Thursday, May 01, 2008
I want a familiar tune, or don't I?
I've mixed feelings about Portishead's Third.
To say it's deliberately experimental would be an understatement - the album is anything but the last 2 albums. After 11 years (don't count NYC), and 3 days of frantic hunting, I was a bit underwhelmed notwithstanding Beth's voice and somehow, it sounded quite similar to Radiohead...
Yet, on hindsight, if Portishead remains as it is and keeps churning sounds like Glory Box and Sour Times, then wouldn't it be a let-down too (read: JC and his similar tunes which IMHO are just ad-naseum replications of Fantasy)?
Yes, as much as we want familiarity, some things are simply better off as memories instead.
To say it's deliberately experimental would be an understatement - the album is anything but the last 2 albums. After 11 years (don't count NYC), and 3 days of frantic hunting, I was a bit underwhelmed notwithstanding Beth's voice and somehow, it sounded quite similar to Radiohead...
Yet, on hindsight, if Portishead remains as it is and keeps churning sounds like Glory Box and Sour Times, then wouldn't it be a let-down too (read: JC and his similar tunes which IMHO are just ad-naseum replications of Fantasy)?
Yes, as much as we want familiarity, some things are simply better off as memories instead.
