It should come as no surprise to many of you that I am a gigantic fan of the band Portishead. I’ve been following them since their debut release Dummy, and even snagged a random 12″ vinyl set of UNKLE tracks that featured a collaboration with Portishead. Yeah, I really dig them. The band took a long break after the release of their live album in 1998, finally returning in 2008 with their jawdroppingly amazing third studio album, which was even titled Third. Although they have been working in the studio on a new disc, we’ll just have to wait and see if and when it ever surfaces. Fingers crossed that it will be sooner than later.

A good sign about progress being made did appear recently, as the band has offered up a new song titled “Chase The Tear” (as in tearing paper, not tears from your eyes) to Amnesty International. The track was released today, which is International Human Rights Day, and is available for purchase at 7 Digital. All proceeds benefit Amnesty International. Portishead released a video to accompany the song, which you can check out below.

Portishead - Chase The Tear from Mintonfilm on Vimeo.