Portugal. The Man
Portugal. The Man is a Founded in 2004, American indie - rock band from Wasilla, Alaska.
Band name
The band's name is the result of deliberation, a name must be personal and could represent a group, a person or even a country. No member of the band had been in Portugal, the decision was purely arbitrary. The addition of "The man " is intended to mean that it constitutes something of an alter ego in the band. "The decision was, after the proposal had been submitted, been decided spontaneously and now would be the need for explanation in every interview ," the band members in unison.
History
Portugal. The Man is founded in 2004 by John Gourley and Zach Carothers of the currently defunct hardcore punk band Anatomy of a Ghost, Wesley Hubbard Nick Klein Harvey Tumbleson and in Wasilla. The band members decide to go to Portland to be closer to the U.S. band scene. There they live a half years of smaller jobs that bring in just enough money to fund the band on. In 2005, she hit on Jason Sechrist, sitting from there on drums.
Their debut album, Waiter: " You Vultures " appears on 24 January 2006 at Fearless Records and is described as a blend of hardcore punk, soul, progressive rock, emo, post-rock and electronic rock. At the year-end charts 2006, the magazine Visions it reached sixth place in Intro to 35th place. The 2007 released EP It's Complicated Being a Wizard moves more into electronic realms and sets a Sequenzertöne extensively. The shortly after appearing second album Church Mouth contains no electronics and is clearly inspired by the rock of the 60s.
They toured previously with bands like The Fall of Troy, Damiera, Action Action, The Matches, Gatsby's American Dream, Horse the Band, Circa Survive, The Black Keys and RX Bandits.
On 5 September 2008, the band released their third album, Censored Colors.
On 17 July 2009, the band released their fourth album, The Satanic Satanist. It was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie, Adam Taylor and Anthony Saffery. In advance of the publication they presented a new song called People Say already in the program FuelTV. A purely acoustic interpretation of titles from The Satanic Satanist was published under the title The Majestic Majesty. The album sold only online or is included in the Special Edition of The Satanic Satanist. In early 2010 they released the album American Ghetto, followed on 19 July 2011, the album In the Mountain, followed in the Cloud.
On Instagram, the band on February 26, 2013 announced that their upcoming album will be titled Evil Friends. In Germany it was published on 31 May 2013, and in the U.S. on June 4, 2013 on iTunes, with the single release Evil Friends already stood ready for download. For the new album the band worked with producer Danger Mouse, who has already produced albums by Gorillaz, The Black Keys and Beck.
Discography
EPs
- Under Waves of the Brown Coat ( 2005)
- The Pines, the Devil ( 7 ", 2006, Fearless Records)
- Devil Say I, I Say AIR ( Digital EP, 2007, Fearless Records)
- It's Complicated Being a Wizard (2007, Approaching Airballons )
- My Mind (7 ", 2007)
Albums
- Waiter: " You Vultures " (2006, Fearless Records)
- Church Mouth (2007, Fearless Records)
- Censored Colors (2008, Equal Vision Records)
- The Satanic Satanist (2009, Equal Vision Records)
- The Majestic Majesty (2009, Equal Vision Records)
- American Ghetto (2010, Equal Vision Records)
- In the Mountain In the Cloud (2011, Atlantic Records )
- Evil Friends (2013, Atlantic Records )