Town Portal

Copenhagen trio, Town Portal, have spent more than a decade carving out a niche within the realm of instrumental rock music. Fusing angular polymeters with jazzy playfulness and melodic sensibilities of 90's noise rock and post-hardcore, their songs unfold as continuous struggles between dissonance and harmony, chaos and groove. On their most recent offerng, Grindwork, Town Portal team up with engineer Mark Roberts (Delta Sleep, Black Peaks, etc.) to craft an album that departs from the bleak, stringent sound of its predecessor Of Violence (2019), while retaining the grit and heft introduced to the band’s sound on this album. Instead, Grindwork dives into a playful exploration of the raw materials of composition without self-imposed restraints, reflecting a renewed sense of creative joy within the trio. Over the years, Town Portal have released music through labels such as Subsuburban (DK), Small Pond (UK), and Art As Catharsis (AUS). When Small Pond ceased label operations in 2023, the band founded their own imprint, Dream Bureau, to reissue their back catalog and self-release Grindwork. The creation of Dream Bureau fulfills a long-time fantasy of having the band’s DIY ethos reflect in the entire lifecycle of creating and releasing music. Town Portal’s discography spans their debut EP Vacuum Horror (2011) and albums Chronopoly (2012), The Occident (2015), Of Violence (2019) and Grindwork (2025).