It’s interesting but inevitable that Geoff Barrow’s BEAK> project would bleed into Portishead. A new Portishead single might not elicit the Pavlovian response it may have generated during the first Clinton era, but in certain dank and smoking sectors of the web (namely, this one), it’s cause for celebration.
Jimmy Fallon will tell you that you can exclusively pick it up at the XL Records table at the Brooklyn Flea Market and that it is for Amnesty International. You have served your purpose, Jimmy. If “Chase the Tear” is any indication of the band’s new direction, they’ve ditched downtempo in favor of a more driving autobahn-friendly sound. Less Bristol more Berlin.
Admittedly, the footage here isn’t much to look at. It’s basically Beth Gibbons shrouded in shadows and going full haunted house. But it’s October. Ask for and ye shall receive. Video for “Mysterons” below the jump, filling my witchy quotient for the month.
