Who else listens to this wonderful and amazing band? They're like the Pink Floyd of our generation with a metal edge to them.
If you havent heard them then listen to this amazing song called Trains.
http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1S7OALFX7ACYR31S2V5O25L1IN (http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1S7OALFX7ACYR31S2V5O25L1IN)
Nup but heard heaps about them.Cheers for the upload man.
:)
I prefer Deadwing over In Absentia and haven't heard other stuff that often (even though I have two other albums in my comp). I don't find much so awesome parts but they're always a good band to listen to. Really liking them but probably never reach the top ten.
And I don't know about the "pink floyd of our generation" thing. Even though a lot of PF fans apparently like them I don't see much resemblance. And they're almost next to PF in my playlist...
Fear of a Blank Planet
01-06-2007
Roadrunner Records and Atlantic USA have officially announced the release of the new Porcupine Tree album "Fear of a Blank Planet" in mid April. The album features six (mostly lengthy) tracks, and is the band's most ambitious and cohesive work to date. Much of it was debuted last year on tour to a rapturous response from fans.
The lyrical content of the song-cycle on the album is a 21st century cocktail of MTV, sex, prescription drugs, video games, the internet, terminal boredom, and subsequent escape.
I already have my ticket to see them live in Nottingham in April. They're an amazing band from what I've heard but I need to listen to more of their stuff.
Fuck you for having that ticket yo. I wish i was swimming in cash. Hopefully they won't quit in the next few years. Btw have any of you heard the futile ep. It's amazing.
Thanks to a member on here, about a month a go I discovered the amazing 'In Absentia' and after the whole album was finished, I really couldn't believe I hadn't heard anything by them before... A trullly amazing album by a band I wish I had discovered years a go...
that's how i felt when i first heard them.
they're amazing band. i adore heartattack in a layby and russia on ice... great band. wish i could see them live...
I really love Lips of Ashes and Collapse Light into Earth.
Great tracks.
Though, other albums except In Absentia do not get me on.
not that you mention this album, I have seen them around that time when they released In Absentia. it was a good experience for a young kid, but the albums after that were pretty boring. imo.
Deadwing is awesome
Lightbulb Sun is also really good if you ever get a chance to listen to it. If you like DeadWing & In Absentia, its less metal but still has that Pink Floyd/Crosby Stills & Nash feel to it.
I like them a lot, and they're good doing prog stuff... I can't remember the good songs because I lost all my files, but there are a lot of those good songs ;)
Really good band, In Absentia is tops. I do think they lack something at points but overallt they are very good.
The Sound of Muzak :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Deadwing is my favorite album, bar none. I have On the Sunday of Life, Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia, Deadwing, and Stars Die: The Delerium Years (a comp). The more I listen to them the more I like them. Good shit.
Pre-listen of their new album on http://myspace.com/porcupinetree
Quote from: black coffee on Jan 31, 2007, 08:17 PM
not that you mention this album, I have seen them around that time when they released In Absentia. it was a good experience for a young kid, but the albums after that were pretty boring. imo.
Best av ever.
I saw Porcupine Tree when they toured with Opeth after Opeth released Damnation. They were pretty fucking good live, but I found their albums quite boring.
It's like Akerfeldt's favourite band. I think one of them produced Ghost Reveries. I'm gonna check this out
can some1 upload deadwing
i wanna see if it tops in absentia
it doesnt.
Quote from: siL. on Feb 27, 2007, 06:42 AM
it doesnt.
agree. but anyhow, here's deadwing:
http://rapidshare.com/files/14683002/PorcupineTree_2005_Deadwing_MediaPortal.ru.rar.html
password:
www.mediaportal.ru
Quote from: Zevaka on Feb 27, 2007, 08:43 AM
Quote from: siL. on Feb 27, 2007, 06:42 AM
it doesnt.
agree. but anyhow, here's deadwing:
http://rapidshare.com/files/14683002/PorcupineTree_2005_Deadwing_MediaPortal.ru.rar.html
password:
www.mediaportal.ru
muchas graicas
translation: thank you very much.
GREAT NEWS:
Porcupine tree will be playing shows in l.a. in may. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuckk!
presale click here[/a]
(http://www.porcupinetree.com)
may? hm, i have time to come to LA((((
why the fuck good bands never come to russia((((
[youtube=425,350]io1EcACxOZA[/youtube].
korn = pwned
Quote from: theis on Mar 13, 2007, 11:38 PM
korn = pwned
He's right in every way though.
