Hey, here’s a track-by-track breakdown of the forthcoming Portishead album Third. The lucky fellow allowed to audition the album months ahead of almost everyone else on planet Earth? Fellow Bristolian Mark Stewart of Pop Group, Maffia, and part-time rock critic fame. And if the cacophonous percussion on those live tracks we previewed a few months back got you excited for Portishead Version 2.0, take heart: “Similar to Massive Attack’s recent experimentation with stern electronics, throwing open the doors to a musical perspective far beyond their towering hits, Portishead, too, readjust the parameters on Third…More noise, more eclecticism, embedded in a sound that fosters continuity.” [Spex via Paper Thin Walls]
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western values mean nothing to her.
Damn. (As in, ‘damn Mark Stewart is lucky’ and ‘damn, if he says it, I WILL believe it.’)
I read this review and there’s one thing I can’t tell from reading it:
Is the shit any good or not?
I love both Massive Attack and Portishead, but I’m not sure I’d call anything they’ve produced a “towering hit.”
@extracrispy: in the U.K. I’m sure things are different.
@Michaelangelo Matos: “Teardrop” was an enormous hit for Massive Attack in the U.K., as was “Sour Times”. It’s arguable that “Sour Times” was incredibly successful in the U.S. as well, though I don’t know numbers.
“Sour Times” for Portishead