Oh, joy. If you're one of the people (like me) who once upon a time liked to listen to "the Bristol sound"---vaguely defined as trip-hop---then the subject will mean something to you. The eerie sounds of Beth Gibbons used to echo through part of my college career, and I'd always wondered what had happened to them.
According to a news post on pheadweb, Portishead frontman Geoff Barrow told an outfit called "BBC Music 6" that their third LP was nearly completed.
I went and checked this for myself on the BBC Music 6---some sort of music channel that simulcasts to digital radio, the Internet, and something called interactive TV---site and found the following from Geoff Barrow:
"We're actually into it as we speak. We took some time off for Christmas, but generally we're doing another record, yeah. We got together, sounds cool, so we're gonna go with it."
Music 6 noted that Barrow "told us it's already well on the way to being written".
I don't understand British music journalism very well, but there may be some sort of disconnect between the fan site, Geoff Barrow, and the Music 6 people. At any rate, it'll be a Good Thing if I get another Portishead album in the next couple of months or so. Three albums, one of which was a live one, in eleven years is lagging behind even Liz Phair, and that takes some work.
Posted by Country Pundit at February 25, 2005 11:59 PM