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New Portishead album to be streamed online a week before release

Portishead have revealed more about 'Third', their long-awaited new album, describing it as the "older brother" of its predecessors. Guitarist Adrian Utley has also described the album's sound as a departure in some areas. He told Billboard: “It sounds nothing like 'Dummy' or 'Portishead', but it’s definitely its older brother or sister. It’s the same mindset we’ve always had, only further down the road.”

Portishead have revealed more about 'Third', their long-awaited new album, describing it as the "older brother" of its predecessors. Guitarist Adrian Utley has also described the album's sound as a departure in some areas. He told Billboard: “It sounds nothing like 'Dummy' or 'Portishead', but it’s definitely its older brother or sister. It’s the same mindset we’ve always had, only further down the road.”

The trio's record will be available to listen to free

Portishead will stream their forthcoming new album, 'Third', online a week before its official release date.

The album will be streamed on music website Last.fm from April 21.

The songs will be free to listen to online but people will have to pay to download the tracks, BBC Newsbeat reports.

This will be the first time Last.fm has made an entire album available to the public before its official release.

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