Third

I think I need more time with this one still, but this is amazing. Third is undeniably Portishead's darkest album in their career, but the sound on here is completely different from anything else from before. They previously established themselves as being masters of trip-hop but on this project, they go for a more punk and electronic rock sound. I cannot say what moments stand out to me yet, but the instrumentals help make Beth Gibbon's voice more pronounced and make some of the dark moments cut into my ears more than before. No matter how this sits with me in time, they should be commended for creating something stylistically different that still fits their identity.