The Portlands formed in 2009 and have toured the world with their distinct brand of Folk-Rock n’ Roll. After sharing studio time with Elbow only three months into their formation whilst at Blueprint Studios, they went on to play some of the most prestigious venues in the country on their first UK Tour, and finished with a 15,000 capacity crowd festival date at the end of summer 2010. Press coverage, interviews and radio play followed, including interest from Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes/co-founder of Saddlecreek Records, Omaha; and ex-Joe Satriani drummer Jonathan Mover. The summer of 2010 ended with a trip to Skyline Studios over in NYC to work with Nick Miller (Billy Joel, Patti Smith, Julian Lennon). The band laid down 10 full tracks and 10 acoustic tracks, one of which partially recorded seperately in England and sent back across the Atlantic Ocean. March 2011 held The Portlands’ first headline slot at Manchester Academy 3, with support from good friends - 2010 Live & Unsigned victors - The Lottery Winners, the venue sold out days before the show and luckily they’d already planned to film the gig for a DVD release. The Portlands are also to release some of their New York recordings on an EP entitled ”Peace, Love, Soul” through Dusk Records mid-2011, and are currently preparing for the next UK Tour following its release. The first single of which, ”Three Spaniards”, is out friday 18th March on iTunes.

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