Portishead.

HairyBelafonte

Has anyone else heard any of the new songs? Does anyone here care about the new songs? I heard some live recordings of some and am curious to hear howd they sound as studio cuts.Happy Birthday Ari and JC

hammertime

i care...i have not heard anything new.

Burns

This will be interesting.

They have a very talented team, especially who does the sampling and beats.

behemoth

i love me some Portishead

will i love the new stuff?

the 2 new songs on their Myspace are just weird ambient instrumentals that don't do shit for my ears

if the new album sucks atleast i have the first two

what happened to Weezer?

have they released a good album lately?

i used to like them

sno

New songs performed at their All Tomorrow's Parties gig earlier this month:

Hotsauce84

Thanks for posting these clips, Sno. I'm excited for more!

HairyBelafonte

Portishead
2007-12-08
All Tomorrow's Parties
Centre Stage
Minehead, UK
(1:19:31)

Set List:

01) Wicca
02) Hunter
03) Mysterons
04) Mystic
05) Glory Box
06) Numb
07) Wandering Star
0 Machine Gun
09) Over
10) Sour times
11) Only You
12) Cowboys
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13) Roads
14) Peaches



http://tinyurl.com/2jw2kz

magpaul

see Geoff Barrow from PH slagging off Mark Ronson as supermarket music. probably annoyed that Mark is actually vaguely relevant.



behemoth: there's a new Weezer out-takes/rarities album that just dropped, it's under the Rivers Cuomo name titled 'Alone' and features a cover of Gregg Alexander, a few tracks from the unreleased 'Songs from the Black Hole' that are epic and a lot of other songs that are just well shit basically. If you're still bothering to check for their new albums, Rubin is working with them on a follow-up to the despicable 'Make Believe'.

Junior

I love me some Portishead though I remain unconvinced that they've still got something new to offer. From what I can make out on those videos the sound hasn't changed dramatically but has gone a bit rockier ala Mezzanine. I'll wait to see though as I love Beth's voice and am ready to take her music back from the dinner parties.

the_dL

Thanks for posting these clips, Sno. I'm excited for more!

kicks79

Thanks for that. Im diggin the new sound.

Craig

To be honest they don't do a great deal for me. Ive tried my best to get into them but they just do nothing for me.

white_tea

Used to be really into them when they put out their albums but that seems like a long time ago. I have kinda stopped waiting for something new. They did have a tune on that Serge Gainsbourg covers album that came out last year, but it was just OK.

sno

I'm still on the fence about the more uptempo "Wicca"...after 10 years without a recording, I could not help but fear PH will pull a Stone Roses "Second Coming" for their new album...

DJBombjack

I'm still on the fence about the more uptempo "Wicca"...after 10 years without a recording, I could not help but fear PH will pull a Stone Roses "Second Coming" for their new album...

That's an unconvincing analogy. Whilst the difference in songs between the two albums is like oil and water, 'Second Coming' stands just fine by itself, shows maturity in both songwriting and arrangement and is much more of a complete album than the first which resembles more a collection of singles.

sno

My bad. What I meant was after so many years on hiatus (in terms of releasing recordings), there might be backlash against them with all the expectations and anticipations built up. Funny thing is, people might expect Dummy or their self-titled album redux rather than breaking new grounds.

SPlDEY

Dude.. I'm feeling this new kraut-ish portishead stuff. Hunters reminds me of Broadcast. Peaches sounds like some Silver apples jawn.

- spidey

Mjukis

While I will definitely check for the new Portishead, I'm pretty DAMN curious about the new My Bloody Valentine. They've got tour dates!

m_dejean

Dude.. I'm feeling this new kraut-ish portishead stuff. Hunters reminds me of Broadcast. Peaches sounds like some Silver apples jawn.

Ha, I thought exactly the same thing listening to the whole set (thanks for posting btw, chizzle). I think they are capable of coming out with something good. Like someone else said, Barrows and Utley know their way around a studio, so you know the musical foundation will be solid.

The rest depends on Gibbons' singing/songwriting. Along with Bj??rk, she's probably one of the most-aped female singers of the 90s, and can understand why people could be tired of that style. Originals will be originals, though. I have faith.