I just bought a fantastic 4 track EP by Northern Portrait, The Smiths, The Sundays and the Trashcan Sinatras are all in the mix...that good. All the tracks are really strong which is unusual these days for a single release.
http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=298828
I think most of the ep is on their myspace
http://www.myspace.com/northernportrait

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u19/AnOldCobbler/northernportrait.jpg

That was surprisingly excellent. Ta for the recommendation. When I went to their Myspace, the first thing I thought was 'The Sundays', but then it broadened out. Very good.


Peter

That was surprisingly excellent. Ta for the recommendation. When I went to their Myspace, the first thing I thought was 'The Sundays', but then it broadened out. Very good.


Peter

I'm glad you enjoyed it Peter, all the songs up on their profile sound really great...i'm really looking forward to hearing the album later this year.
Cheers!

Here's a track not on the EP but featured on their myspace page.
It's called 'I Give You Two Seconds To Entertain Me'.
No pressure there then, great song..

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=3BC4BA8958C283DD

This Band is really charming!!!

Here you are the song "CRAZY"!!! :)
The first single of this E.P!!

http://rapidshare.com/files/107591704/Northern_Portrait_-_Crazy.rar

Enjoy Them, They are the best I heard this year, I'm sure!!! :guitar:

This Band is really charming!!!

Here you are the song "CRAZY"!!! :)
The first single of this E.P!!

http://rapidshare.com/files/107591704/Northern_Portrait_-_Crazy.rar

Enjoy Them, They are the best I heard this year, I'm sure!!! :guitar:


thank you Mozzboy, i'm sure people on here appreciate it.

I Know Charlie!!!
This band is really great!!

Greetings to everyone here!! :)

Thanks for that! Great name--and cover too. Wonder if the cover for 'Fallen Aristocracy' was 'borrowed' from some a certain time or place.

Thanks for that! Great name--and cover too. Wonder if the cover for 'Fallen Aristocracy' was 'borrowed' from some a certain time or place.

Hello HBR.
Yeah it certainly doesn't look staged..quite random.
The whole package is rather fine, i hope they can carry an album off to the same standards...that's the big test.
Take care!

thanks for the intro to some new music.

some people post stuff that the entire universe heard back in 1984 around here and it baffles me.

Friends!! here's the song "The Fallen Aristocracy".

Enjoy!!! :)

http://rapidshare.com/files/108381946/Northern_Portrait_-_The_Fallen_Aristocracy.rar

Kisses!!

I got a chance to listen to the track Crazy and really enjoyed it..The cover art is also fantastic..I will be ordering this one..cheers

http://www.indiepages.com/matinee/artists.html?id=41

btw..here is the link to buy the EP in the United States.

Thanks for that! Great name--and cover too. Wonder if the cover for 'Fallen Aristocracy' was 'borrowed' from some a certain time or place.

The person in the photo is Palle Sørensen (http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palle_S%C3%B8rensen) who in 1965 shot and killed 4 policemen in Copenhagen.

He's still alive and no longer in prison, and the story is that Stefan (Northern Portrait frontman) one day thought he saw Palle Sørensen at his local supermarket. He went home, googled his name, found the photo (and realized that it actually WAS him) and liked it so much that he downloaded it. When he wanted to use it as cover for the EP, he had to contact Palle Sørensen to get his permission to use it, which he immediately granted.

News on the album is that it's progressing, although very slowly!

I see they are playing a Pop Festival in San Francisco in May..never been there and I love this band so I may take the trip out.

http://www.sfpopfest.com/

I demand an album, please.

Are you going to see any of their UK dates?

I demand an album, please.

Are you going to see any of their UK dates?

I'm hopefully going to the Indietracks festival in July and they're playing there.
http://www.indietracks.co.uk/

I hope you get to see them.

I spoke to the guys on e-mail last night..Looks like they are setting up a little west coast tour around the time of the Pop festival..We might head out there for a little vacation and check out a show or two.

And hopefully not just the big cities on the west coast. :straightface:

I'll let you know the cities when I get home..Just booked my trip for San Fran from May 20-26 so I will finally get to see Northern Portrait live :guitar:

And hopefully not just the big cities on the west coast. :straightface:

Thank you. :)

Word is that their plans are to go to Portland, Seattle, LA, Santa Barbara, Sacramento, Oxnard and perhaps San Diego in May and that dates should be announced shortly..I'm hopeing we can catch at least one more date besides San Fran.

Also the album is almost done..Just finishing up some vocals..

Here are the updated dates as listed on their myspace page..We are leaving San Fran early on the 26th..I'll have to see if its possible to get a bus or train from San Fran to Sacramento in order to catch the show at the Old Ironside.

May 23 2009 8:00P
San Francisco Pop Fest San Francisco
May 25 2009 8:00P
Old Ironside Sacramento, CA
May 28 2009 8:00P
The Knitting Factory Los Angeles, CA
May 29 2009 8:00P
The Kenji Shack Oxnard, CA
May 30 2009 8:00P
Reds Tapas and Wine Bar Santa Barbara, CA

A couple of Northern Portrait live videos:

http://stytzer.blogspot.com/2009/05/northern-portrait-live.html

A couple of Northern Portrait live videos:

http://stytzer.blogspot.com/2009/05/northern-portrait-live.html

Awesome, these are the vids I took! The gig was great!!! I spoke to the guys afterward and they were really nice as well.

There are more that have just been put up that were taken by a member of The Candy Twins (who also played that night): http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=52D1DC70C69C56BF

Stefan (the frontman) is the nicest bloke!
http://stytzer.blogspot.com/2009/01/40.html

Northern Portrait were fantastic tonight in their US debut..I'll post the audio and video when I get back home..My gf interviewed them for her blog..Top lads, the lot of them :thumb:

Looks like the album is ready to go on the excellent Matinee label.

http://indiepages.com/matinee/catalog.html?id=cd054

No 'I Give You Two Seconds To Entertain Me' which i find a bit odd.

Finally, finally, finally!

Looks like the album is ready to go on the excellent Matinee label.

http://indiepages.com/matinee/catalog.html?id=cd054

No 'I Give You Two Seconds To Entertain Me' which i find a bit odd.

Very odd indeed, their best song so far, IMO.

From what I've read they sound pretty good, however their Myspace music bit says 'Error' at the moment so I'll have to have a listen later. If it takes my fancy I might well get the album. :thumb:

i just got this a few weeks ago and indeed it is amazing :thumb:

i just got this a few weeks ago and indeed it is amazing :thumb:

The album or the EP'S Bob?