Album Info

SHISH

Alternative - 2025

Portugal. The Man ringleader John Gourley has called Portland home since the mid-2000s, but his native Alaska is always on... more

Tracklist

1

Denali

4:15 min
2

Pittman Ralliers

2:46 min
3

Angoon

4:37 min
4

Knik

5:38 min
5

Shish

5:26 min
6

Mush

2:43 min
7

Tyonek

4:30 min
8

Kokhanockers

3:09 min
9

Tanana

3:19 min
10

Father Gun

5:23 min

About SHISH

Portugal. The Man ringleader John Gourley has called Portland home since the mid-2000s, but his native Alaska is always on his mind. His psych-pop troupe’s 10th album is named for a remote fishing village on the state’s Seward Peninsula and it opens with two turbulent tracks—the cosmic-rock collage “Denali” and the mutant hardcore blitz “Pittman Ralliers”—inspired by the state’s infamous volcanic peak, Mt. McKinley. Fitting for a record that ruminates on our precarious relationship with the environment, SHISH can be as unpredictably calming and chaotic as nature itself, often within the span of a single song: “Tyonek” begins as a serene snapshot of life in the Arctic before triggering an avalanche of nu-metal riffage; the dulcet indie-pop groove of “Knik” erupts into a fuzzed-out out finale capped by a glammy, fretboard-busting guitar solo. SHISH is the sound of Portugal. The Man doubling down on their refusal to be pigeonholed as the feel-good hitmakers of the “Feel It Still” era, but the album rewards your endurance with the string-swept “Tanana,” an equally despairing and life-affirming anthem about finding strength and joy in the ones you love as the world burns.