News: Flashback Friday: Portishead Glory Box

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Portishead pioneered the trip-hop genre in the mid-90s with there debut LP Dummy. The album with its melodic melancholy, looped sampled baselines and the tormented sorrow in vocalist Beth Gibbons’ voice, became an underground success and has been heralded as one of the best of all time.

“Glory Box” with it’s haunting baseline, and filmy production is a beautifully despondent song. Gibbons begs for any reason to continue the love affair, all the while we all know she is really looking for a reason to let go.

I’m so tired…of playing…playing with this bow and arrowGonna give my heart away, Leave it...