Name: Porches
Start: 2026-06-20T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-20T23:00:00-04:00
Location: 3S Artspace

Porches

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Porches 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.

----3S Artspace is supported in part by grants from the <a href="https://www.nhcf.org/" title="https://www.nhcf.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New Hampshire Charitable Foundation </a>and NHCF's Geoffrey E. Clark and Martha Fuller Clark Fund; and Little Bay Fund.Thank you to our year-round lead sponsors: <a href="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/psmac-ac-hotel-portsmouth-downtown-waterfront/overview/" title="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/psmac-ac-hotel-portsmouth-downtown-waterfront/overview/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">AC Hotel Portsmouth</a>, <a href="https://www.livefreeandplay.com/" title="https://www.livefreeandplay.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Brook</a>, <a href="https://www.kane.co/" title="https://www.kane.co/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Kane Company</a>/<a href="https://www.tdmrk.com/" title="https://www.tdmrk.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tidemark</a>, <a href="https://www.katzmancontemporaryprojects.com/" title="https://www.katzmancontemporaryprojects.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Katzman Contemporary Projects</a>, <a href="https://www.rakacreative.com/" title="https://www.rakacreative.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Raka</a>, <a href="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/psmsi-sheraton-portsmouth-harborside-hotel/overview/" title="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/psmsi-sheraton-portsmouth-harborside-hotel/overview/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel</a> and <a href="https://www.stirlingbrandworks.com/" title="https://www.stirlingbrandworks.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stirling Brandworks</a>.

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