Today Alaska-bred and Portland-based indie outfit Portugal. The Man has released "Angoon", the latest teaser from upcoming album SHISH, which arrives November 7 via KNIK, the band’s imprint on Thirty Tigers.
Listen to the song below:
The song is a critique of American politics and politicians thieving indigenous land, and the oppression that creating borders brings to both human lives and nature. In the lyrics, songwriter John Gourley reflects on the list of objects his father would take into the woods on a six-foot toboggan — some grape jelly, a tarp, and a hatchet.
SHISH depicts some revelations for Gourley, resulting in some of his most candid songwriting, about being raised in Alaska, and specifically the times hunting-and-gathering with his father. And the act of raising a kid himself in fatherhood – his daughter was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder four years ago. Since announcing the album, Portugal. The Man released the singles "Denali", "Tanana", and "Mush".
Preorder SHISH here.

Tour dates:
11/06 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall (Night 1) *SOLD OUT
11/07 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall (Night 2) *SOLD OUT
11/08 Tacoma, WA @ Spanish Ballroom (The Lords of Portland Present Portugal. The Man)
11/09 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
11/11 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
11/14 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour (The Lords of Portland Present Portugal. The Man) *SOLD OUT
11/15 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
11/16 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
11/18 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre (The Lords of Portland Present Portugal. The Man)
11/19 Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
11/21 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/22 Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed / Beyond Hunger Benefit
11/23 Columbus, OH @ Skully's (The Lords of Portland Present Portugal. The Man) *SOLD OUT
11/25 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/26 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop (The Lords of Portland Present Portugal. The Man) *SOLD OUT
11/27 Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
11/29 Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
11/30 Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes (The Lords of Portland Present Portugal. The Man)
12/02 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (The Lords of Portland Present Portugal. The Man)
12/03 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
12/04 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
12/05 Washington, DC @ The Anthem
12/07 Pelham, TN @ The Caverns
12/08 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
12/09 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
12/11 Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
12/12 Austin, TX @ ACL Live – Moody Theater
02/23/26 Dublin, IE @ National Stadium
02/24/26 Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Galvanizers
02/25/26 Manchester, UK @ New Century
02/26/26 London, UK @ The Roundhouse
02/28/26 Paris, FR @ Elysee Montmartre
03/01/26 Luxembourg, LU @ den L'Atelier
03/02/26 Antwerpen, BE @ De Roma
03/03/26 Tilburg, NL @ 013 Poppodium
03/05/26 Hamburg, DE @ Inselpark Arena
03/06/26 Cologne, DE @ Palladium
03/08/26 Copenhagen, DK @ Amager Bio
03/09/26 Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
03/10/26 Warsaw, PL @ Klub Stodola
03/11/26 Prague, CZ @ ARCHA+
03/13/26 Milan, IT @ Fabrique
03/14/26 Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks
03/15/26 Zurich, CH @ KOMPLEX 457
03/17/26 Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
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