"...dance, dance, dance to the radio"

Epic.

"...always so unsure"

Regardless of what any hypekid might say, the new Portishead slays. It's on heavy rotation overhere and I don't know where to start. It's fear, frustration and depression in it's purest form I guess. Beth Gibbons brings Popular Music to a whole new level of frightness. Portishead may have been background music with their earlier outputs, you know, the kind of music you could have listened to while breakfasting on a sunday morning, but with "Third" this won't be possible anymore. This is not something to just skip over. "Dummy" may have been categorized as Trip Hop, but this doesn't do the math anymore. "Third" is different. It's way more ambient and the band definitely didn't repeat themselves. In an interview I've read Adrian Utley (guitar) mentioned, how they got inspired by bands such as Om or Sunn0))). I don't really hear these influences, but it's still awesome to hear this from an respected musician like him. After all this shows, how the bandmembers gave their best to do something different with their third album. They could have done the same album again and again and people most likely would have bought it, but they didn't. Thumbs up for that! Well, I guess I'm running out of words. I may be a bit too enthusiastic but damn, it's been a while since a new record has caught me that much.

Now, go and buy the record. My two cents...