STEVE PORTER: Million Mile Ice Rink

Steve Porter

Million Mile Ice Rink

© 2005 Steve Porter (5030820042855)

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Friendly acoustic guitar and piano-based pop music with lush vocals and catchy songs.

notes

This album was made in a way that I had fantasised about for years. Here's how it happened:

I wrote 14 songs. I got together a band. We jammed them through and recorded them as a four-piece. I then messed about with those raw recordings, adding backings and getting various other people in, like violin players and girl vocalists, until the sound was rich and full. But the raw sound of the band is still there, (slight) imperfections and all.

We recorded it in a friend's garden studio and it was very hot in there during the summer (2005) and I must have been in imprisoned for nearly two weeks adding all the little extra bits after the band had gone home!

The title is from a lyric of a song that didn't make the cut. It went: "My mind is like a skate skating on a million mile ice rink". So it's a fast-cool-dangerous thrill-seekers sliding thing!

Next we hired a local theatre and had a "launch party" for it. Lots of people came and we even rented part of a hotel for an aftershow party! (Which was kind of low-key because we were all so tired and didn't finish tidying up the theatre until midnight!). Ah well.

There are photos from this concert on my website as well as new songs free to download, (my latest is "Yeah!" March 2008), a short film, art and tour dates.

Anyway, this album is the same as my first ("A Sack Full of Heartbreak Rocks") in the sense that I wanted to experiment with variety in terms of sound and style and feel, while keeping the heart of the song as my focus. Most of it is fairly easy on the ears, but it isn't always an easy ride and can go to some strange and slippery places at times!

Enjoy.
Cheers.

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  • Wow! Catchy pop, heart breaking ballads, multi layered music for the soul.
    author: Ben Anthony

    To be honest I don't think there is better unsigned musician than Steve. This is by far his most accomplished set of songs to date. Instantly catchy tunes such as 'Love Like Crazy', 'Three Wishes' & 'Hope for the Best' find their way into you head and just stay there. At the same time he fills your heart with hope and emotion with the beautiful 'Nowhere to be seen' and the fantastic 'Wonderful wonder of you'. This stuff deserves to be heard.

  • My soundtrack!
    author: A.D.B

    Many thanks indeed for "Million Mile Ice Rink". What a talent you have. I enjoyed the last album too, but do agree that this one takes things to a new height in terms of emotional range and formal daring. The album has been my soundtrack to a very enjoyable trip around East Anglia- thanks so much for that. 31-Oct-05

  • Up there with the best!
    author: Simon Berry, Salisbury Journal, 20-Oct-05

    This is smooth stuff. Steve Porter's second CD release is a nice, soothing balm, a warm and friendly slice of grown-up, sophisticated pop. It is well packaged too, with loads of moody studio photos and a full set of lyrics, supplying the listener with a complete and edifying insight [into the music]. The best song is the sublime "The Wonderful Wonder of You", a gentle, heartfelt number that could have been written by Neil Finn and includes a lovely orchestrated bit. Steve Porter's corking piano-driven tunes deserve to be up there with the best of them.

  • Full of optimism and hope.
    author: Wessex Muse Magazine, Dec 2005

    Steve's new album "Million Mile Ice Rink" was recorded in Summer 2005 in Salisbury, and has ten tracks that definately deserve a wide audience. Probably best defined as acoustic rock, especially as most of the songs have a very fresh, live feel as all the backing tracks, which feature a host of musicians and singers, were recorded live and there has been little tampering with the basic sound. The tracks vary in emotional tone, but most carry a positive message, which seems to be Steve's mission. The track "Hope For The Best" encapsulates the spirit of the album, which is full of optimism and hope.

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