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Portraits of Past - reunited, playing 2 NYC shows, MP3, video
by Black Bubblegum
DOWNLOAD: Portraits of Past - "Implications of A Sinkhole Personality" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Sinaloa - "Seek Harbor" (MP3)
Portraits of Past circa 1994
Before screamo was a filthy word, the fallen but celebrated pioneers Portraits of Past were blazing a trail and leaving a small but compelling legacy in their wake. Thirteen years after calling it a day, Portraits Of Past have re-emerged to play a few select shows including a pair on the east coast: at Death By Audio on Friday Aug 29th and Cake Shop on Saturday August 30th. The band will be performing their entire 010101010 LP, which was recently compiled with five live tracks and the rest of their recorded output (except for their track from the Stealing the Pocket LP compilation which "has been lost") on their Discography, out now on Ebullition Records. Pick it up here.
Both NYC shows will be supported by Ampere which features guitarist Will Killingsworth of the late great Orchid. Ampere has several songs streaming at their myspace. In 2006 Ampere dropped a split LP with Sinaloa, who recently dropped Oceans of Islands on Level Plane. Check out "Seek Harbor" above.
Tropic of Nelson is also on the bill at Death by Audio, and will play NYC again two days later with a pair of ex-Don Caballero bands, The Poison Arrows and Knot Feeder.
Earlier this month Portraits of Past played San Francisco and Berkeley. Video from one of those shows below.
Portraits Of Past, Live @ Gilman in Berkeley, CA on Aug 2nd 2008
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Posted on August 26, 2008 1:29 AM
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Comments (25)
show of the year
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 2:12 AM
Wish they stayed as portraits of past.
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 2:42 AM
these shows are going to be so sick
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 8:56 AM
why more people aren't talking about this, i don't know...
such an amazing band!
Posted by helenforsdale | August 26, 2008 9:09 AM
yes, these shows will be amazing...if i can't get into them because people blogging about them, then i am going to punch someone in the dick.
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 10:23 AM
awesome - the city needs more shows like this.
Posted by un:art:ig | August 26, 2008 10:26 AM
bang yer head!!!!
i think the last time PoP played nyc was the basement of abc no rio w/ texas is the reason and christie front drive. the basement of cake shop is like an updated version of that with a bar ha.
Posted by kent mcclard | August 26, 2008 10:52 AM
what's next? a Downcast reunion?
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 11:09 AM
we can only hope that torches to rome would be next to do reunion. hell i'd take bread & circuits too!
Posted by kent mcclard | August 26, 2008 11:15 AM
'yes, these shows will be amazing...if i can't get into them because people blogging about them, then i am going to punch someone in the dick.
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 10:23 AM'
Straight the fuck up!
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 11:19 AM
When is the Saetia reunion going to happen?
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 11:38 AM
SAETIA! OCT 10TH
KNIVES AND GREENWATER REUNION 8PM
ORCHID REUNION 9PM
SAETIA 10PM.
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 11:45 AM
This is great...a real band. Long before internet hype and blogging BS and before Emo and screamo were
MTV garbage. I miss the early 90's.
Whats next Current? Ordination of Aaron? hope so!
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 12:16 PM
'what's next? a Downcast reunion?'
Hate comes easy, comes easy for you
When pushed, hate comes easy for me too
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 2:25 PM
the gilman shows in berekely were awsome.... you new york kids will love it.
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 7:25 PM
'what's next? a Downcast reunion?'
Hate comes easy, comes easy for you
When pushed, hate comes easy for me too'
shit..i fucked up the lyric.
it should be, 'but when pushed too far, hate comes easy for me too'
i hope kent mcclard didn't see
Posted by Anonymous | August 26, 2008 10:56 PM
this is gonna be great!
For fans of early-mid 90's emo/screamo, you'll also be into Ampere.
Is Kent from Ebullition gonna be there?
When are the VSS gonna play a reunion?
Posted by Anonymous | August 28, 2008 4:56 PM
I have such a boner for this show. And I couldn't have said that when they were around the first time.
Posted by matthew | August 29, 2008 12:34 AM
There was an inch of water on the floor of the Charleston from some weird pipe backing up. POP still played and put on a great show.
Posted by Anonymouse | August 29, 2008 9:42 AM
POP played there last night!?
Posted by Anonymous | August 29, 2008 11:12 AM
They did.
Posted by Anonymouse | August 29, 2008 11:24 AM
bv i am disappointed....why was there no news of the charleston show...tsk tsk....
Posted by Anonymous | August 29, 2008 11:52 AM
bv i am disappointed....why was there no news of the charleston show...tsk tsk....
Posted by Anonymous | August 29, 2008 11:52 AM
sometimes things are better left as word of mouth, ya know?
Posted by Anonymous | August 29, 2008 12:46 PM
the charleston show was great. i was right up front and got to take a nice foot soak in sewage.
Posted by Anonymous | August 29, 2008 5:47 PM
incredible. the death by audio show. never heard this band back in the day, went for Ampere (who were also great).
Posted by Anonymous | September 2, 2008 8:47 AM