Champain

Portland are one of Belgium’s most compelling indie exports. Blending cinematic pop, melancholic folk and festival-ready rock, the band first broke through with their 2019 debut ‘Your Colours Will Stain’ and follow-up ‘Departures’ (2023).

Known for their delicate harmonies and emotionally charged live shows, Portland have earned praise from European tastemakers and graced stages from Rock Werchter to Eurosonic. Champain marks their most personal and fearless work to date.

Champain is Portland’s third album and the first collection of songs written after singer-songwriter Jente Pironet’s battle with brain cancer. It’s an album that wears the scars of recent years on its sleeves, but at the same time expresses an irrepressible zest for life. It reads as an utterly honest travel diary of a wandering soul, from stage to hospital to writing desk and back again. Of falling - hard and deep - and getting back up again. Of a singer and a band who persevere. And the result shows: Portland have never sounded more energetic, mature and rich than on these ten new songs.

For fans of Angus and Julia Stone, Balthazar, Of Monsters and Man, Tom Odell.