It's been nine years since Portishead released a studio album (1997's Portishead), but the trio may finally be coming out with some new material. A recent post on the band's MySpace page revealed they are coming back. " We've had our meeting with the label; it was really positive...which makes the whole thing so much easier to deal with nice people," the post read. "The tracks are in a right mess but sounding like an album for the first time in years." The post went on to describe the new tracks as "a bit weird," and took aim at some artists they'd like to stop being compared to: "It's nice to think us old gits have a few tunes in us without sounding like coffee table Zero 7-Moby-chill out shit!!" No word on when fans can expect to actually have a new album in their hands.

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