Comments on: Portishead, Third http://guyberes.com/2008/05/15/portishead-third/ Reflections on social democracy, economics, the media, and spin in an age of incorrigible cynicism. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:42:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Kieran http://guyberes.com/2008/05/15/portishead-third/#comment-942 Kieran Fri, 16 May 2008 09:12:52 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/05/15/portishead-third/#comment-942 Ah yes, Portishead. Well they were described at the distilled sound of bleakest depression during their first coming too. Their debut 'Dummy' is a really excellent record, albeit to be listened to sparingly. I guess it got caught up with that whole 'trip hop' thing. I bought it and Tricky's Maxinquaye within a week of each other way back when, when I was young and trying to be hip or something. But luckily both are excellent records. I know 'Sail to the Moon' but haven't heard the relevant Portishead song as yet, so dunno. Machine Gun is getting a lot of play on the radio of course, and it's good. I rather feel like I'm going crazy with the synth theme at the end sounding almost exactly like the doomy theme to 'The Terminator'. Not that that is a bad thing. Yeah, I like what I'm hearing of the new stuff. Ah yes, Portishead. Well they were described at the distilled sound of bleakest depression during their first coming too. Their debut ‘Dummy’ is a really excellent record, albeit to be listened to sparingly. I guess it got caught up with that whole ‘trip hop’ thing. I bought it and Tricky’s Maxinquaye within a week of each other way back when, when I was young and trying to be hip or something. But luckily both are excellent records.

I know ‘Sail to the Moon’ but haven’t heard the relevant Portishead song as yet, so dunno.

Machine Gun is getting a lot of play on the radio of course, and it’s good. I rather feel like I’m going crazy with the synth theme at the end sounding almost exactly like the doomy theme to ‘The Terminator’. Not that that is a bad thing.

Yeah, I like what I’m hearing of the new stuff.

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