So they're coming to norway. I is seeing them on July 11th. I'm stoked like Steve Irwin.
awesome
i just heard a sampler from their new album on myspace. sounds damn great !
indeed it does. if you go to thepiratebay.org you'll find two leaked tracks.
and now it has leaked.
First impression of new album = pretty boring.
:-/
sounds pretty bad, like the one before that.
In Absentia and Deadwing are fantastic albums.
indeed they are. I'm digging this one too.
Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
http://grilyage.reslmania.ru/Fear%20Of%20A%20Blank%20Planet.rar (http://grilyage.reslmania.ru/Fear%20Of%20A%20Blank%20Planet.rar)
It's awesome! :D
Quote from: theis on Apr 15, 2007, 02:47 PM
In Absentia and Deadwing are fantastic albums.
;)
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2021941683
fear of a blank planet video.
The first video from the new album, Fear Of A Blank Planet, for the s/t track, which can't be found on their site, cause the video premiere happened the same day the shooting happened at Virginia Tech
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kfqc4o
Ooooh I went to see them play Rock City in Nottingham on the 22nd. One of the best gigs I've been to. Amplifier were the support which was a very pleasant surprise - good band aswell!
I can't wait till july.
New Ep caleld Nil Recurring was released in september, i just found out. It's greatness.
can someone re-up the albums? I haven't heard to much from them and it sounds interesting as hell. Thanks in advance
In Absentia was brilliant. My falt is that it was 1st album i listened from them
After it other things by Porc. Tree don't look great
Quote from: Deadradio on Nov 08, 2007, 04:16 PM
can someone re-up the albums? I haven't heard to much from them and it sounds interesting as hell. Thanks in advance
you'll find some of them on www.thepiratebay.org
I don't like Porcupine Tree anymore. After seeing them I got into them a little bit, but it didn't take long before they bored me to tears.
That's not a good thing.
Around the same time I got bored of Opeth.
[youtube=425,350]krtkPF1OpOU[/youtube]
sounds good.
Been listening to In Absentia a lot recently. Great album I must say. Trains, Sound of Muzak and Gravity Eyelids ftw!
I want to buy the record though. So I might go to Amazon and order it!
I also heard that an album of theirs called "Lightbulb Sun" has been re-packaged, and remastered in 5.1 surround sound. This album any good?
I also downloaded Stupid Dream, but not the remastered version. Good album too, but In Absentia is miles better.
Quote from: mr.sinister on Oct 22, 2008, 10:04 PM
Trains, Sound of Muzak and Gravity Eyelids ftw!
ha, my favourite songs off this album :)
[quote author=mr.sinister link=topic=7827.msg612727#msg612727 date=1224713085
I also heard that an album of theirs called "Lightbulb Sun" has been re-packaged, and remastered in 5.1 surround sound. This album any good?
I also downloaded Stupid Dream, but not the remastered version. Good album too, but In Absentia is miles better.
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Everything from stupid dream up til now is gold.
Quote from: Crazylegs on Oct 23, 2008, 12:08 AM
[quote author=mr.sinister link=topic=7827.msg612727#msg612727 date=1224713085
I also heard that an album of theirs called "Lightbulb Sun" has been re-packaged, and remastered in 5.1 surround sound. This album any good?
I also downloaded Stupid Dream, but not the remastered version. Good album too, but In Absentia is miles better.
Everything from stupid dream up til now is gold.
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Cool. Im gonna buy it then. Does it have a nice metal edge to it like In Absentia?
Quote from: Crazylegs on Mar 13, 2007, 11:24 PM
[youtube=425,350]io1EcACxOZA[/youtube].
What is this video about?
Quote from: mr.sinister on Oct 23, 2008, 07:33 AM
Cool. Im gonna buy it then. Does it have a nice metal edge to it like In Absentia?
no. but everything from in absentia up til now does.
These dudes are gonna release a new live DVD most likely in April and a new album in September. This band is just pure awesomeness = )! And they also might remaster and rerelease the out of print album "Recordings". So 2008 looks like another great year for PT and PT fans.
