Between the studio and the
road, Portugal. The Man are
perpetually busy; they’ve headlined or supported the likes of HORSE the
Band,
Circa Survive, Rx Bandits, The Photo Atlas, Gatsby’s American Dream and
Earl
Greyhound, among many others. And since P.TM’s 2006 debut, the band has
managed
to release an album every year: 2007’s Church
Mouth, 2008’s acclaimed Censored
Colors (which featured an expansive suite of songs inspired by
Gourley’s
childhood exposure to his parents’ cassette of Abbey Road),
last year’s The
Satanic Satanist (and its acoustic counterpart, The Majestic
Majesty) and their just-released American Ghetto, a post
Rock sampledelic outing that weaves
together elements of Radiohead, Brian Eno, Beck and Blur.
It’s not like they’ve been doing all this in the vacuum of obscurity, either. Alternative Press declared Censored Colors one of 2008’s 10 most essential albums and dubbed Gourley the best vocalist for that year.
They play the 20th Century Theater. Get show details and Sound Advice here.
