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QUOTE (Gompers @ Aug 10 2009, 10:47 AM) Has anyone listened to "Time Flies" yet? I was able to check it out. If SW doesn't throw out a thanks to Pink Floyd, I will not be happy. It has very distinct moments hearkening of "Dogs" and "Sheep". At one of the listening sessions (can't remember which) he did say that Time Flies was a nod to Pink Floyd. I'm holding out on that 106$ package, if I'm going to spend that much on the album I'm going to get the nice vinyl version instead.

maybe, no one knows yet.

QUOTE (Mandalorian Hunter @ Jun 13 2009, 04:26 AM) So the second disc is like what Nil Recuring was to Fear? I'm a little sceptical about anything these days, and I'm hoping it isn't just 1 song as 55 minutes. If it were broken up I'd be VERY excited. Now I know why some of the UK shows are seated though. It's still up in the air as to whether or not it will be broken up, but I think it will. And the 55 minute piece is only on the first disc. The second disc is the four songs that are completely independent of The Incident, so yes just like Nil Recurring. So the first disc is the album, and the second disc is pretty much an EP of other tracks recorded.

QUOTE (sullysue @ Jun 12 2009, 09:24 PM) I hope "tour extensively" doesn't mean just the tour dates they have set now. If they add Dallas, I'll move heaven and earth to be in the front row. They'll most likely be back in the US around May or so.

QUOTE (Gompers @ Jun 2 2009, 10:03 AM) QUOTE (vaportrail @ Jun 2 2009, 10:40 AM) Well, you want a concept? The whole album is going to be one 50 minute piece Still unclear as to whether it's one 50 minute song or split into a song cycle. Personally I think Insurgentes topped anything PT-wise since Stupid Dream songwriting wise. I know they spent a good amount of time working on this as a band so hopefully there's more input from Richard and Colin on this one than Gavin As long as it is not contrived and sounds effortless. While I like PT from Signify forward, I did not care for the SW release. Can't quite put my finger on it why outside of that collectively I didn't enjoy it. The 50 minute epic? Well we'll yes have to see. Now I like what GH offers and not so much Barberi, because it is too spacerock-ish. But Colin has created some infectious grooves in the past and that is something that Gavin usually gets into to. The move towards the metal sound has hurt that ability to lay down a happening bottom. Yeah, Colin has pretty much disappeared from the albums. SW and Gavin have written all of the lines on the last few albums. and Richard, space rock? Nahhhhhh without his sounds and textures the music's flat. Sadly you can't hear them in the heavy stuff unless it's 5.1, in which case it's perfect. But I have a feeling that the heavy stuff won't be so heavy this time around, should be a nice change-up that they've needed.

Well, you want a concept? The whole album is going to be one 50 minute piece Still unclear as to whether it's one 50 minute song or split into a song cycle. Personally I think Insurgentes topped anything PT-wise since Stupid Dream songwriting wise. I know they spent a good amount of time working on this as a band so hopefully there's more input from Richard and Colin on this one than Gavin

QUOTE (metaldad @ Apr 22 2009, 03:22 PM) QUOTE (vaportrail @ Apr 22 2009, 03:18 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Apr 19 2009, 07:59 PM) QUOTE (vaportrail @ Apr 17 2009, 07:41 PM) Good thing my girlfriend just agreed to fly to NYC with me for (hopefully) both NYC shows and Philly! if ya wanna grab a beer before the N.Y show. send me a p.m. Might be able to swing it, we're flying in thursday morning/early afternoon, so we might have to be right to the gig. If there's a friday show however I know we'll be having a bit PT get-together near the venue, you'll have to stop on by if you're going to that one as well! no friday show for me but there is a bar right around the corner from the show. we can meet for a quick before, let me know will do!

QUOTE (metaldad @ Apr 19 2009, 07:59 PM) QUOTE (vaportrail @ Apr 17 2009, 07:41 PM) Good thing my girlfriend just agreed to fly to NYC with me for (hopefully) both NYC shows and Philly! if ya wanna grab a beer before the N.Y show. send me a p.m. Might be able to swing it, we're flying in thursday morning/early afternoon, so we might have to be right to the gig. If there's a friday show however I know we'll be having a bit PT get-together near the venue, you'll have to stop on by if you're going to that one as well!

QUOTE (The Owl @ Apr 17 2009, 11:13 AM) It sucks that there are no show within 500 miles of where I live.... True, sounds like if they even do come back in 2010 (which depends on the sales of these shows) it'll most likely be only for the major markets again, so no smaller shows like Nashville, Asheville and such like 2007. It seems that promoters are wanting hard proof of bands being able to sell tickets before booking a bigger tour nowadays. Good thing my girlfriend just agreed to fly to NYC with me for (hopefully) both NYC shows and Philly!

