La banda fue formada en 1991 por el teclista Geoff Barrow y la cantante Beth Gibbons que tomaron el nombre de la localidad natal de Barrow, situada a 15 km al oeste de Bristol. Barrow había trabajado anteriormente con otras dos bandas de trip hop de Bristol, Massive Attack y Tricky. Portishead y otros grupos de Trip hop no están conformes con este término, argumentando que es sólo una invención mediática para catalogar su música inclasificable.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
NOTE: Go easy on me guys, it's my first tab... it helps to play the chords at two extremes of the fretboard, to emulate the theremin's bend. one way that sounds pretty decent is to play A#m barred on the 6th fret and then the fingering of (0-0-6-5-5-4) for the F augmented chord. the chorus is easy just remember to alternate the 9th a few times until you finally settle on it as the last chord.
intro: A#mF+ A#mF+ A#mF+ BmF#m BmF#m F#m9
verse:
A#m Closer, F+ No hesitation, A#m Give me, F+ All that you have.
Chorus: Bm And it's been so long, F#m That I can't explain Bm And it's been so long, F#m Right now,
F#m9 so wrong.
Naked, My thoughts are creeping, Too late, The show has begun.
'Cause it's been so long, That I can't confess, And it's been so long, Right now so wrong.
Is it all as it seems So unresolved, so unredeemed, If I remain, how will I know.
'Cause it's been so long, That I can't be sure, And it's been so wrong, Right now, so wrong.