Been listening a lot of Fear of a Blank Planet lately. It is pure gold. Fuck anyone who disagrees. Anesthetize is a hell of a song.
QuoteThe Incident is a stunning 55-minute musical statement, described by vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Steven Wilson as "a slightly surreal song cycle about beginnings and endings and the sense that 'after this, things will never be the same again.'" The seeds of the idea that led to The Incident came to Wilson as he became caught up in a highway traffic jam while driving past an accident.
"There was a sign saying 'POLICE – INCIDENT' and everyone was slowing down to rubber neck to see what had happened," he recalls. "Afterwards, it struck me that 'incident' is a very detached word for something so destructive and traumatic for the people involved. And then I had the sensation that the spirit of someone that had died in the accident entered into my car and was sitting next to me.
"The irony of such a cold expression for such seismic events appealed to me, and I began to pick out other 'incidents' reported in the media and news," continues Wilson. "I wrote about the evacuation of teenage girls from a religious cult in Texas, a family terrorizing its neighbors, a body found floating in a river by some people on a fishing trip, and more. Each song is written in the first person and tries to humanize the detached media reportage."
Additionally, Wilson delved back into incidents in his own life that had profoundly affected him, including a lost childhood friendship, a séance, his first love and the day that he decided to give up secure employment to follow his dream of making music.
The self-produced album is completed by four standalone compositions that developed out of band writing sessions last December – "Flicker," "Bonnie The Cat," "Black Dahlia" and "Remember Me Lover" – housed on a separate CD to stress their independence from the title track.
Porcupine Tree – completed by Gavin Harrison (drums), Colin Edwin (bass), and Richard Barbieri (keyboards) – took a video camera into the recording studio, capturing a few moments to share with fans. Explore the behind-the-scenes footage here.
Coming to the recording sessions following his first ever solo album, November 2008's Insurgentes, Wilson admits that the experience of having worked alone affected the direction of The Incident. "Possibly because of having done that, this record is darker, expansive, and more experimental," he theorizes. "But when I write for Porcupine Tree, I know the sound I'm after."
Can't wait until they post something from The Incident. From what I've heard so far, it's EPIC.
Hells yeah. Cant wait! check out this new promo pic.
(http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/media/0xoI9rSImwgaMVEDPB_4x2jnTSD7m6xtz515GZWVp4ATId6CrkyUzJ1HaMG6Nq26.jpg)
Quote from: mr.sinister on Jul 03, 2009, 06:51 AM
Hells yeah. Cant wait! check out this new promo pic.
(http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/media/0xoI9rSImwgaMVEDPB_4x2jnTSD7m6xtz515GZWVp4ATId6CrkyUzJ1HaMG6Nq26.jpg)
So sick! There aren't any leaks yet that you know of are there?
Not yet. In July we will get our fist audio previews though. Stoked.
www.myspace.com/porcupinetree
YES. thats sounds fucking awesome!
New track Time Flies
http://rapidshare.com/files/263814591/01_Time_Flies__edit_.mp3
New album is SICK!
you've heard it?
Quote from: Crazylegs on Sep 02, 2009, 12:21 AM
you've heard it?
Yes. Now so shall you.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D71JRNQ6
Hope it still works.
I pre-ordered the holy shit package! So I am gonna wait till it arrives at my doorstep.
This is my favourite band!
Thanks for the link! :D
Yeah. So whats the word on the new album for those who have heard it. Another PT classic/masterpiece?
I'm not to fond of it actually. It definitely has its moments, but they're few and far between. Not even near the masterpiece that was fear of a blank planet.
if they were any other band i would love it, maybe i just had too high hopes for it.
Quote from: mr.sinister on Sep 04, 2009, 11:47 PM
Yeah. So whats the word on the new album for those who have heard it. Another PT classic/masterpiece?
Wouldn't call it a masterpiece just yet. I'm still absorbing it but it's definately a great album. I would put it a tad above
Fear of a Blank Planet but that's just me. They'll never top
In Absentia In my opinion.
I finally decided to check out this band. listening to The Incident now. it's alright, it has it's moments. but I just need to point this out: Time Flies is such a Pink Floyd rip-off it's almost embarassing. it sounds good, but holy hell did they almost lift parts straight off of Animals...
yeah, i definitely hear some dogs and sheep in there. I was a little disappointed in the Incident. It's definitely not as good as their last record.
i listened to the two albums before The Incident too, and I liked them a lot more. I will definitely listen more to this band.
Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
http://www.wupload.com/file/204689083 (http://www.wupload.com/file/204689083)
gracias.
Quote from: theis on Sep 26, 2011, 10:20 AM
Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
http://www.wupload.com/file/204689083 (http://www.wupload.com/file/204689083)
Pickling this up tomorrow at the record store. How do you guys like it so far? Insurgentes was just massive pleasure to listen to and this one seems like its 100x more epic.
i'm almost all the way through. Insurgentes is better i think.
Quote from: Crazylegs on Sep 26, 2011, 04:20 PM
i'm almost all the way through. Insurgentes is better i think.
now i'm not so sure.
grace for drowning is friggin fantastic. i don't know about better than insurgentes since that's one of my all time favorite albums but... it's close.
Grace For Drowning>>>Insurgentes
Its a massive record.
Porcupine Tree is one of my all time favorite bands. And I gather that there are a lot of fans here as well, let's talk about some PT!! My absolute fav album is In Absentia, but I do love me some Deadwing & Fear of a Blank Planet.
I only recently got into The Incident, me and PT have kinda drifted apart over the past few years but FoaBP will always hold a place within my heart.
And Shallow's riff is the shit!
The Incident is my second favorite after In Absentia.
I've been a big fan of them for a while, and I was so looking forward to The Incident when it was coming out. I was actually a little disappointed in it.
In Absentia, Deadwing, & FOABP are their best IMO
Have any of ya'll seen them live? I saw'em in New Orleans back in 2007
Love 'em. I actually view them similarly to Deftones: they're not my absolute favorite, and none of their records would make my top 5 of all time, but they were remarkably consistent with great material for a long stretch.
Stupid Dream, Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia, and Deadwing were all stellar efforts. To me, they started slipping with FoaBP, and that continued with The Incident. Both have skippable tracks and are more "B" efforts. The biggest problem is that Steven Wilson's lyrics have gone to complete shit, to the point where I'm embarrassed for anyone to hear me listening to songs like FoaBP, Way out of Here, Time Flies, etc. I also wonder if he started stretching himself too thin between Blackfield and his solo records.
I do kind of like the electronic direction they took with "Sleep Together," "The Incident," and "The Blind House" and hope to see more of that if they make another record.
i apologize for my stupidity... but i didnt know this band was awesome!!
So.. there's this one song..
ARRIVING SOMEWHERE BUT NOT HERE
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFvMHEQLEA#)
Blackest Eyes = Incredible
Quote from: DJR on Nov 04, 2012, 08:30 PM
Blackest Eyes = Incredible
Yeah, such a great opener and then to top it off, it's followed by Trains.
Quote from: DAFTPUNK87 on Nov 04, 2012, 08:32 PM
Quote from: DJR on Nov 04, 2012, 08:30 PM
Blackest Eyes = Incredible
Yeah, such a great opener and then to top it off, it's followed by Trains.
Yeah, big fan of Trains! I pretty much think In Absentia is a top class album!
Also a big fan of Mellotron Scratch and Flicker! Great tunes! Wish id caught them play Royal Albert Hall :(
In case you weren't aware, Steven Wilson released a new album recently. I didn't like it that much, but this track is really good.
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8sLcvWG1M4#ws)
Yeah I quite like his solo stuff. This album is probably my least favorite from his solo work but I think it holds up very well with everything else he has done.
It scares though because I think Porcupine Tree is going to turn into a side project and be left in the dust. Every time someone asks Steven whats going on with PT, he doesn't look too excited.
It's official. PT are another band on an "indefinite hiatus".
http://www.progrockmag.com/news/porcupine-tree-on-hold-steven-wilson-confirms/ (http://www.progrockmag.com/news/porcupine-tree-on-hold-steven-wilson-confirms/)
:(
I think Grace For Drowning and Insurgentes are two of the best albums he has done (Fear of a Blank Planet being the third in my top3), so I'm really not that bothered IF he decides to only make solo albums from now on.
However, the 70's thing is getting pretty stale. Raven is great, but I don't like it as much as GfD. If the next one is in the same style, I'll be even less excited. (Though it will probably be good)