QUOTE (naturalsciences101 @ Apr 12 2009, 11:48 AM) Who's familiar with the really early stuff? I mean, anything prior to Signify. I know nothing of this era. What to get next? Up the Downstair, Sky Moves Sideways, Voyage 34, On the Sunday of Life In that order

QUOTE (Fridge @ Apr 11 2009, 01:15 PM) QUOTE (tangy @ Apr 11 2009, 06:48 PM) edit-WTF it seems like more dates overlap, is Kings X opening for PT?? I think they are playing jointly. As far as I am concerned, it should be Porcupine Tree opening for Kings X No joint show, King's X will be the opener. So if it goes like previous PT tours King's X will get about an hour or so, then PT about 90 minutes to two hours. I'm really looking forward to these shows, been wanting to see King's X for awhile now.

Full dates: Tue 15 Sept: SEATTLE, WA - MOORE THEATER Wed 16 Sept: PORTLAND, OR - ROSELAND Fri 18 Sept: SAN FRANCISCO - WARFIELD Sat 19 Sept: LOS ANGELES - CLUB NOKIA Mon 21 Sept: CLEVELAND, OH - HOUSE OF BLUES Tue 22 Sept: CHICAGO, IL - VIC THEATER Thu 24 Sept: NY, NY - TERMINAL 5 Sat 26 Sept: PHILLY - ELECTRIC FACTORY Sun 27 Sept: BOSTON, MA - HOUSE OF BLUES Tue 29 Sept: MONTREAL - METROPOLIS Wed 30 Sept: TORONTO - QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE Sucks ass Chicago's on a tuesday. Looks like my girlfriend and I will be doing NYC/Philly/Boston. Should be fun!

QUOTE (The Owl @ Mar 20 2009, 09:27 AM) QUOTE (vaportrail @ Mar 19 2009, 10:59 AM) QUOTE (Wilderness_of_Mirrors @ Mar 18 2009, 08:35 PM) does anyone know when the hell we are going to see a Tour Of A Blank Planet DVD??!?!? Not until 2010, the band's too busy recording the new album (which is maybe going to be a double album. One 55-minute track and then a second disc of shorter material). Where did you hear that! Source? He mentioned it in a couple interviews recently and also has mentioned it to fans at Insurgentes signings. I prefer it actually, it let's me save up for the Chicago PT show (assuming they play there). Word is that the US tour is going to be in October and be very small, six dates or so.

QUOTE (naturalsciences101 @ Mar 18 2009, 09:42 PM) QUOTE (vaportrail @ Mar 18 2009, 09:41 PM) Nah, I'd say his most creative output goes to everything pretty evenly. As he's said, there are things he writes that's more fit for Blackfield, more for PT, more for BC and such. And yes, his two biggest projects are my two least favorite, but I still love them! Bass Communion and No-Man are just more interesting to me, more variation and experimentation. And I don't hold Radiohead's catalog higher than PT's, I like PT much more but I still like Radiohead. Ok, that makes more sense. What's the bloke's involvement with this group they call Feersum Ennjin? I have an EP from them. I was told that SW had some hand in it.....Oh, snap, son. Answer that question if ya can, but more importantly, do you have for yourself a copy of Opeth's Damnation? WOW! An awesome feat indeed. The release is a perfect amalgam of Akerfeldt's and Wilson's styles. Songs are absolutely awesome. There's something about the structures which remind of PT around the Signify era. Damnation is fantastic! But I like Blackwater Park quite a bit better, probably the best of the three albums SW produced for them. And I haven't heard of him being involved with that group...

QUOTE (Wilderness_of_Mirrors @ Mar 18 2009, 08:35 PM) does anyone know when the hell we are going to see a Tour Of A Blank Planet DVD??!?!? Not until 2010, the band's too busy recording the new album (which is maybe going to be a double album. One 55-minute track and then a second disc of shorter material).

QUOTE (naturalsciences101 @ Mar 18 2009, 07:49 PM) QUOTE (vaportrail @ Mar 5 2009, 08:18 PM) You can hear them all in the album IMHO. I'd say of his 5 main projects PT and BF are my two least favorites, still love them though. And I love Radiohead so I can't agree with ya there His two main bands you care for the least? This doesn't really add up. Does not compute. He'd be the first bloke to tell ya the bulk of his creative output goes into Porcupine Tree. He'd tell ya that if a really solid creative idea comes to him, that he's gunna set that sucka aside for use in PT. All of the superfluous, unused bits get distributed amongst the other projects. You didn't quite think that theorem through, did ya? And, please don't tell me that you think that Radiohead's catalog is better than PT's. They're just so blase', so insouciant in their approach to music. I want to drown the main Radiohead guy with the main clown from Coldplay. On a positive note, I'm very much getting into the new Steve Wilson recording. It's definitely a go-to-sleep album though. I often put it on just before doze-time, and sometimes wake up and the sucka is still on. Nah, I'd say his most creative output goes to everything pretty evenly. As he's said, there are things he writes that's more fit for Blackfield, more for PT, more for BC and such. And yes, his two biggest projects are my two least favorite, but I still love them! Bass Communion and No-Man are just more interesting to me, more variation and experimentation. And I don't hold Radiohead's catalog higher than PT's, I like PT much more but I still like Radiohead.

