Portugal. The Man

Portugal. The Man is an American rock band based in Portland, OR. The group consists of frontman John Gourley, along with Kyle O'Quin on keyboards, Noah Gersh on guitar/percussion/keyboards, Kane Ritchotte on drums and Zach Carothers on bass. Since the formation of Portugal. The Man in 2005, the band had released six studio albums and three EPs. Evil Friends marks their seventh full-length studio album and the first collaboration between Portugal. The Man and producer Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse).

When it came time to begin work on the seventh album, Gourley thought long and hard about the next move and kept coming back to one concept: The most satisfying work is collaborative work. The band had self-produced all their other albums and so it was a big step to bring in someone - especially someone like Danger Mouse -- who comes from a different musical space.

"From that very first meeting," said Danger Mouse, "we were very ambitious about what we could do...otherwise there was no point. So we decided: Let's try and make something really special."

And Evil Friends is certainly something very special and easily one of the best albums of 2013 so far! From the title track and "Purple Yellow Red and Blue" to killer songs such as "Plastic Soldier," "Creep In A T-Shirt," "Modern Jesus" and "Sea Of Air," this is a rebirth of the band in some ways.

"What really brought our record together was getting past that period of looking for something, and figuring out how to do something really new, really hard and really satisfying," said Gourley.

Portugal. The Man is currently wrapping up a tour, which included a performance at Bonnaroo, and the band has already announced fall dates that includes two days at Austin City Limits.

• 6/18 The Vogue, Indianapolis
• 6/19 St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit
• 6/20 House of Blues. Chicago
• 6/21 Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee
• 6/22 First Avenue, Minneapolis
• 6/23 The Pageant, St Louis
• 9/26 Corona Theatre, Montreal-
• 9/27 Terminal 5, New York
• 9/29 House of Blues, Boston
• 10/01 The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD
• 10/02 The Fillmore, Charlotte
• 10/03 The Tabernacle, Atlanta
• 10/05 ACL Music Festival, Austin
• 10/08 House of Blues Lake Buena Vista, FL
• 10/12 ACL Music Festival, Austin
• 10/15 Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa
• 10/16 Forest Rose Park at Mojo's, Columbia, MO
• 10/18 Boulder Theatre, Boulder, CO
• 10/19 Ogden Theatre, Denver
• 10/22 Knitting Factory, Reno
• 10/23 Ventura Theater, Ventura, CA
• 10/26 Life Is Beautiful Festival, Las Vegas

For more, visit www.portugaltheman.com

« back to Triple A Artist Info