Port O’Brien ‘I Woke Up Today’

Everything I Know About Port O’Brien

1. The central duo have extra super cool names. Him: Van Pierszalowski. Her: Cambria Goodwin. That’s the first-born sorted if it’s a girl then.

2. Their MySpace biog makes a great deal – and an even bigger extended metaphor – about the importance of the pair’s formative careers on their sound. Him: Salmon fishing in Alaska. Her: Baking.

3. They’re from Oakland, California.

4. Oakland was also home to Sly Stone, Green Day, rap legends Hieroglyphics and rap idiot MC Hammer.

4a. And it’s where The Black Panthers were formed.

5. Erm… She looks quite cute in the pictures.

6. Oh, and their track ‘I Woke Up Today’ is the best thing I’ve heard this year. Unhinged, infectious and destined to be 2008′s rictus-grin-inducing classic. Very much in the mold of Polyphonic Spree’s ‘Soldier Girl’, or Arcade Fire’s ‘Rebellion (Lies)’… with hidden fish and cake influences, naturally.

More hear…
- There’s their MySpace page for that biography, and more tracks from their upcoming debut album.
- An interview with Van. If you’re ever in Oakland he recommends you should go see a movie at the Parkway Theater, where they have couches.
- Oh, and they have a blog. With pics of them baking. And fishing for salmon.