man, this album is SO GOOD on first listen i had to create a thread. i'm not one to jump the gun before things absorb, but srsly, this record is great.

they're definitely redefining themselves as more than just trip hop. this album is on par with what i was expecting to hear on In Rainbows, more so than what I was expecting to hear on a Portishead album.

man, its good.....i mean really, really good. :banging:

i can't wait to get home and listen to it.

yea, i'm making my way through it a 2nd time right now. wish i had some cheeba. :D

where can i find this? can't seem to find it on what.cd or soulseek... :(

where can i find this? can't seem to find it on what.cd or soulseek... :(

check the mega thread. if that's down, pm me and i'll send you a link that i put up for my friends.

FUCK YEAH!

wow.

man, i never realized how much i missed this band. they really got something special/unique going on this album. no more casual comparisons to tricky or massive attack, thats for sure.

no more casual comparisons to tricky or massive attack, thats for sure.

dammit, davin!! stop rubbing it in my face!

lol, sorry man.

its hard to hold back. 2nd time around i'm on track 6 and i'm about to jump out of my skin and start dancing on my cubicle desk! like just bust out suddenly...think silent bob in clerks 1.

HA!

you know, it's a good thing that this board essentially moves like an instant messenger conversation, otherwise i would probably want to slit my wrists out of sheer boredom on a day like this.

Hey Thom, Mark and Kelley are trying to work on a Portishead cover sometime :) I forget which song...

Undenied

Hey Thom, Mark and Kelley are trying to work on a Portishead cover sometime :) I forget which song...

shut up, really?? :) her voice makes me melt. joe was talking about it the whole car ride home.

they should either cover Wandering Star or Sour Times.

Yeah her voice is pretty awesome. Did Joe add them to his myspace? I checked cuz I wanted to add him as well, but I didn't recognize any that were him.

Also, the St. Patty's Day show is tenative now. It's possible they've moved it to the 24th (they being the idiots over at Subterranean). I'll keep you updated. We don't know what the hell is going on right now. :mad:

sub-t is so weird.... my roommate was part of a "lit magazine" launch party there, and they were all very weird about it.

well, let me know! joe might not have added them yet because he was getting ready to leave for new york. i'm not sure when he'll be back, but add him through mine!

YES! it's time to go. i'm outta here, talk to ya later. :)

So for those that used the link in the megathread- does everyone else's track 1 cut out at the 5 minute mark and go silent for 6 more seconds?

yea. but no biggie.

just makin sure.

sub-t is so weird.... my roommate was part of a "lit magazine" launch party there, and they were all very weird about it.

well, let me know! joe might not have added them yet because he was getting ready to leave for new york. i'm not sure when he'll be back, but add him through mine!

YES! it's time to go. i'm outta here, talk to ya later. :)

AHA! I was trying to find him on your friends list and I saw someone that looked like him but it was hard to tell and it said "currenly in NY" and I was confused. I also didn't want to just add some random person off your list I didn't know lol

Have a good weekend! Talk to you later.


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"Small" seems to get chopped a few seconds early as well.

IM DOWNLOADING NOW!!! :rockon:

edit: nm Waffles doesn't have this? help

http://www.mediafire.com/?nm5d3imz0zd

sort of reminds me of the way blonde redhead re-invented themselves for 'melody of certain damaged lemons' - they sound completely fresh again. a couple of tracks w/ banjos, or maybe that's a mandolin or ukelele on 'deep water'. either way, they work well in the mix. 'we carry on' sounds a bit like clinic w/ beth gibbons singing. the ending of 'silence' is sorta shocking on first listen, yet was completely perfect, esp when the song title is considered.

this is cool stuff

The quality of that leak is utter crap - I can't wait to finally hold the album in my hands.

And yeah, it's really 'really really' good.

I've been waiting for this album for so long

I hope they end up touring in North America

I hope they release it on vinyl.

So for those that used the link in the megathread- does everyone else's track 1 cut out at the 5 minute mark and go silent for 6 more seconds?

