Portugal. The Man plays the Earl on Saturday
June 12th, 2009 by Zach Fraser in Music news
Portugal. The Man, Batata Doce and Noel Stephen. $10. 9 p.m. Sat., June 13. The Earl, 488 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-522-3950. www.badearl.com.
Portugal. The Man does whatever the hell they want to when it comes to making music.
Ranging from alternative, to post-hardcore and even all the way to country — whatever the genre may be — these guys have the balls to make any kind of music that suits their mood. Touring in the wake of their fourh studio album in four years, The Satanic Satanist, the band proves that being prolific is their only priority.
“Honestly, I think we should be putting out more music,” lead singer Jouh Baldwin Gourley toldAlternative Press. “It keeps you thinking, keeps you growing and progressing. If you stop and let it sit for too long, I feel like you start to lose track of where you were going.”
Maybe it comes from their past experiences in bands (Anatomy Of a Ghost), their ambitious music endeavors, or the fact that three of four members grew up in Alaska. Regardless of the members motivations or influences, Portugal. The Man has gathered a cult following based on their live shows, dense lyrics and willingness to experiment.
The Satanic Satanist opens with, “Save me, I can’t be saved,” while the album’s closing line counters with, “I don’t believe.”
And that’s how it works for Portugal. The Man. They’ll sing about anything: faith, conformity within the music industry, even Hunter S. Thompson references. While other bands have started taking the easy road to fame and fortune by wearing the right clothes and singing radio-friendly songs that will garner them MTV air-time, Portugal. The Man has stuck to their roots by playing the music they want to make regardless of what anyone else thinks. And in the end isn’t that what it’s all about?
Portugal. The Man, Batata Doce and Noel Stephen. $10. 9 p.m. Sat., June 13. The Earl, 488 Flat Shoals Ave. 404-522-3950. www.badearl.com.
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