Portishead Beginning Work On New Album

After taking what may liberally be referred to as a ‘breather’ between their second and third albums – Portishead was released in 1997, while it’s follow-up, the excellent and appropriately-titled Third, appeared a scant 11 years later – it appears as if Portishead is set to return with a new album only two years (gasp!) after their last LP, according to NME.

Speaking to the BBC, Portishead multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrows said that he’ll begin writing the band’s fourth album this summer, that the band has signed with a new label, and how music festivals can boost album sales:

“I’m writing for Portishead through July and August… I just want to bang on and get another record done… It’s with a major. It’s with the biggest record company in the world. It’s with people we trust, which with a band is the most important thing… We did the Third record, it did incredibly well. We got very little support from the UK as we don’t represent a certain demographic of people, but we did Coachella [festival] and that was amazing.”

While the album has still technically yet to be written, one can only assume that Barrows isn’t cruelly teasing his fans, and that the record will actually see the light of day before 2021.  Probably.

Are you excited about the possibility of a new Portishead record?