Customer Reviews

A Haunting Look Into Emotional Uncertainty - By: , 11 Nov 2000
Portishead, from Bristol,in 1994 completed the masterpiece "Dummy", melding decks, moogs & the beautiful voice of Beth Gibbons. Portishead here return with Over, one of the singles of their self titled album. It ia dark & uncertain prospect, with an edge of desperation throughout. Yet it is its isolation of instruments & of Beth's lyrics" This uncertainty is taking me over" which create a ghostly musical image. The acoustic guitar at the start seems to drift into nothingness, until layered by Beth's skeletal vocals. Later we are brought into anger as the cutting decks & drums scar the silence. In short, although difficult listening, Portishead, unlike any other band, offer you into their own world, a beautiful yet desolate winter of discontent.