QUOTE (naturalsciences101 @ Mar 5 2009, 05:51 PM) QUOTE (vaportrail @ Feb 26 2009, 11:20 PM) QUOTE (naturalsciences101 @ Feb 26 2009, 09:26 PM) Tell me if I'm off base here, but doesn't the title track sound like something that was popular on radio, maybe a few years back or so? Sounds like some whack-asz Radiohead or Coldplay melody. And, I'm sad to draw the comparsion, because SW is too good to ever compare him to either of those two whack-asz outfits. I wouldn't quite say that, as Steven is a huge Radiohead fan. Not so on the coldplay end though Have you heard any of his work outside of PT and Blackfield? Because the album has a lot of elements from his other projects (and very little from Blackfield since he writes very little of the BF music). PT recently I'd say has become much more influenced by Gavin over the last few albums, and while I love his playing, the music doesn't have quite the same feel as the earlier albums, they feel much colder since he came on board (except for Lightbulb Sun, that album is 90% pure crap IMHO). That said I still love the last three albums. It should be interested if what Steven says holds and the new album is much more classical sounding, and they ditch the metal sound, which would be welcoming as they've kind of done it to death now with three albums. What else is there, aside from PT and BF? Nope, can't say I've heard that melody anywhere before. Other than PT and BF? Well he has his ambient/noise project Bass Communion, there's the experimental singer/songwriter project No-Man, the krautrock-esque I.E.M., and then his electronic music under his own name. You can hear them all in the album IMHO. I'd say of his 5 main projects PT and BF are my two least favorites, still love them though. And I love Radiohead so I can't agree with ya there

QUOTE (naturalsciences101 @ Feb 26 2009, 09:26 PM) Tell me if I'm off base here, but doesn't the title track sound like something that was popular on radio, maybe a few years back or so? Sounds like some whack-asz Radiohead or Coldplay melody. And, I'm sad to draw the comparsion, because SW is too good to ever compare him to either of those two whack-asz outfits. I wouldn't quite say that, as Steven is a huge Radiohead fan. Not so on the coldplay end though Have you heard any of his work outside of PT and Blackfield? Because the album has a lot of elements from his other projects (and very little from Blackfield since he writes very little of the BF music). PT recently I'd say has become much more influenced by Gavin over the last few albums, and while I love his playing, the music doesn't have quite the same feel as the earlier albums, they feel much colder since he came on board (except for Lightbulb Sun, that album is 90% pure crap IMHO). That said I still love the last three albums. It should be interested if what Steven says holds and the new album is much more classical sounding, and they ditch the metal sound, which would be welcoming as they've kind of done it to death now with three albums.

good to hear. For me Insurgentes is much better than the last four PT albums. None of them have the edge or experimenting that this does. I especially love how he managed to find places for all of his styles of music in there, especially the krautrock and guitar drones.

QUOTE (Mustard Death @ Feb 17 2009, 12:53 PM)Almost everything they've done is really pretty fantastic. Music... and Geogaddi are the right place to start. I haven't heard the newest one, Trans Canada Highway yet though. I'll have to check it out sometime. It's actually just an EP. Their last full-length was Campfire Headphase, my favorite of theirs, just for Dayvan Cowboy alone.

There's no comparison, Family Guy is one of the worst shows to ever see the airwaves. South Park on the other hand, is magnificent.

QUOTE (The Owl @ Jan 1 2009, 02:56 PM) I fixed the problem........never mind......... WOW am I impressed with Insurgentes.......... my faviorate track..............Twilight Coda, the instrumental...... It is going to take several listenens to let this really sink in........but fan-f***ing-tastic album, Yeah, to me the album is better than any of the last few PT albums, much more diverse and experimental, something PT has stepped away from lately. My favorite tracks are actually both on the on the bonus LP's, Untitled and Port Rubicon. On the main album......probably Poison for Fairies or Salvaging.

My girlfriend is a huge Lynch fan, and she's gotten me into his films as well. Have yet to see Blue Velvet, but favorite I've seen so far is probably Eraserhead, with Inland Empire right after it. But nothing can beat Twin Peaks. Haven't seen any of the second season yet, but I'm looking at possible christmas gifts and one of them is the DVD collection of the entire series.

I've had it for a couple weeks now, the deluxe edition is fantastic. The music......for anyone who's expecting it to sound like PT, well don't expect that! There are really influences from all of his different projects on this record, from the beautiful soundscapes to the absolute guitar drone noise wall akin to Sunn 0))). It's very different, but I enjoy it much more than the last PT album, and probably is right up there with my favorite SW releases. It's very ambitious, very diverse, very abstract at spots. The album is also very noisy in quite a few spots, so if you don't like that.....well have fun!