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Apr 29, 2008 at 5:25 PM Post #46 of 59
Picked it up today and my local shop was giving away a free 7" single of "Machine Gun", so it's win all around!
 
Apr 29, 2008 at 8:22 PM Post #47 of 59
hm.. still waiting for the discbox, probably will be another couple weeks since I believe they shipped the 28th.

I have listened on last fm (thanks for posting that link, virometal). Very thrilling, exactly as you said.
For some reason though when I stream it I am not able to really concentrate or listen critically the way I can with a CD player or even just if it is in windows media player. Because of this I don't feel as though I can make truly definite remarks.


Exciting!
I have been looking forward to this album for a long time.




I really might just go ahead and buy the CD version later this evening.



EDIT: yes, I bought it earlier tonight. I still want to give it more time, but I think it is great. An excellent album to anticipate for years.
Recently I have been getting somewhat annoyed with a lot of the highly melodic music in my collection. Getting into Boris and noise for the first time, and even more into minimal type electronic stuff.
I think I do know what jellojoe is referring to as "random noise" (though I think anyone who bothers to buy the album doesn't truly think the noise is entirely random), but I love it.

I am looking forward to putting this on repeat for the next few weeks.
 
Apr 30, 2008 at 1:33 AM Post #49 of 59
Just picked up the new album today. It sounds more like Beth's solo album than the older Portishead album. I'm not a fan of the random noise that's quite prevalent throughout the album.
 
Apr 30, 2008 at 1:36 AM Post #50 of 59
I don't like it; sonically and musically when I compared it to Massive Attack's Mezzanine, it just didn't do it for me.
 
Apr 30, 2008 at 3:51 AM Post #51 of 59
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Just picked up the new album today. It sounds more like Beth's solo album than the older Portishead album. I'm not a fan of the random noise that's quite prevalent throughout the album.


Random noise? Wha...?
 
Apr 30, 2008 at 5:33 AM Post #52 of 59
I wouldn't recommend shuffling through the album, take your time and really listen. It sort of grows on you.

The album is very different from Portishead's previous works and if it wasn't for Beth's voice, you wouldn't believe it was the same band. But it is an amazing album nevertheless. Enjoy it for what it is, not for what you foreshadowed it could be.
 
Apr 30, 2008 at 11:46 AM Post #53 of 59
I still maintain that the new sound is more of the natural progression from Dummy to Portishead to Third than some sort of radical departure. Just because the songs from the first two albums work together perfectly in PNYC doesn't mean there aren't dramatic differences when you listen to the albums. Portishead is definitely a darker, colder album than Dummy, and IMO Third is just the next step in that direction. That's not to say I don't understand why people don't like it. But I just don't see this as having come from out of nowhere.
 
Apr 30, 2008 at 7:29 PM Post #56 of 59
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even more into minimal type electronic stuff


There is a rich vein in the current electronic music zeitgeist. I imagine a listener with this type of background would be extra enthused with Third. I am no stranger to austere, abrasive electronic music, and rather than ugly, hear Third as a clear and stark winter landscape. One where the hollow soul projects instead of disappears.

The production is wonderful. It sounds very fresh, clean compared to the grime that permeated Bristol sound geesh, almost a decade ago!
 
May 1, 2008 at 10:13 PM Post #57 of 59
LP is out, since my posts were ignored, thought I woud let anyone whom was interested to know
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May 3, 2008 at 10:01 PM Post #58 of 59
I have had a few days to think about things now.

Still really liking the album. Dummy and the self titled album were more desolate or stark to me. Third comes off as extremely tense, anxious at times. The short loops making up the beats, particularly in The Rip and We Carry On are great. Remind me of The Bomb Squad's production for Public Enemy.

Maxinquaye by Tricky has a lot of heavy, heavy influence from early Public Enemy, interesting to hear some similarities in Portishead's third album.


Sometimes the lyrics do seem a little overly dramatic, but whatever that is Beth Gibbons's thing.

I hope Portishead stays active! Even if it takes another 10 years I will be waiting. More a fan now than ever.





Also, the discbox arrived in the mail. Album on two LPs plus a 12" single of Machine Gun with an etching of some industrial scene on the back.

The 1 GB USB drive it comes with has mp3s of the album in 320 kbps.

Also included are some live videos and the music videos for Machine Gun and We Carry On. The Machine Gun video is all over the internet but the We Carry On video is actually not on YouTube yet.
Sort of interesting. Animation by Nick Uff. Glad they made a video of it since it might be my favorite song on the album right now, up there with Machine Gun. I have also find Deep Water very interesting. No drums which is a big departure from their normal sound. The back up vocals for some reason really capture me in that song.




It is sort of funny that someone said he/she likes Massive Attack much more than this album... I only own Mezzanine by Massive Attack but I really don't like it much at all in comparison to Portishead's work.




EDIT: Still waiting for Philodox's thoughts on the record!
 
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