recently, it’s taken on a heavier, grungy tone. His singles this summer have all been stellar, released in anticipation of his upcoming album Shirt dropping September 13th. Later this fall, he embarks on his North American tour, and you can get your tickets here. Lucky for us, Porches is here to tell us what he’s been into.

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Beer

Yes, beer. I didn’t drink it for a couple years for some reason. Back on it now, refreshing, delicious, crispy, can’t believe I ever stopped. Doesn’t get you too fucked up, classy. None of that hoppy heavy stuff, light, pilsners, golden, cold, perfect, thankful.

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Jamming

I’ve been getting back into “jamming” since I’ve been renting this studio where you can make real noise and no one bugs you. Jamming, like how I did when I was 13, no computer, no recording, no anything but a couple weirdos in a room, with the sole purpose of catching a vibe. I don’t want to sound like a hippie, but it’s so special, even with people that don’t really play an instrument. If you sit in the room long enough with each other and get through the awkwardness of sort of sounding like shit for a little bit, I swear to God without fail, there comes a point where everyone seems to get lost at the same time. You look around the room, forget about what you’re doing, and everyone’s just nodding their heads, or smiling at each other, or laughing, or jumping around. Feels nice to counteract this sort of solitude that I typically write and record music in and make it more of a social thing. Sounds kind of old fashioned I guess, but whatever.

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People

I love people. I really just like two things, music and people. I don’t have any hobbies really. People make me feel like I’m here, on earth. Even if I’m holed up in my apartment or the studio, just knowing that they’re near is comforting to me for some reason. Nice to just sit and watch them. Fascinating, godly, humbling. I’ve usually got at least one nice thing to say about anyone.

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No autotune

I’ve been off the autotune recently. Learning to embrace my voice, pitchy, off, and all. There’s a lot going on there in between the notes. Hyper emotion. I think autotune can be totally beautiful and super emotional when used in the right way, but right now I’m telling myself if I can avoid it, then avoid it, and to trust in the humanity of it all, something raw.

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Rhode

I snuck a dab of my friend’s moisturizer out of his toiletry bag, I liked it so much I had to come clean and ask him where it was from. Turns out he had worked Hailey Bieber’s cosmetic brand Rhode’s launch party and got a goodie bag of some of the products. It was the barrier restore cream, I ordered one for myself, my girlfriend likes the lip gloss. I like her and Justin’s whole thing.

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Not smoking

I still smoke, but God I wish I never started. I look forward to the day I figure out how to quit. It’s a horrible habit. (I like it when people smoke too, and don’t get me wrong I love smoking, but…it kills you. This is not how you or I want to go out. Fuck Philip Morris, fuck the Marlboro Man. If you can stay away from those things, more power to you, water in your eyes, color in your face, beautiful skin, beautiful teeth. Every now and then? Not so bad, but I suggest not getting carried away.

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Park bench

I have spent too much money at the bar. It’s nice out now, so we can sit on all these public benches, no need to wait for a table and hemorrhage money at one of these blown out shit shows downtown, so: can of beer, paper bag, bench, let’s go, life is good.

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Bad haircuts

I like to hack at my own hair. I like a funny haircut, a choppy one, an uneven one, a jokey one, thought maybe I’d get my barber’s license one day and work at a shop. I like chopping it up. Even when I was a kid, after I got a haircut , I would go home and nick it up with some scissors, screw it up a little.

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Acne

When I was a teenager I had awful acne. I used to daydream that one day, somehow, having acne would be the height of fashion, and then it would be my time to shine. I don’t think that has really happened yet, but I still think it’s possible. The twisted thing though is I’ve always thought acne is beautiful on other people, tough, real, beautiful, vulnerable, sexy, emotional. People put stickers on them now, I say free the pimple.

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Swimming

Any body of water. Get me in. Lake, ocean, pool, pond, river, stream. Something about being in water, zero gravity, womb-like, floating, quiet. I love it, washing the city off you, taking the train to Brighton Beach, driving up to this secret lake where I grew up. Makes me feel like a kid, clean, one with the earth, like everything’s gonna be ok.

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Sleeping

I usually oscillate between “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” and “sleep is currency.” Right now I’m in a “sleep is currency” phase. I’ve always been the first kid up at the sleepover, bugging everyone. The second I wake up I’m basically sprinting out the door, always been that way. I’m not exactly sure why. But recently I’ve been trying to get an extra hour or two in, force myself to stay in bed a little longer, put a t-shirt over my eyes, and think of it as filling up the tank. The beauty tank. I’m getting older, I need rest, I need gas, I hate to sleep, feels like a waste of time, but you gotta do it.

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Japanese sweet potatoes

Just found about these. Tastes like cake, add a big slab of butter on it, perfection, easy, nutritious, highly recommend

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