Yea it cuts out for me

"deep water" is real purty

Downloading it as we speak. Portishead is probably the only band I can think of that has so far had pretty flawless discography. If this lives up to their standards, it'll be my favourite album of 2008 so far.

wow, didn't expect to be listening to a new portishead album today

Dunno what to think of it after first listen. This is definately different than what I expected and Beth sounds like an angel here.

"Threads" is incredible in all it's haunting glory. "Small" and "Magic Doors" are excellent as well. This will take a while to sink in.

It gets better and better ever time I listen to it.

I hope they end up touring in North America

same here. at first i thought Coachella would be the start of something here, but they're heading back to Paris afterward to finish the EU tour through May.

i almost feel like if I don't hear something by a week before Coachella, I may have to reconsider that. sigh. hopefully by then there will be an announcement.

It gets better and better ever time I listen to it.

totally.

After two listens I am totally digging this album. For me this is one of the first albums in a long time that I feel in love with it on a first listen.

I see on a few other boards and blogs that people are somewhat trashing it though as being too close to Dummy and a throwback to the 90s. Not sure exactly what these people were expecting but the fact that we have any new Portishead is a good thing and this album is definitely good.

andrew pakula do you like zeitgeist

andrew pakula do you like zeitgeist

not really

48 days until I see them.

you people download music illegally?

I see on a few other boards and blogs that people are somewhat trashing it though as being too close to Dummy and a throwback to the 90s. Not sure exactly what these people were expecting but the fact that we have any new Portishead is a good thing and this album is definitely good.

Yeah I totally agree. It doesn't sound like Dummy.. it sounds like Portishead. Don't know what else people were expecting :) The album gets better with every listen. I just hope we don't have to wait another 10 years for the next one.

this is really good. i'm enjoying it a lot and i've never been a portishead fan (i still dont care for dummy but i should go back to it and give it another chance)

portishead nyc roseland > most everything else I have ever heard

i'm in the same boat with pakula in that i feel in love with this album the first time i listened to it. it's been a while since that's happened with any band... even the new Kills album, who i absolutely adore, had to grow on me a bit.

i've been listening to this album nonstop. in fact, i'm listening to it again right now, heh.

the way the Rip builds and builds sends shivers down my spine ever time i listen to it. We Carry On is currently my favorite track, but everyone of them are really really good. i almost feel weird gushing like this, but it's just that good. period.

does anyone know when the physical release is coming out? any guesses on what, and if, the first single will be?

Portishead is probably the only band I can think of that has so far had pretty flawless discography.

having 2 whole albums makes this alot easier, dont you think?

what the hell, i downloaded this because you guys are all pretty much jacking eachother off and i'm always up for a party. but this is not a party i didn't know you were all such a bunch of Saddy Mc CriesALots. ya depressive fucks! where's the fist pumping choruses? this is bullshit man this is fucking bullshit fuck you davin let's see your penis!

i was wondering when someone was gonna come in here and piss all over this. oh well, it had to happen sooner or later.

its quite possible i'd like it if i weren't trying so hard to not be depressed you motherfucker!!!

NOW LET'S SEE YOUR PENIS!

depending on how much more i drink, you actually might see it.

well then LETS GET VERTICAL!!!

:rockon:

man this album is really pissing me off. it's andrew wk time, fuck this

having 2 whole albums makes this alot easier, dont you think?

It does, doesn't it

what the hell, i downloaded this because you guys are all pretty much jacking eachother off and i'm always up for a party. but this is not a party i didn't know you were all such a bunch of Saddy Mc CriesALots. ya depressive fucks! where's the fist pumping choruses? this is bullshit man this is fucking bullshit fuck you davin let's see your penis!

Start at track 6. The album is ridiculously back heavy.

does anyone know when the physical release is coming out? any guesses on what, and if, the first single will be?

Release date is April 28.

