Porcupine Tree - Albumguide og diskusjon!

[Zeph]

Håper eg kan få med meg konserten. Det er ikkje lenge til september! Før den tid skal eg kose meg med bandet Pineapple Thief, pluss diskografien til PT sjølvsagt.

[skraml]

Porcupine Tree The Incident Mini-Review

 

Today I attended the Porcupine Tree playback for the new album, The Incident. Located at a London studio, the 55 minute epic was played through high quality 5.1 DTS surround sound speakers, showing off the advanced mixing skills of SW, easily matching the sound experience of Deadwing.

 

It takes many, many listens to fully appreciate and notice all the subtleties of such a long song but even in a single session the unique Porcupine Tree sound was easily recognisable.

 

Starting very suddenly and changing often, a mixture of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds and Nine Inch Nails shines through the middle section as the “story” of the first song progresses. Intense electric guitar contrasts against “Trains”-like acoustic, interspersed with grand piano which could easily be from Insurgentes.

 

Indeed, The Incident would not be out of place on the In Absentia album with its heavy guitar riffs and swirling Barbieri synth effects.

 

We were only treated to the first song, broken down into 14 parts, with 4 remaining, but separate, songs still to be revealed. One thing is certain, this is going to be a good year for Porcupine Tree.

 

The Incident in the new album from Porcupine Tree, out September 21st 2009.

[Whalecore]

Fant nettop dette.

 

 

 

behold people, cause i bring great news for every PT fan out there:

first review:

OK here is the low down on the listening party and "The Incident" :

 

The Incident consists of 14 songs/interludes that make up the entire piece. I was told that most of what I am about to tell you was forthcoming in a press release by Road Runner, so they weren't too overly concerned about this info leaking a few days early to all you die hard hobbits !

 

So here it is:

 

Occam's Razor 1:55

The Blind House 5:47

Great Expectations 1:26

Kneel and Disconnect 2:03

Drawing the Line 4:43

The Incident 5:20

Your Unpleasant Family 1:48

The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train 2:00

Time Flies 11:40

Degree Zero of Liberty 1:45

Octane Twisted 5:03

The Séance 2:39

Circle of Manias 2:18

I Drive the Hearse 6:41

 

All tracks by SW except Octane Twisted and Circle of Manias which are group compositions (besides the 4 other pieces on the separate ep).

 

Like I posted this AM, I truly do not know what to make of the new PT. It was almost too overwhelming to take in at one sitting, and for me, certainly NOT a CD/LP I could just sit down and immediately come away with a definitive impression of from the moment I heard it. In most cases, for me anyway, this is normally a very good thing, as many of my all time fave records were ones that I wasn't immediately struck by, but I am not sure if this is how it will play out with the new PT, and I did not get a promo copy so I'll have to sit it out like everyone else until the CD is released to get my next listen...

 

Of the tracks I remember specifically, Time Flies (which I mentioned is very Floydian, but still very much a PT sounding track) was probably the most immediately memorable. It's not uber proggy, but it does reference Dogs and Time liberally (and bits of Run Like Hell and Sheep as well), but still sounds very contemporary and cool !!!! Steven told me this piece was specifically inspired by his childhood/growing up etc.

 

The Blind House was pretty immediate as well, retro PT acoustic references, harmonies, with some very heavy sustained guitar histrionics as well.

 

Circle of Manias is the real powerhouse riff monster (along with Octane Twisted if memory serves me right) with tons of Meshuggah-like riffs clashing and crashing along in a torrent of angular time changes and odd meters. This has a similar vibe to Mother and Child Divided, but is much heavier and more angular and f**ked up... Oh, yeah, on this one, SW plays a new Baritone guitar that PRS made for him exclusively !

 

Drive the Hearse was actually a surprise, as I expected it to be dark and heavy to coincide with the lyrics and song title, but it's not. It's more "song oriented" with a memorable chorus and some really lovely acoustic moments backed with some spooky/eerie synth textures and a soaring solo fade out...

