Belgian duo Portland’s new single Good Girls, is a neat portrait, one that tackles late night ennui. “I wrote it when I was still a bartender,” Jente recalls. “It’s about these girls who would come to the bar and be disrespectful to people. They broke every single guy’s heart in that bar, and I would work there, observing everything. It’s a real story.” More upbeat and straight forward...

Belgian dreampop duo Portland today announce their sophomore album Departures (out March 17th, 2023 through [PIAS] Recordings) and share the first single Sensational.

Recorded in London with producer Oliver Bayston (Boxed In), the lead single is an emphatic starting point. Confident and mature, it hones Jente Pironet’s and Sarah Pepels’ pop instincts with precision, while retaining the evocative nature of their songwriting. It dips into the...

2018 was an amazing year for Portland. ‘Pouring Rain’ and ‘Lucky Clover’ got great support at radio, the band played over 20 festival dates and sold out every show on their winter club tour. 2019 will prove to be an even bigger year…

Their show at Les Nuits Botanique in April is already sold out, this week they are hitting the studio to record a brand new single and today...

Portland became the winner of the Acoustic Monday Audions 2015 at the AED Studios (Lint). This gave them the opportunity to play at the beautiful Arenbergschouwburg in Antwerp and they were selected for Studio Brussel's 'De Nieuwe Lichting 2015'.

Portland's first demo 'Lost Fragrance' made it into Poppunt's 22tracks. There haven’t been any 'official' releases yet but it will be coming soon now!