Portamento received mixed reviews. Review aggregator
Metacritic assigned an average critic score of 64 out of 100 based on 22 reviews.[13] Helen Clarke of
musicOMH gave the album four out of five stars, saying, "With their second album The Drums are more absorbing than ever, and have created a record that will last far longer than their first."[14] Mike Williams of NME wrote, "With a little more self-censorship and less browbeating we'd be looking at one of the albums of the year," awarding the record 7/10.[15]
Singles
"Money" is the
lead single taken from Portamento. The single was released as a
digital download in the
United Kingdom on September 4, 2011. "How It Ended" was the second single released in the UK on 3 October 2011. "Days" was the third single from the album released in the UK on February 27, 2012.
Portamento received mixed reviews. Review aggregator
Metacritic assigned an average critic score of 64 out of 100 based on 22 reviews.[13] Helen Clarke of
musicOMH gave the album four out of five stars, saying, "With their second album The Drums are more absorbing than ever, and have created a record that will last far longer than their first."[14] Mike Williams of NME wrote, "With a little more self-censorship and less browbeating we'd be looking at one of the albums of the year," awarding the record 7/10.[15]
Singles
"Money" is the
lead single taken from Portamento. The single was released as a
digital download in the
United Kingdom on September 4, 2011. "How It Ended" was the second single released in the UK on 3 October 2011. "Days" was the third single from the album released in the UK on February 27, 2012.