So I just saw Portishead live.
 

Just got back in the last hour, absolutely fucking incredible gig, the best this year (and I've seen The Jesus and Mary Chain, so its saying something). I'm not sure if we have any fans here, to be honest they're a bit of a marmite band, but they were shockingly loud, dark and depressing live. I hugged Beth Gibbons, and don't feel like washing for a while now. I never thought today would come and they'd finally come back after a decade, I'd been expecting the new album since 2005, but hell will it be worth the wait - They played alot of tracks from it, and all I'll say is theres some instant Portishead classics on Third. Though they're the most depressing band I can think of, after seeing them live I will die a happy man...

I would love to see "Plastic" live.

fuckign a. a buddy burned me a copy of 3... it's awesome. and i shall be purchasing it when it drops as well.

im definitley stoked for the new record. i read an interview and it sounds like theyve really been influenced a lot by sunn o))) and a lot of drone doom, they said the first time they heard sun o))) it reminded them of the first time they heard sonic youth and public enemy. just blown away. i think a drone influence could have an amazing effect on their sound.

batrelease, who's those goofy looking dudes in yr signature? and right on w/ yr above statement!

It does it really does, though it's alot more overt live than on the record.

those "goofy lookin dudes" are stephen o malley from sun O))), keigi haino, and oren ambarchi, mr avantgarde.

Seeing Portishead live would be alright, I haven't slept in ages.

Are you calling them BORING zero, eh? Your heading the right way for a slapped bum.

They bore me at least. That album Dummy is just a total snooze fest. Massive Attack bore me more though. I got those albums under the impression that "Trip Hop" all sounded like DJ Shadow. Sadly, that is not the case.

Note to boardies who don't like them:
Don't call them Portishit, you'll make a lot of enemies.

Amen. If anything, go for a surrealist touch with Porti-Shed.

I used to pronounce it like that :D

You can pre-order it here... http://www.insound.com/Portishead/ar...rtist/INS24578

It also comes in a vinyl box set, w/ USB stick of the album, & artwork. I went ahead & snagged one up.

The new album is far less chillax than their previous albums.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TU5k8mcl9Q

3 is probably their best.

Really like that new song in the YouTube link.

Half-Day Closing is my favorite song of theirs. Spooky.

Saw them perform 'Machine Gun' on Jools Hollands show the other day.
A bit of a departure from their older stuff, but a killer song nonetheless.
Can't wait for the new album.

Oh, and I thought the guy on the left was CHOUT.

Some of the stuff on the new record sounds like it's been produced by Broadcast or Can. I'm totally liking what they are doing and what they have done in the past.





Do you know the above album? There's some beautiful songs on it.