new Portishead in the works
01-20-05, 05:12 PM
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new Portishead in the works
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4185511.stm
Portishead back after eight years
Portishead won a Mercury in 1995 for their debut album
Cult British group Portishead have revealed they are writing their third album, their first in eight years.
Founding member Geoff Barrow told BBC 6 Music the record was well on the way to being completed.
"We're actually into it as we speak. We took some time off for Christmas, but generally we're doing another record," Barrow told the digital radio station.
News of their album plans comes after confirmation the Bristol band will play a tsunami charity show next month.
Portishead will play alongside fellow Bristol band Massive Attack at Oxfam's Tsumani appeal, held at the Bristol Academy on 19 February.
Barrow said he was surprised people thought the band, who won a Mercury Music Prize in 1995 for their debut album Dummy, had split up.
Influential group
"We've just had our heads down really, we've never actually broken up, or parted, or whatever.
"So for us it just seems, even though we haven't played for years, we still see each other and write - we just haven't released a record for a long time."
Portishead will not play any new material at next month's concert, which will feature singer Beth Gibbons playing with an acoustic backing.
Other acts appearing include Liverpool band The Coral and former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant.
Portishead became an international success and a deeply influential band despite their scant recorded output.
Dummy was a critics' favourite in 1994, hailed for its blend of menacing sounds and hip-hop beats married to old soul samples.
The follow up, Portishead, was released three years later.
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my portishead refresher mix...
http://entitee.com/entitee_portisheadmix.mp3
01 - To Kill A Dead Man
02 - Over
03 - Undenied
04 - Humming
05 - Numb/Numbed in Moscow
06 - Mysterons
07 - Its a Fire
08 - Strangers
09 - Wandering Star
10 - Roads
11 - Mourning Air
12 - Western Eyes
13 - Only You
14 - All Mine
15 - Glory Box
Portishead back after eight years
Portishead won a Mercury in 1995 for their debut album
Cult British group Portishead have revealed they are writing their third album, their first in eight years.
Founding member Geoff Barrow told BBC 6 Music the record was well on the way to being completed.
"We're actually into it as we speak. We took some time off for Christmas, but generally we're doing another record," Barrow told the digital radio station.
News of their album plans comes after confirmation the Bristol band will play a tsunami charity show next month.
Portishead will play alongside fellow Bristol band Massive Attack at Oxfam's Tsumani appeal, held at the Bristol Academy on 19 February.
Barrow said he was surprised people thought the band, who won a Mercury Music Prize in 1995 for their debut album Dummy, had split up.
Influential group
"We've just had our heads down really, we've never actually broken up, or parted, or whatever.
"So for us it just seems, even though we haven't played for years, we still see each other and write - we just haven't released a record for a long time."
Portishead will not play any new material at next month's concert, which will feature singer Beth Gibbons playing with an acoustic backing.
Other acts appearing include Liverpool band The Coral and former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant.
Portishead became an international success and a deeply influential band despite their scant recorded output.
Dummy was a critics' favourite in 1994, hailed for its blend of menacing sounds and hip-hop beats married to old soul samples.
The follow up, Portishead, was released three years later.
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my portishead refresher mix...
http://entitee.com/entitee_portisheadmix.mp3
01 - To Kill A Dead Man
02 - Over
03 - Undenied
04 - Humming
05 - Numb/Numbed in Moscow
06 - Mysterons
07 - Its a Fire
08 - Strangers
09 - Wandering Star
10 - Roads
11 - Mourning Air
12 - Western Eyes
13 - Only You
14 - All Mine
15 - Glory Box
01-20-05, 05:30 PM
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haha, i got an e-mail newsletter from portishead 3 years ago telling me to re-subscribe to the new list so that i may get the details of their new forthcoming release. since that day, there's been NOTHING. the beth gibbons album just wasn't satisfying enough. thank god for this news.
01-21-05, 08:05 AM
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This is great news.
01-23-05, 04:27 AM
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I'll believe it when I see it and hear it. 
I've been hearing "new Portishead in the works" for years...
I've been hearing "new Portishead in the works" for years...
