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Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree

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  • #122
    Somnus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Somnus


    It is kinda interesting to note that he is saying the Incident was very productive and he thinks they'd make something good, whereas I believe I read a quote from Steve saying when he looks back on The Incident he feels like the writing was a bit tired and not as inspired (paraphrasing there).

    And since Steven is undoubtedly the driving force it's really dependent on him wanting to go back to it


  • #123
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Aye, I can't see Steve even thinking about Porcupine Tree until he's finished touring with his solo stuff. He might take a break then (Does he ever take a break??) and if the solo tour went as well as the last one he might prefer to go again with them before going back to PT.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #124
    Somnus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Somnus


    No. 1 One Direction Fan wrote: »
    Aye, I can't see Steve even thinking about Porcupine Tree until he's finished touring with his solo stuff. He might take a break then (Does he ever take a break??) and if the solo tour went as well as the last one he might prefer to go again with them before going back to PT.

    'So we hear you're taking a year off Steven?'
    'Oh yeah I'm just taking it easy, remixing 4 King Crimson albums as well as collecting a bunch of ambient experimental stuff I've written over the past 15 years and releasing it as a collectors edition.... So just relaxing really'


  • #125
    Delphi91
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Delphi91


    Straight from the horses mouth (sorry Steven, no offence meant!):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCnKzqB7eOk


  • #126
    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,106 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    Delphi91 wrote: »
    Straight from the horses mouth (sorry Steven, no offence meant!):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCnKzqB7eOk

    Yikes Porcupine Tree as a side-project would be weird!

    Also, Gavin's next album is jazz re-writings of his favourite PT songs, released in April. Calling it Cheating the Polygraph!


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  • #127
    blackwave
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭blackwave


    Title track from the new album! Enjoy :)



  • #128
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    It's a nice song, nothing mind blowing. Reminds of Blackfield a little.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #129
    Passenger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭Passenger


    It certainly has a more accessible feel akin to Lightbulb Sun-era Porcupine Tree than the progressive virtuosity of the The Raven...

    Will wait to hear the rest of the album.


  • #130
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Yeah, I think it's a song that'll have to be appreciated in the context of the album

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #131
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    Nice song, very chilled. It's got a bit of a 'pop' sound to it, not meaning that in a bad way I'm really liking it.


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  • #132
    Red Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 397 ✭✭Red Wolf


    Passenger wrote: »
    It certainly has a more accessible feel akin to Lightbulb Sun-era Porcupine Tree than the progressive virtuosity of the The Raven...

    Will wait to hear the rest of the album.

    I like it and there's Nothing wrong with having something accessible. It's place and context within the album could be key though.


  • #133
    Ravenholm
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭Ravenholm




  • #134
    Minjor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭Minjor


    Sounds a bit like M83 to me, more like a track written to fit the theme of an album rather than a single like Hand Cannot Erase.


  • #135
    Ravenholm
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭Ravenholm


    Minjor wrote: »
    Sounds a bit like M83 to me, more like a track written to fit the theme of an album rather than a single like Hand Cannot Erase.

    really like it though. Very atmospheric with some beautiful melodies.

    I love that he constantly evolves his sound


  • #136
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    After a quick listen in work, I like it. Will appraise it properly later on.

    The 2 tracks released so far seem quite upbeat, wonder if that'll translate in the album.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #137
    Somnus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Somnus


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    After a quick listen in work, I like it. Will appraise it properly later on.

    The 2 tracks released so far seem quite upbeat, wonder if that'll translate in the album.

    Going by the subject matter of the album, I expect it will get dark. Plus it's Steven Wilson :P

    I like both of the songs. Perfect Life has a nice atmosphere to it. Getting excited about the release now


  • #138
    Anesthetize
    Registered Users Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Anesthetize


    Cannot wait for this album. The two songs he released so far are really good.


  • #139
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    This interview is well worth watching, talks about the new album and the inspiration behind it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYX_sEeAV9Y


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkN_xcehtrA


    He also talks about Porcupine Tree in the last 2 minutes or so of the 2nd video. The jist of it is, nothing is happening with PT anytime soon.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #140
    blackwave
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭blackwave


    Just had a listen to the full album, have to say it is kickass! Really like Routine on it.


  • #141
    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,106 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    https://m.soundcloud.com/steven-wilson/first-regret-3-years-older

    Another new track...not long to wait now!


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  • #142
    RayCon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,835 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Mushy wrote: »
    https://m.soundcloud.com/steven-wilson/first-regret-3-years-older

    Another new track...not long to wait now!

    :cool::):cool::)

    That's magic .... hope the pre-orders are dispatched promptly by Burning Shed.

    Ears.Cannot.Wait.


  • #143
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    The full album is available on certain sites.

    I do have the album ordered of course :)

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #144
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,957 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Mushy wrote: »
    https://m.soundcloud.com/steven-wilson/first-regret-3-years-older

    Another new track...not long to wait now!
    Major Rush influence on that one, I thought, in particular a few nods to Xanadu. Which adds a whole 'nother layer to the back story, if you know what was behind the original poem (by Samuel Taylor Coleridge).

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



  • #145
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    Like that soundcloud link. I wouldn't be very knowledgeable of SW/PT. From what I can hear, there don't seem to be any major musical differences between SW and PT. Well, I suppose SW is PT, but you know what I mean...


  • #146
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Have listened to the album 3 or 4 times in full now. Really enjoy it, not quite as much as Raven, but that's fine. There's a great atmosphere running throughout it and I think Steve has put together a really special album. Ancestral and Routine are probably my pick of the tracks.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #147
    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,106 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    I am in full support of this album. I do not want to make comparisons to TRTRTS, it bears no resemblance...and it is fantastic!


  • #148
    RayCon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,835 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Despite getting the dispatch mail from Burning Shed I couldn't wait and have "obtained" the album for a sneaky listen. 3 full run throughs now and it is fantastic. It's not a dark as I expected it to be given the subject matter, in fact it's very light and upbeat in places - not that I'm complaining.

    I'm picking up Rush bits, Porcupine Tree bits (obviously) and Roger Waters solo stuff from it .... can't wait to hear it live


  • #149
    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,106 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    RayCon wrote: »
    Despite getting the dispatch mail from Burning Shed I couldn't wait and have "obtained" the album for a sneaky listen. 3 full run throughs now and it is fantastic. It's not a dark as I expected it to be given the subject matter, in fact it's very light and upbeat in places - not that I'm complaining.

    I'm picking up Rush bits, Porcupine Tree bits (obviously) and Roger Waters solo stuff from it .... can't wait to hear it live

    Only 15 days away now, should make for a great show!


  • #150
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    I think this is the most "Porcupine Tree sounding" album of all SW's solo stuff. At times I reckon it could have been releases as a PT album and I wouldn't tell the difference.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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  • #151
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,957 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    After a first listen, well, it's going to take many listens to get a handle on the album. Like the previous album, it doesn't spoon-feed the narrrative to you: what you get out of it depends in large part on what you bring with you. The title Transience might not resonate with most people, for example, but when I saw it I went straight to the Arthur C. Clarke short story with that title. Happy Returns strikes me as deeply subversive, a superficially "happy" song with a bit of a 90s Marillion vibe, but there's much more going on there. :cool:

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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