Post-Punk Legend Previews New Portishead Album For Those Of Us Who Aren’t Post-Punk Legends
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]
