Pigeons & Planes just released an in-depth interview with John Gourley, lead singer and frontman for Portugal. The Man. The band just released their 8th album, collaborating with Danger Mouse. I’ve included a few cool snippets below, but you can read the whole write-up here.
“I have this idea, that if Wu-Tang or A$AP Rocky or Kendrick, anybody, needs a backing band, we’ll fucking do it! The band’s good, we can jam, they don’t have to practice, I don’t want any credit or any recognition. Don’t fucking announce it, if you know who it is, you know who it is. I don’t need to take the spotlight for them. I like fucking music, it’s fun for us. I’d love to do more of that sort of thing.”
“We’ve made all kinds of music, I don’t know where it’s going to go and what’s going to happen, but I feel confident that this band is going to continue. It feels fresh and it feels new. This is my project. It’s a new band and it’s a new record and I don’t feel in any way like it’s not hitting all the points we should be right now.”
