Porches w/ KatzPascale at 3S Artspace – Portsmouth, NH

Porches
w/ KatzPascale
Saturday, June 20
Doors 7pm / Show 8pm
$20 Members / $22 General Admission Advance / $25 GA Day of Show
All ages / Standing

Shirt, the latest album from Aaron Maine aka Porches, is part angsty fantasy, part confessional melodrama – a rock album that oscillates between reality and make-believe to reflect both the innocence of suburban youth and the frayed reality of adulthood. A fusion of chaotic impulses, insatiable desires, and a perpetual yearning, Shirt plays with the tension between one’s person and persona – the weight of your dreams crashing up against your reality. The result is something both familiar and uncanny, an anthemic tribute to this intrinsic duality built on crashing and caressing sounds.

A concise record that thrusts listeners into a fevered state, Shirt’s hormonal rock songs collide with emotional ballads to create a dynamic tension that propels the listener ahead. The album speaks in broad, relatable terms while maintaining an intimate connection with its creator, blurring the line between universality and personal revelation. Shirt is as much about the climaxes as it is about the banality between life’s most memorable moments, celebrating not just the first kiss but also the anxiety intertwined with it.

It is instantly recognizable as Porches’ heaviest album to date. Grungy guitars that shine with a menacing glint, drums and bass that punch you warmly in the stomach, interspersed with moments of eerie calmness to create a physical sense of tension and release that resonates with each track. The album adds an arresting body of work to Maine’s impressively dynamic catalogue.

About KatzPascale:
KatzPascale, the NYC based neo-classical-post-punk-anti-pop duo composed of SammiKatzmann and Jenna Pascale, combines the haunting warmth of the cello with the soulful,expressive tones of the saxophone, sending both through loop and effect pedals to layground for vocals as an instrument. Drawing from both classical and contemporary idioms,their music navigates the sonic tension between emotional intimacy and experimental rigor.

Through live performance and recorded work, KatzPascale places feeling over formalism—crafting immersive sound worlds that challenge conventions in both classical and indiespheres.

On stage, KatzPascale transforms performance into experience. Their live shows oftenbegin in silence, guiding audiences through sensory immersion with elements like dimlighting, evocative spatial design, and an emphasis on listening with more than just the ears.What might start as quiet ambient resonance can become a profound emotional arc, leavinglisteners feeling both stripped open and transported.

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3S Artspace is supported in part by grants from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and NHCF’s Geoffrey E. Clark and Martha Fuller Clark Fund; and Little Bay Fund.

Thank you to our year-round lead sponsors: AC Hotel Portsmouth, The Brook, The Kane Company/Tidemark, Katzman Contemporary Projects, Raka, Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel and Stirling Brandworks.