Portishead New Album!!

[Basstrap]

I can't believe I missed this bit of news!!

A PH album before christmas,2003...maybe even in the spring!!

AND
a Beth Gibbons solo album which this article says will be very moving

Portishead to release new album

 

[HelloAngel]

The Beth album is already out.. but man.. a new Portishead album??

 

[Basstrap]

When did Beth's come out?

are you sure?!?

 

[Basstrap]

no,nevermind!!

I remember reading that on Pitchforkmedia now!

haven't heard it though

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I still need to get that. Maybe this weekend.


Cool, I Portishead.

 

[SkeeK]

Woah duuude!!!! so cool! something to be excited about! i wasn't really expecting to hear anything new from them. hadn't heard of the beth gibbons tho.. have to check it out.

 

[SkeeK]

weird.. i've been looking around online and I can't find ANY information about this even though it was supposed to be out around now. THIS IS A MYSTERY OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS

 

[Basstrap]

indeed!

they did say, maybe spring though

 

[Angel]

I have portishead's "Dummy"... is their second album worth getting? I heard it's not that good.

 

[SkeeK]

Dummy is definately better (in my mind) but their second is still pretty good... if you like the first one you'll likely like it, too.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Portishead have yet to better "Dummy". I have heard some of Beth Gibbons' solo stuff (frankly was of the impression that Portishead were in indefinite limbo) and it's very enticing.

Portishead's second (self-titled) album was um.... well made. I don't know, it felt like, as one reviewer put it, 'sides three and four of Dummy'. There were some very good songs but it seemed to lack the old-soul vibe of the first album and just kinda descend into doom-and-gloom for the sake of it. Painfully so.

 

[Kieran McConville]

By the way Bear, is Bono wearing a strait-jacket? I'm dying to (annoy the crap out of you) know.