Chris Portka "The Album Everyone Wants" LP

The Album Everyone Wants is Chris Portka’s most collaborative work, a full-band 11-song tapestry weaving 4 new originals with 7 covers (Syd Barrett, Skip Spence, George Jones & more).

Recorded at New York City’s legendary Sear Sound and Oakland’s Brothers (Chinese) Recording, the album balances indie rock noise with pedal steel twang, knowing sincere balladry with off-kilter psychedelia.

Co-produced by indie legend Jasper Leach (Burner Herzog, Brasil, The Symbolick Jews) and backed by members of the Al Harper Band and more surprise guests, Portka delivers a record that feels timeless and slightly left of reality: a love letter to the American songbook and the strange corners it hides.