Portishead have announced that they are ready to start planning their fourth album, the follow-up to Uncutโs album of 2008, Third.
Geoff Barrow, speaking to BBC 6 Music has said that fans wonโt have to wait eleven years, as was the case with Third, saying that the band have started forming plans to start recording.
Barrow said: โWhen everyoneโs had a bit of a break, I think weโre just going to plough onto it. I think weโre kind of there now. Weโve sat down and weโve talked about the direction and stuff like that.
โEveryone seems really positive about it. And I think everybody at some point wants to get back out on the road, because we didnโt really do an awful lot of live stuff. Whatโs really interesting is that weโre in this lucky position now. We havenโt got a record company; our deal ended and so did our publishing deal.
โSo we pretty much own all of our own rights now, which is scary as well as exciting really, so weโre thinking of loads of different ways of doing things.โ
Third was voted Uncutโs album of 2008. Now itโs your turn to rate your favourite albums of the year in the Uncut Rate The Albums Of 2008 special feature.
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