Sunday, June 1, 2008

Portishead - ‘Third’

Portishead - ‘Third’ Portishead returns from a ten-year hiatus with eleven new tracks that are sure to please long-time fans, and newcomers alike. In the early 1990s, before triphop was even given a name, Portishead was right there in the fray, defining this new genre, amongst the ranks of Massive Attack, Tricky, and others. But Portishead’s take was different still: Unlike many of their contemporaries, they fused jazz, house, and ethereal sounds into their work, broadening their audience appea