Not sure about the first single but I'd probably go with We Carry On if it was up to me

Third > In Rainbows.

for sure.

on related note, i heard Reckoner in a grocery store the other day. it was weird.

i love how the restraint and simplicity exercised on these Portishead tracks still results in powerful and soulful songs. The gritty/dirty/sleazy sounding guitar and synth tones throughout the album help add to this. Like the ending of the album.....so intense, relative to its simplicity. Then you have the vocals, in complete contrast to all of this....sounding more mature (and more like Tori) than either previous album imo.

It definitely doesn't sound like dummy, but i will agree it sounds more like dummy than the selt-titled.

hey davin, do you like to read books?

yes, what do you do with your books?

this album is not the TIGHT.

i'm loving it more and more every day. soo dense with unicorn dust and swan feathers.

so this album is pretty awesome

i'm late to the party :-/

interesting foreshadowing with the whatcolor/caine walker convo in here too.

interesting foreshadowing with the whatcolor/caine walker convo in here too.
.

listened to this earlier today and im finding it to be alright, but i think whatcolor put it best

what the hell, i downloaded this because you guys are all pretty much jacking eachother off and i'm always up for a party. but this is not a party i didn't know you were all such a bunch of Saddy Mc CriesALots. ya depressive fucks! where's the fist pumping choruses? this is bullshit man this is fucking bullshit fuck you davin let's see your penis!

So for those that used the link in the megathread- does everyone else's track 1 cut out at the 5 minute mark and go silent for 6 more seconds?

those fuckers sure fooled me

I also got into this album really, really late. At first I wasn't crazy about it (my only previous exposure to Portishead was a song on a mix CD) but kept it in iTunes anyway. Every so often a song from the album came up on random and usually got my attention. I think it was "Threads" that finally convinced me to play the whole thing again and about two days later I bought it.

This shit is shit.

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beth gibbons is wonderful.

This shit is shit covered in a perfume aroma.

Otherwise this shit is shit.

you display over and over how you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

Enlighten me.

there are quite a few good songs on this album but i would like enlightenment regarding machine gun as well.

what do you want? a top 40 single? it's industrial. have you listened to any contemporary music at all? machine gun my not be a repeat listener where you cry into your pillow and see white seals jumping from the water in front of you in unison to every syncopated snap brings feelings of your first kiss, but calling it crap or disregarding it is ignorant, imho. it comes down to i guess i like it and you dont, but it really makes me shake my head at you, as much as you shake your head at the song.

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what do you want? a top 40 single?

No, that would very likely be worse.

it's industrial. have you listened to any contemporary music at all? machine gun my not be a repeat listener where you cry into your pillow and see white seals jumping from the water in front of you in unison to every syncopated snap brings feelings of your first kiss, but calling it crap or disregarding it is ignorant, imho.

So what you're saying is that it's poor, but not very?

No, that would very likely be worse.



So what you're saying is that it's poor, but not very?

apparently, to your standards. and? you'll have to get past this fact that there are things that people, maybe sometimes masses of people, appreciate, that you do not. if at some point in your life you discover you enjoy something you previously did not, good for you. i've had many a moment. so who cares. you don't like or get something. it's okay. we can still be friends and jerk each other off.

we can still be friends and jerk each other off.

I thought we had something special.

apparently, to your standards. and? you'll have to get past this fact that there are things that people, maybe sometimes masses of people, appreciate, that you do not. if at some point in your life you discover you enjoy something you previously did not, good for you. i've had many a moment. so who cares. you don't like or get something. it's okay. we can still be friends and jerk each other off.

To me this just sounds like that "we all have different opinions, and everyone is entitled to one" hooplah, in a different veil.

To me this just sounds like that "we all have different opinions, and everyone is entitled to one" hooplah, in a different veil.

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This isn't very enlightening.

so portishead is industrial now huh

noise rock, actually

they're one of the better screamo acts around these days

It's no mean feat to be a good screamo band.

in the field of powerviolence however, they are lonely titans

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Shoe gays.