Latest Release
- OCT 13, 2023
- 1 Song
- Woodstock · 2017
- Chris Black Changed My Life · 2023
- Evil Friends · 2013
- Evil Friends · 2013
- The Satanic Satanist · 2009
- Woodstock · 2017
- What, Me Worry? - Single · 2022
- Chris Black Changed My Life · 2023
- Woodstock · 2016
- Evil Friends · 2013
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Artist Playlists
- The psychedelic side project that became the main event.
Live Albums
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More To Hear
- The artist on "Summer of Luv (feat. Unknown Mortal Orchestra)."
- John Baldwin discusses the band’s album Chris Black Changed My Life.
- The band on "What, Me Worry?"
- Actor/Comedian/Musician Tim Heidecker and John Gourley.
About Portugal. The Man
In the mid-2000s, when indie rock was just beginning to shuffle away from the bluesy garage riffs that defined the beginning of the decade, Portugal. The Man’s debut album, Waiter: “You Vultures!”, heralded the coming of a deeply weird alternative. Melding elements of psychedelia and classic rock with a dash of modern pop and an eagerness to experiment with song structure, the Portland-via-Alaska band forged a singular sound through the voices of co-founders and multi-instrumentalists John Gourley and Zachary Carothers. While all of their records retain their idiosyncratic signature, they’ve often switched sonic focus, due in part to a rotating cast of players and a willingness to explore every creative impulse. Their sophomore record, Church Mouth, leaned heavily on monstrous, fuzzed-up guitar; they brought in the synths and chilled out just a touch for American Ghetto; and 2013’s Evil Friends positively bursts with poppy psychedelia. They continued expanding in that direction with 2017’s Woodstock, a politically charged album that nonetheless spawned a hyper-danceable hit in “Feel It Still,” a Grammy-winning single with a groove that became omnipresent the world over.
- ORIGIN
- Wasilla, AK, United States
- FORMED
- 2004
- GENRE
- Alternative