Portishead

It makes the song sound utterly thrilling and bizarre. I like the idea of casual viewers being tempted to check it.

i like the way it sounds and looks amazing, but not actually weird or out of place - and the audience just cheers along normally. people's ideas of what will be acceptable or go down well w/mainstream audiences can be rather restrictive sometimes.

they used Apparat - Arcadia a few episodes back and generally surprise me a few times each season

Interesting - didn't know the context. It's obv in a different zone from Strictly Come Dancing.

What about Beak>? Anyone heard them or have any thoughts? I liked, but was a bit disappointed by, the album after what I'd read ahead of time. I saw them live on Monday though and liked it a lot more.

Ehh. I thought that album was kinda... bad, tbh. :I

Chase the Tear reminds me in parts of NIN, oddly.

'chase the tear' is awesome. there's no chance it was recorded live, right? i'm inclined to say no, but the one-take video looks pretty convincing (even though there are no mics on the drums).

This was in my gmail account:

Portishead announcement

Hello. Check the news page at http://www.portishead.co.uk/news.php on Wednesday 24th November for an announcement about 2011.

Thanks

Nothing there as yet, beyond May's "Chase the Tear"

Reckon they'll have got that fourth album sorted pretty quickly...

This is potentially exciting.

Either that or its a 16th-anniversary box set of Dummy with three discs of remixes and a remastered version of the original album.

*crosses fingers*

http://twitter.com/Portisheadinfo

^ new portishead album, news at six

6 pm where?

Portishead

lol. makes sense.

Someone on Twitter just said that Portishead will be curating an ATP event at Alexandra Palace and the line-up will be announced at 6pm.

on sale friday: http://www.seetickets.com/Tour/I-LL-BE-YOUR-MIRROR-CURATED-BY-PORTISHEAD-ATP

http://www.portishead.co.uk/news.php

^ oh well, there you go

That is much less momentous news than I had hoped for when the thread got bumped : (

OTM portishead x 2 + swans + mf doom + company flow is pretty sweet but I'm skint so fuck 'em

In tribute, I am going to Portishead for dinner tonight.

Well, that was pleasant.

Well, they're still touring together which I hope means they're recording some new songs and not only doing it to get some tour money before fading off again.

Free mixtape released today to celebrate the I'll Be Your Mirror London fest http://illbeyourmirror.com/mixtape/

Oh whoa, that is awesome that DD/MM/YYYY are playing!

http://www.portishead.co.uk/

Oops. Meant to show new North American tour announcement.

is there a new album coming? so weird. i'll go since I missed the tour for third and haven't seen them in....11 years? More?

i want to go to there.

So who got tickets? I'm set for the LA show...

Going to the Montreal show.

got berkeley tix

first night in toronto. should be an good thanksgiving.

Interview:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/17/portishead-mirror-festival-interview

bump because ATP/IBYM just happened and beth gibbons supposedly crowdsurfed and they're touring and they were just on fallon

yes, beth indeed crowdsurfed.

wtf

I can believe it!

They were never a band that I paid much attention to but they were tremendous at ATP, the live show is where it's at.

I just cued up all of the Portishead albums in Spotify and am having a deliciously mellow morning

I'd forgotten how beautiful "It Can Be Sweet" is.

I'd also forgotten how much Portishead points in the direction Third ended up, what with tracks like "Cowboy", "All Mine" and "Half Day Closing"

ticket for sunday show still hasn't arrived. ordered it in july, wtf

Going to see them tonight! Can't wait!

Show was AMAZING. Last album sounds great live as do the old classics. So glad they did "Over"! The visuals/lighting are simple but beautiful and Beth Gibbons is still a godess.

I saw them at I'll Be Your Mirror in July and they just blew me away. They blew all the other acts off the stage as well, especially on the first night (of two). Beth's voice is something else, and she was great; warm and funny, coming down off the stage at the end to run along the front row giving high-fives. I had hopeful/high expectations going in, and they exceeded them. Yeah, loved it /gushgush.

I'm going to see them next saturday, problem is it's going to be a festival (corona fest) and they always manage to have technical difficulties and blown speakers on this sort of things.

That said the rest of the lineup is great too: strokes, rapture, editors, coheed and cambria, santigold, moby, mogwai, OMD, these new puritans, no age, javiera mena, the antlers....

Wow should be great!

I didn't realise there was only a score release from High Rise, although most of the rest of the soundtrack is on (from) that Soul Jazz krautrock compilation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLibmNWkvIQ

^^^"Portishead, playing Roads at a benefit concert for Ukraine at the O2 Academy in Bristol on May 2nd 2022."

Before you get too excited:

https://www.discogs.com/release/756508-Portishead-Mandalay-Pearl

I didn't know about this hoax album, didn't even know this sort of thing happened in this day and age..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_ssn=schoenwettermusik&store_cat=0&store_name=schoenwettermusik&_oac=1&_nkw=sunderland&_dmd=1&rt=nc

.. and this seller, who are selling lots of albums by the group "Sunderland"

what do you mean, before you get too excited - is that 2022 video fake?

Um, no.

Before you get excited about a new Portishead album in the link.

Wow, that fake Portishead/Mandalay album was doing the rounds years back, no idea why it's still listed on Discogs as it's long debunked

It explains it in the notes, but still listed as it is an object that exists.

Um, no.

Before you get excited about a new Portishead album in the link.

?? Roads is from Dummy.

full concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLX8LRILfj0

only a half hour show? were there more bands playing? it feels like such a tiny set after so many years inactive. Beth Gibbons sounds a bit out of breath in some segments (particularly on the higher notes for 'wandering star' and 'roads')

They sound great in general though.

only a half hour show? were there more bands playing?

Idles headlining. Wrong way round, obvs.

Beth Gibbons sounds a bit out of breath in some segments

She's aged well though!

amazing show, love it