This here Portishead is fucking fantastic, seriously. They are doing exactally what I've always wanted them to do on record...they are a full on BAND on it like they are live. They dumped the DJ scratching, just jamming the fuck out. I am just sitting here with my mouth open.
There's only one not so awesome track and it's just a little 2 minute acoustic guitar thing.

4 fucking stars, all the way.

holy fucking shit. i just heard that 'peaches' song (we carry on, on the record) and it's fucking awesome.

This record is absolutely amazing

'Threads' is insane, towards the end the vocals....I dont know what to say other than they are giving me goosebumps

the guitar sound on the first two songs is colossal. icy, cold and shimmery.


I'm looking forward to listening to this a lot.

fucking hell.

kerble wrote:I'm looking forward to listening to this a lot.

I'm right there with you, man. It's gone around twice now, ain't gonna be stopping for awhile.

NerblyBear wrote:I can't be bothered by music like this anymore. Tortoise, Tricky, DJ Shadow...don't need it, don't want it. Keep it.

Did you just compare Tortoise to DJ Shadow? Aw, man.

kerble wrote:the guitar sound on the first two songs is colossal. icy, cold and shimmery.


I'm looking forward to listening to this a lot.

fucking hell.

You've been deleting past posts to stay at 9999.

My wife used to be a big Portishead fan but they always left me cold. I'm grooving all the fuck over "Third" but the wife says "meh".

I don't know what's wrong with her.

I'm getting mixed returns from this album so I'm going to save my opinion until it's played a few more times.

This Magic Doors track is aces though.

Benny wrote:holy fucking shit. i just heard that 'peaches' song (we carry on, on the record) and it's fucking awesome.

Still sounds exactly like the Silver Apples. Is this supposed to be a tribute, like that United States of America thing they did on the last album?

So strange that the first sample on the record is in portuguese, I thought it was a fake for a few minutes. No general opinion yet. Certainly less bombast than last time around.