[Cover photo credit to Rodrigo Bardin]

Indie artist and producer Portair has announced his debut full-length album, Gathering Dust, which will be released on December 4, 2026. The Australian-born, Berlin-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s work has a “homegrown, handcrafted approach.”

Portair has previously released EPs such as The Light That Gives EP (2021), The Ice That Breaks EP (2022), Learning How to Die EP (2023(, and The Place To Start EP (2023).

Now, the artist has shared “Loved By You,” from Gathering Dust, which features singer and songwriter, Joy Williams (The Civil Wars + collaborations with The National, Taylor Swift, and more).

On Gathering Dust, Portair uses analog synths, delicate piano, and earthy guitar sounds to “ground the music in nature.” He also uses electronic elements for these songs drawing on “loss, love, sadness, endings, and new beginnings.”

He says of the album:

Over the past couple of years, I’ve gone through a lot in my personal life. I started in one place, and I finished in another. Even though it was hard, it was a good opportunity for storytelling. The music is a reflection of what I’ve experienced. In a nutshell, I moved countries, lost friends, lost relationships, and discovered new ones. I went through a pretty bad battle with depression and came out much better on the other side. In the lyrics, there are existential topics, deeper topics, and hopeful topics. The album reflects all of those ups and downs.

He says of the new track with Joy Williams:

It came from exploring the feeling of losing the ability to be loved by someone whilst fighting the push and pull of figuring out whether to stay or to leave. Working with Joy on this was one of those rare collaborations where everything just clicked. We were introduced through a mutual friend and she understood the song’s heart immediately, and that shows in every part she brought to it. I’m incredibly honored to have her on the record.