It still feels like winter in Portland and our favorite
cold weather record right now is Holiday, the first full length album by Port St.
Willow, aka Nick Principe. A follow up to the project’s first EP, Even//Wasteland (2010), Holiday was recorded over the course of
a year at Principe’s Portland studio. Full of falsetto, guitar echoes, driving
percussion and layers of ambient sound, Holiday
accomplishes as much intrigue in the swells as it does in the empty spaces. Written, recorded and produced by Principe, the album represents all that is
good in the DIY Portland music scene. It's the perfect record to take with you on a winter escape to the Oregon coast.
Principe describes the album as meditative, “Holiday is
a love record to no one. A recognition of an ending, and an awakening of the
self - unarmored and honest.” The digital album is available to download
on the Port St. Willow website, and the hand-stamped limited edition CD is
available to order until the end of the month (images below). Listen to one of our favorite tracks on the record, "North".