 

The other track that really got my attention was The Incident, which is, well crushingly funky (as in heavy electronica funk), this song is twisted and really will kick ass live I am betting... Lot's of weird synthy textures and if I had to point to any specific reference point it would be Sleep Together, but without all the strings. This track is more streamlined and stealthy...

 

 

Sammenlignet med Meshuggah faktisk. Fyfaen jeg gleder meg!

[Aak1]

Fant nettop dette.

 

Of the tracks I remember specifically, Time Flies (which I mentioned is very Floydian, but still very much a PT sounding track) was probably the most immediately memorable. It's not uber proggy, but it does reference Dogs and Time liberally (and bits of Run Like Hell and Sheep as well), but still sounds very contemporary and cool !!!! Steven told me this piece was specifically inspired by his childhood/growing up etc.

 

 

Dette lover godt

[Benbjo]

For alle interessert så slippes det en teaser med musikk på myspace siden til PT i morgen klokken 5.

[gard.]

Da må jeg sørge for å ikke ha noen andre planer da.

 

Høres enormt ut i følge det som ble postet rett opp her!

[Whalecore]

Preview ute.

[gard.]

Hmm.. sitter med litt delte meninger etter å hørt previewen. Men jeg skal ikke dømme en noe etter en slik smakebit. Umulig å få noe skikkelig innblikk i en 55 minutters lang låt av et så "kort" preview. Det å høre hele plata når den kommer vil nok få smilebåndet til å trekkes litt mer enn det dette gjorde.

[Zeph]

Høyrtes knall ut! Umogeleg å vurdere noko som helst ut frå så korte utdrag, men at dette blir bra eg er ikkje i tvil om. September er ikkje langt vekke, må snart finne ein stad å bestille.

[skraml]

Var en smule skeptisk etter første lytting, men nå: ELSK! ^^

Fant forresten en syk video for dere som digger Gavin:

Gavin Harrison - Anesthetize

(Hvordan limer man videoer fra youtube direkte inn i forumet egentlig...?

Endret 16. juli 2009 av skraml

[Speik]

Gavin er en gud, min favoritt trommeslager by far. Han har unike fremgangsmåter og ideologier om trommespilling. Gleder meg sykt til å se han i aksjon på scenen i høst! (Det at Steven Wilson står like ved og spiller/synger gjør ikke ting verre akkurat!)

 

Den fremførelsen på MD Festival som du linker til er enda bedre enn studio-versjonen, fantastisk!

 

Previewen vitner om et veldig ambisiøst og storslagent, variert album. Jeg hører mye industrial-lyder og soundscapes. Dette kan kan være både positivt og negativt, men det fungerte jo på Insurgentes.

Endret 16. juli 2009 av Speik

[mosleth]

Gavin gjorde ein glimrande jobb på OSI sitt nye album, forresten. Anbefalast sterkt!

[Benbjo]

Enig i det dere sier om Gavin. Synes det er merkelig at mange PT fans synes han spiller kjedelig og uinspirert.

[Zeph]

Digger Gavin, han gjer ein fabelaktig jobb i PT. Skal ein diskutere keisamt og uinspirert kan ein heller snakke om Lars Ulrich.

[:utakt]

Jeg hadde gleden av å se Gavin Harrison holde trommeshow/duett sammen med trommisen i Pure Reason Revolution. Fy feite det tok av..

[Tilsynsmannen]

Sygge konsert-aldersgrenser. Dette hadde vært noe å fått med seg, men de kommer vel kanskje tilbake senere.

[someOen]

Surt det der, ja. Skulle gitt eit par tær for å sjå dei til høsten.

[Speik]

Er mindre arbeid med å ta på seg ei lue og låne leg-en til en eldre kompis enn å hakke av tærne dine There are ways, dude. Tross alt PT vi snakker om her.

[someOen]

Så var det det med å komme seg til Oslo.

[Speik]

Se filmen hos Youtube