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Portishead: 'We won't give our music away free'

Band say they're looking at new release ideas as they finish contract

February 18, 2009 | 9 Comments
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Portishead have said that although they are free of a record deal and are considering various options for their next album release, they are unlikely to give away their music free.

Producer/instrumentalist Geoff Barrow, writing on the band's MySpace blog at Myspace.com/portisheadalbum3, wrote that the band had "lots of options" with regards to the follow-up to their 2008 album 'Third', which he revealed they had started work on last December.

"We spent the day discussing the future of the P [Portishead] as we are free," he wrote. "We're free of a deal and free of commitment... for now!"

He added: "With the world being the way it is there are lots of options open. But if you lot have any bright ideas of how we should sell our music in the future let us know, why not!"

He added: "I don't think that were into giving out music away for free to be honest. It fuckin' takes ages to write, and we have to heat our swimming pools!"

Portishead tickets:

Date / Time	Artist	Venue	Town/City	Buy
Dec 17, 2009 19:30	Portishead	The Deaf Institute	Manchester	Buy Portishead tickets from Seetickets

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Comments (9)

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barrinho

Feb 18, 2009

They should let the fans decided how much to pay for the album, just like radiohead did. Portishead are not exactly a poor band and they would be making money from tours anyway. Making music shouldn't be about the money.

verymetal13

Feb 18, 2009

"Dummy" aside i think you should be worrying how to get people to actually buy your records!

verymetal13

Feb 18, 2009

Mr Barrow i think you should be worrying about how to actually get people to buy your records!!! Dummy aside of course.

whatawasteoftime

Feb 18, 2009

verymental and bollockinhio, yes you're right. Good bands should just give their music away for a few pence. It's not like it takes ages to make, costs a fortune in studio time, promotion, advertising, and the countless other things you clueless 15 year old freetards know absolutely nothing about. Get back to pirating Shakira albums off BitTorrent you fucking cretins.

verymetal13

Feb 18, 2009

Woop Woop! Whatawasteoftime, you silly, silly thing, in what part of my comment does it say that bands should release the music for free?.....oh it doesnt........and my comment is based on MY own experiances of poor selling Portishead records, i like Portishead by the way, i think its at this point i should mention i have worked in Music retail for 12 years and have put on many indie/alternative nights at my local clubs, promoted bands, 2 or 3 which made it, so i think i am aware of what it takes to make music, and by the way thats not saying you dont. although i do have the impression of you that makes me think your a bit of a bellend!

whatawasteoftime

Feb 19, 2009

Just because you have worked behind the counter at HMV for 15 years doesn't mean you know thing 1 about music. It does however make you very, very sad. Do you have to wear a name badge? Hahahahahahaha

verymetal13

Feb 19, 2009

Very true if i had "just" worked behind the counter at HMV for 15 years it wouldnt qualify me to know anything about music, but the point is i have an understanding of the music industry to a certain level which you are saying i do not. and by the way i did wear a name badge when i worked at HMV, it said Manager.

verymetal13

Feb 19, 2009

....and another thing...lol.... whilsty taking a break from runnin my hugely profitable business i had a look at your comments that you have left and every single one is negative and insulting. Are you not happy Whatawasteoftime? are you lonely? Did a girl break your heart and rape your arse? IS this the only way you can get an erection by insulting people over the internet? aaahhhh shame, im sure you think your just the coolest cat in class and what you think is all that matters isnt that right whatawasteoftime?

whatawasteoftime

Feb 19, 2009

It's interesting that you resort to unfunny sexual insults so quickly as you clearly have no intelligence with which to formulate a coherent sentence, let alone a funny one. Almost as interesting as your piss poor spelling and grammar that would shame a 14 year old. I know you've spent 15 years selling Take That CDs from behind the counter in HMV and that you're desperately angry that your life has been one long, drawn out wet fart of waste and nothingness. But really, get over yourself you tedious goat molester. Even the organ donors wouldn't want you now.