Porcupine Tree

[Lila64]

Deluxe version includes a bonus DVD. All of my vendors are out of this version right now. I had just looked it up for a customer of mine

<not a fan, just random information for you

 

[phanan]

Ah, I forgot about the DVD.

Looks like I'm gonna have to go to eBay for that version, then. I can't find it anywhere.

 

[Lila64]

My guy said this title is already out of print. WEA apparently only made a few thousand. My supplier didn't get full shipments to fill pre-orders, and everyone is scrambling trying to find this. Another supplier already deleted it from his database. Good luck!

 

[Axver]

Ha.

This thing is certainly doing better than I think anyone expected. Check out the chart results on the band's website!

Fear of a Blank Planet is already Porcupine Tree's most successful album to date, with European first week sales and chart positions coming in much higher than anything ever acheived in the past. A big thank you from the band to all their fans for giving this new release so much support! The reviews have also been the best of the band's career.

United Kingdom : chart entry at #31
Germany : chart entry at #21
Italy : chart entry at #34
Netherlands : chart entry at #13
Norway : chart entry at #34
Finland : chart entry at #16
Poland : chart entry at #30

Porcupine Tree ... are becoming popular?

 

[phanan]

I scored the limited edition tonight. Had to drive to the nearest Newbury Comics to get it. They only had a couple left. On sale for only $21.99, too!

Figures Newbury would still have some. They seem to have a history with Porcupine Tree and Steve Wilson, as they've had numerous in-store appearances with them and offer exclusive autographed copies at times (like for this release, which I missed out on). So I'm guessing they got shipped extras, although it appears their supply is just about gone now as well.

The packaging is beautiful. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to check out the 5.1 surround sound version. I'll bet those drums at the beginning of Anesthetize sound amazing in DTS.

 

[Lila64]

Good for you!

And Axver, will you have to stop liking them now as they become more popular?

 

[phanan]

Ha.

This thing is certainly doing better than I think anyone expected. Check out the chart results on the band's website!

Fear of a Blank Planet is already Porcupine Tree's most successful album to date, with European first week sales and chart positions coming in much higher than anything ever acheived in the past. A big thank you from the band to all their fans for giving this new release so much support! The reviews have also been the best of the band's career.

United Kingdom : chart entry at #31
Germany : chart entry at #21
Italy : chart entry at #34
Netherlands : chart entry at #13
Norway : chart entry at #34
Finland : chart entry at #16
Poland : chart entry at #30

Porcupine Tree ... are becoming popular?

It would be cool to see them hit the Top 40 in the Billboard charts here next week. I don't think they've ever done that.

 

[Harry Vest]

this album blows.

No, sorry...YOU BLOW. This album is amazing!!!!!!

 

[phanan]

The album debuted at #59 on the Billboard album chart here in the U.S., selling about 11,000 units.

Not too surprising, although it would have been nice to have made the Top 40. But since Deadwing only managed to get to #132 in 2005, I say they've made strides here as well.

 

[phanan]

I got the chance to listen to the DVD yesterday, and all I can say is wow. Hearing this in surround sound just blew me away. I love this album.

 

[Axver]

I wish I had a good enough sound system that would make buying the DVD worthwhile.

But I think it's testament to this album's greatness that both you and I went straight for Anesthetize as our PT representation in the Prog Island contest.

(I was also considering the 33 minute long alternate mix of The Sky Moves Sideways, but I didn't want to use up that much space and Anesthetize is better anyway.)

 

[phanan]

I really didn't want to use an artist more than once for the prog contest, but the way it is working right now, I love how both PT songs I have sound on it.

 

[Axver]

I really didn't want to use an artist more than once for the prog contest, but the way it is working right now, I love how both PT songs I have sound on it.

I started with 6.5 hours of material solely on the basis of "one song from one artist". I hate to think how much more material I would've had to cut if I'd been willing to even briefly consider two songs from an artist. I stuck fiercely to that rule simply because it made my life a whole lot easier in the end!

 

[phanan]

This fall, Porcupine Tree will continue a momentous year of activity with their biggest-ever U.S. tour, a new EP, Nil Recurring, and the re-release of their groundbreaking album Fear of a Blank Planet on DVD-A and vinyl. Fear has quickly become the best-selling and best-reviewed album of the band’s career, and they have already sold out one major U.S. tour in 2007.

Playing larger venues than on any previous U.S. visit, Porcupine Tree kick off their fall tour October 3 in Orlando, and will make stops at The Beacon Theatre in New York City on October 13 and at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans on October 26. At Voodoo Fest, they join a lineup that includes Rage Against The Machine, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Wilco.

