On Sunday, December 7th at 4:00 PM, Newfoundland alt-folk auteur Claire Porter brings her award nominated debut album Time Alone to vinyl with a free, intimate release show at Fred’s Records on Duckworth Street.
A slow-burning, salt-stained collection of songs, Time Alone arrived in 2024 and quietly detonated across Atlantic Canada’s music scene. The record earned Porter a reputation for crafting songs that feel unsettling, tender, and almost dangerously honest.
Fresh off a tour through Ontario and Quebec, Porter returns home to St. John’s with the same haunting theatricality that led Time Alone to a MusicNL nomination for Alternative Artist of the Year (2024). Known for her stark, magnetic vocals and slow-burn emotional intensity, Porter’s music has drawn visceral reactions from critics:
“It’s not often I hear a single that makes my skin itch.” — Heather Barrett, CBC
“My god, that is so relentlessly depressing… I’m truthfully in awe. That’s next level.”— Dale Conway, CHMR
“Few sing as purely and unusually as Claire Porter… a mature and talented artist… a truly outstanding performer.” — Helena Lynch, Voxwave Magazine
For this one-day-only event, Porter will perform the album with her Stouts:
Joe Tucker (lead guitar), Liam Peacock (keys), Kieran Dooley (bass), and Xander Pierson (drums). Together, they’ll stretch the album’s cinematic tension into something raw, physical, and stranger in all the right ways.
Fans will also have first access to a limited run of Time Alone vinyl, including exclusive red vinyl, standard black vinyl, CDs, and new t-shirts featuring artwork drawn by Porter herself and screen-printed by UFO Screen Printing. Supplies are extremely limited.
Time Alone has been praised for its stark storytelling, off-kilter beauty, and Porter’s unmistakable voice—brooding, intelligent, and impossibly intimate. The vinyl release marks a new chapter for an album already carving out its own quiet cult following.
Event Details
Date: Sunday, December 7, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM
Venue: Fred’s Records, Duckworth St., St. John’s
Admission: Free
Merch: Limited red vinyl, black vinyl, CDs, hand-drawn + locally screen-printed t-shirts