Portishead is back.

[sev]

I don't know if there are any Portishead fans in here...but if so, this is for them.

They were one of my favorite bands of the '90s, and now they're back after a decade absence with a new record out late this month. I have a copy already, and it's much different than their old stuff.
The hiphop/triphop element is now gone. The record is weirder, and much darker than even their second album.

Here's a link to one of my favorites (so far) off the album....performed live on CurrentTV:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FDscNGdsQas
(There's even some FUZZ guitar on this track for you fuzz freaks.)

(There are 7 songs total from this program....all on YouTube)

[sunken.anchor]

I never took the time to get into Portishead, even though I always liked what I heard. Portishead without trip-hop, though? That would be interesting.

[basti moon]

My sister just saw them in concert the other day, she's a big big fan.
I got a "the Big Ask" button.
And at the concert they gave out some crazy technological plastic thingies I had no idea what was when presented with it! Apparently they are called "usb wafers" and contain promo songs. They don't have a normal usb plug. Almost wish I was at the concert too, so I could have my own wafer.

Interesting song! Somehow Portishead makes me really sad, even if I have a lot of music I like that is much sadder (and does not make me sad).

[the raytownian]

swweett... I was never initially that big of a fan, simply because I had never taken the time to listen until much later in life, but that's good to hear... It seems a lot of good bands are getting back together (or going back to orig. members) lately. (like... since that last two years, anyways)

[mrbrooks]

This is very cool news-I waited and waited for soooo long to hear something new and finally stopped checking for updates figuring they were done for. Glad to see they're still around.

[thetonewrecker]

Mr. Brooks - can this be my ol' buddy from Duluth who also moved to Minneapolis years ago?
Crazy! Nice to see you around the fuzz forum here.

[lukasjudge]

I don't mean to be a hater, but I thought "Machine Gun" was pretty awful. It's made me very weary about hearing the rest of the album.

It's fine though. I always liked Massive Attack more anyway.

[aen]

I se what you're getting at with the "trip hop" element gone, ie, no scratching or whatnot, but I always htought trip hop was quite a misnomer for portishead. If I were to genrefy them, it would be "Sex tunes"

[sev]

I se what you're getting at with the "trip hop" element gone, ie, no scratching or whatnot, but I always htought trip hop was quite a misnomer for portishead. If I were to genrefy them, it would be "Sex tunes"

Yeah, the scratching is gone.....and for the most part, the fat head-nodding beats are gone.

"Sex tunes" huh?
Well, then the new album (came out yesterday) is "sex tunes" for sex with suicidal vampire women. Shtt is pretty dark.

[htsamurai]

whoa, cool stuff
i wasnt expecting this


you're right it is pretty dark
not as dark as some of their other stuff, *cough*cowboys*couch*

i really dig this i might have to DL it and buy it if its good 'nuff

[comtrails70]

geoff barrows the drummer/producer guy in portishead also has a band called beak.
worth checking out - almost kinda similarish ..but not really.

[DarkAxel]

I didn't really like it... Portishead without triphop =/= Portishead

EVEN THOUGH MACHINE GUN IS DOPE

[Derelict78]

WTF its all gone

[Seedy]

WTF its all gone

This thread's been dead for more than 2 years, so that may be why the links aren't working .

[Derelict78]

holy shit what was the purpose of resurrecting this?