On September 25, the band will release Nil Recurring, a 4-track, EP written during the Fear of a Blank Planet sessions. The disc includes the title track, which features Robert Fripp (of King Crimson) on guitar, and "Cheating the Polygraph," which was premiered on the 2006 tour, but subsequently left off the Fear of a Blank Planet album.

Porcupine Tree will also burnish its reputation for producing some of the best-sounding albums in the world when they release a DVD-A of Fear of a Blank Planet September 25 in lossless 5.1 surround sound, as well as exclusive 5.1 mixes of four bonus tracks appearing on Nil Recurring.

Finally, On October 3, vinyl specialists ToneFloat will issue Fear of a Blank Planet as a 180 gram double vinyl edition. It will also include the tracks from the forthcoming Nil Recurring. In addition, a special limited edition of only 1,000 copies will be pressed on blue/black marbled 180 gram double vinyl, housed in a numbered picture slipcase, containing a glossy full-colour 16-page 12x12inch booklet. The limited edition will only be available directly through ToneFloat and the Porcupine Tree store.

Porcupine Tree have earned superlative reviews for Fear of a Blank Planet, which includes contributions from Robert Fripp of King Crimson and Rush’s Alex Lifeson. Mojo called it “dazzling… like Radiohead playing Kashmir” in a 4 star review, while Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times declared it the near-equal of Dark Side of The Moon or OK Computer, “because the six-track, 51-minute exploration of heady ideas is as gripping musically as it is lyrically… easily as strong as any of the band’s previous eight releases, and the most timely.”

 

[Axver]

This is really, really awesome, and the EP preview clip on the band's MySpace sounds quite promising. Does Steven Wilson ever sleep? PT are even apparently coming to Australia, probably early next year. I can't wait.

 

[Zoots]

This thread made me put PT on shuffle. Arriving Somewhere... is still by far my favorite song of theirs!

 

[rushu2]

At first I didn't really like the nil recurring stuff on their myspace, but I changed my mind. I think i was just in a bad mood. What I want to know is when sw is planning on re-releasing Lightbulb Sun and where I can get a copy of drown with me.

 

[phanan]

I'm liking how it sounds so far.

 

[phanan]

I could have bumped numerous PT threads, as they all go back a ways, but I selfishly chose the one I started. I'll kindly ask a mod to edit the thread title, because...

New York, NY - Grammy-nominated UK recording artist Porcupine Tree have confirmed the title of their tenth studio album: The Incident. The captivating new record is set to be released on Roadrunner Records on September 22, as a double CD.

The 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.”

Porcupine Tree’s latest masterpiece The Incident will be released September 22.

 

[phanan]

Disc One

The Incident
I. Occam's Razor
II. The Blind House
III. Great Expectations
IV. Kneel and Disconnect
V. Drawing the Line
VI. The Incident
VII. Your Unpleasant Family
VIII. The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train
IX. Time Flies
X. Degree Zero of Liberty
XI. Octane Twisted
XII. The Séance
XIII. Circle of Manias
XIV. I Drive the Hearse

Disc Two

1. Flicker
2. Bonnie the Cat
3. Black Dahlia
4. Remember Me Lover

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Uh oh. Is Axver ok?

No, but seriously. I've enjoyed the handful of PT tracks that I've heard...be it on DI lists or whatever. Blackest Eyes, Collapse the Light Into Earth, Trains, Lazarus, etc. This is exciting news for all the PT lovers out there.

 

[phanan]

Maybe this time I'll actually get to see them on the tour.

 

[AcrobatMan]

My car has In Absentia CD in it right now..and it has prodigal in repeat mode

 

[Axver]

VIII. The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train

I'm all about this title.

But a 55 minute "song cycle"? Sounds like pretentious shark jumping to me.

 

[phanan]

Steven Wilson? Pretentious?

Nah...

 

[shart1780]

I just listened to Porcupine Tree for three hours.

That's a record. I've never listened to music that long before.

Man, this band friggin blows my mind.

Do yourself a favor and listen to Russia on Ice.

 

[Serena Vox]

GET YOUR FIRST TASTE OF PORCUPINE TREE'S 'THE INCIDENT' - Roadrunner Records UK

The Incident will now be released on September 14th.

A medley of the track extracts has been uploaded to PT's MySpace this evening. Similar to the Fear of a Blank Planet/Nil Recurring previews.

I've got tickets to see them on September 21st.

 

[phanan]

I hate it when they do these album previews. I'd rather they release a full track instead.

Regardless, sounds good.

 

[Zoots]

Great news but you could have just started a new thread. It's a new album after all.

Editing the thread title would make all previous posts seem out of place.

 

[phanan]

Considering we already went through FOABP and the Nil Recurring EP, it just made sense to continue on in the same thread. No reason to keep opening up new ones. It's worked out well with others.