22 January 2013

Today is the release day of 'Pretty Decent Swimmers'! Yay!

Available from your favourite music dealer or here:

Happy Nice Day folks!

10 December 2012

Big Pink Cake All-Dayer



A big thanks to Thomas from the band Peru, to everyone who came, and a happy christmas to you all!

4 December 2012

Happy Nice Day!

We proudly present the first tune from our upcoming EP 'Pretty Decent Swimmers' set for January 8th release. We wish you all a Happy Nice Day!

Big Pink Cake Christmas All-Dayer

Hello everyone! On Saturday the 8th of December Stefan (the singing vocalist) will play more than snooker when he makes an appearance at the Big Pink Cake Christmas All-Dayer presenting a set of brand new Northern Portrait songs from the upcoming 'Pretty Decent Swimmers' EP.

29 November 2011

Roman Holiday





As you might have noticed we had to leave Caspar back in freezing cold Denmark, due to important work stuff. But here's Jesper, Michael and Stefan doing an acoustic version of Criminal Art Lovers:



Stefan and Michael playing an old favorite, The Beatles - She Loves You:

3 August 2011

The fine art of improvisation

Stefan did a little surprise show in the (very hot) merch tent at this years (fantastic) Indietracks Festival. There's a mighty fine review of it right here. Many thanks to the few of you who where able to catch the show, and a special thanks to everyone that sang along to this one:


21 May 2011

Swedish TV debut

It has recently come to our attention, that "When Goodness Falls" has made it on to a Swedish TV-programme.

Unfortunately this video is only available in Sweden, but here it is: http://svtplay.se/t/104061/mastarnas_mastare

20 January 2011

The 2010 Matinée album of the year!


+ top Matinée single of all time (again!). What can we say.. Thanks to everyone who voted for us!

17 January 2011

T-shirts available on Etsy.com



Someone, yet unknown to us, has made some lovely Northern Portrait t-shirts that are currently available from Etsy.com. We think they're fabulous, and have our full support!


29 November 2010

The Matinée Holiday Soirée!


Celebrating the forthcoming holiday season, the final Matinée release of the year is a very special Christmas single called "The Matinée Holiday Soirée", and it is now available on Itunes, and for pre-order at Matinée.

The tracklisting is:
1. Math and Physics Club - It Must Be Christmas
2. Northern Portrait - Leave The Trees Alone
3. Strawberry Whiplash – Santa Needs A Holiday
4. Champagne Riot – Xmas Safari
5. Bubblegum Lemonade – White Noise Christmas.

And we're, again, delighted to be included on an EP with some of our personal Matinée favorites. A new favorite among these, is our very own bassplayer Caspar's other band, Champagne Riot - be sure to check out their holiday-hit "Xmas Safari" too, at the Matinée sounds page.

28 September 2010

Pre-order 'Life Returns To Normal' now!

Our new single 'Life Returns To Normal' is now available for pre-ordering at the Matinée Recordings website: http://www.indiepages.com/matinee/catalog.html?id=076

The single is limited to 1000 hand-numbered copies pressed on stylish ultra clear vinyl and comes with a free MP3 download code.

4 September 2010

Stefan alone in the UK


Stefan will be singing some Northern Portrait songs on his own (including some brand new ones and perhaps a few covers) in London on Friday the 24th and in Nottingham on the 25th. And on the evening of the 25th he'll do a bit of DeeJaying in London as well, at Scared To Dance.

1 August 2010

New video for: I give you two seconds to entertain me

We have no idea who made this very cool video for "I give you two seconds to entertain me" but it is quite thrilling nonetheless.


6 July 2010

Live @ Pop & Merguez

Stefan comments on the World Cup

Northern Portrait's very own Stefan Larsen has suddenly and unexpectedly become an international football expert alongside some quite fascinating people at Skysports.com. Read the article here.

22 June 2010

Northern Portrait DJ-set @ Ideal Bar


Northern Portrait will be doing a somewhat British inspired DJ-set at VEGA's Ideal Bar this thursday. We're on from around midnight till 2pm - See you there!