Union 5-3992 Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Studio album number 8, the Ocho! How time flies; The Raven still feels new to me and that's now 12 years old. It's cool that he's returning to a new space themed concept album with two epic tracks. He's turning back to prog but I imagine it'll have a bit of electronic stuff he's had in his last two albums. Tracklist: 1. OBJECTS OUTLIVE US (23.17) 2. THE OVERVIEW (18.27)
Union 5-3992 Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 A little bummed he changed the album cover from the original concept: The new cover looks more like a back cover than a proper album cover.
Nova Carmina Posted January 13 Posted January 13 1 minute ago, Union 5-3992 said: A little bummed he changed the album cover from the original concept: The new cover looks more like a back cover than a proper album cover. Yeah, you're right about that . . .
treeduck Posted January 13 Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Union 5-3992 said: Studio album number 8, the Ocho! How time flies; The Raven still feels new to me and that's now 12 years old. It's cool that he's returning to a new space themed concept album with two epic tracks. He's turning back to prog but I imagine it'll have a bit of electronic stuff he's had in his last two albums. Tracklist: 1. OBJECTS OUTLIVE US (23.17) 2. THE OVERVIEW (18.27) Which version have you ordered?
Union 5-3992 Posted January 14 Author Posted January 14 4 hours ago, treeduck said: Which version have you ordered? I ordered a CD + Black LP copy off Amazon. I'd buy the red vinyl from Townsend but I've seen them muck up a lot of their releases. Plus the Amazon LP appears mispriced at $15 USD atm. I've been picking up a lot of new vinyl when it fits neatly on one LP vs spreading out a 50 minute album across two discs. 1
zepphead Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Hopefully (from my perspective) more emphasis on the 'Proggier' side of things! 1
bluefox4000 Posted January 14 Posted January 14 excited for this. LOVED and still love Harmony Codex. and this one looks like classic prog. but ya never know with him. Mick 2
Union 5-3992 Posted January 14 Author Posted January 14 (edited) 1 hour ago, bluefox4000 said: excited for this. LOVED and still love Harmony Codex. and this one looks like classic prog. but ya never know with him. Mick The trailers are pretty promising. I can't imagine he'll be dropping any singles for this: Edited January 14 by Union 5-3992 1
treeduck Posted January 14 Posted January 14 This better be a more heavy metal-style album this time. 2
That One Guy Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Looking forward to this. I appreciate him putting out two albums in 18 months, seems like a rarity now 2
The Analog Cub Posted January 16 Posted January 16 On 1/14/2025 at 10:47 AM, bluefox4000 said: excited for this. LOVED and still love Harmony Codex. and this one looks like classic prog. but ya never know with him. Mick I didn't hate The Future Bites and liked a lot of parts of the songs, but overall it felt more like an experiment than a success. The Harmony Codex was for me, a 10/10 album and the best thing he'd done since Hand Cannot Erase. I'm jazzed for this new album. 2
bluefox4000 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 14 minutes ago, The Analog Cub said: I didn't hate The Future Bites and liked a lot of parts of the songs, but overall it felt more like an experiment than a success. The Harmony Codex was for me, a 10/10 album and the best thing he'd done since Hand Cannot Erase. I'm jazzed for this new album. i wasn't huge on TFB i thought his no guitar mandate was......as a fan........dumb. Harmony Codex immediatly brought back the guitars. they weren't all over but they were there. It felt like the Steven Wilson i became a fan of. Mick
Union 5-3992 Posted January 16 Author Posted January 16 4 hours ago, bluefox4000 said: i wasn't huge on TFB i thought his no guitar mandate was......as a fan........dumb. Harmony Codex immediatly brought back the guitars. they weren't all over but they were there. It felt like the Steven Wilson i became a fan of. Mick ` I'm not against him wanting to experiment without guitars. He said if Porcupine Tree were to make more music, he'd hope it sounds like Walk The Plank. I'd fully welcome an experimental album like that. 1
The Analog Cub Posted January 16 Posted January 16 4 minutes ago, Union 5-3992 said: ` I'm not against him wanting to experiment without guitars. He said if Porcupine Tree were to make more music, he'd hope it sounds like Walk The Plank. I'd fully welcome an experimental album like that. No guitars wasn't my main problem with TFB, which again I can generally enjoy. I didn't like how R&B/poppy he got on stuff like Eminent Sleaze or King Ghost. I loved what he did with the electronic effects in general and some of the other songs like Personal Shopper or 12 Things I Forgot had some really good parts. Walk The Plank was a really interesting one. Barbieri always has the magic touch.
Union 5-3992 Posted January 16 Author Posted January 16 4 minutes ago, The Analog Cub said: No guitars wasn't my main problem with TFB, which again I can generally enjoy. I didn't like how R&B/poppy he got on stuff like Eminent Sleaze or King Ghost. I loved what he did with the electronic effects in general and some of the other songs like Personal Shopper or 12 Things I Forgot had some really good parts. Walk The Plank was a really interesting one. Barbieri always has the magic touch. The B-sides are the tracks that really shined and they went even further into electronica. A pity those never made the final cut. I recently listened to a Barbieri solo album (Lumen). It showed me just how much integral Barbieri is to PT's sound. It almost tricked me into thinking I was listening to their earlier material.
treeduck Posted January 17 Posted January 17 18 hours ago, Union 5-3992 said: The B-sides are the tracks that really shined and they went even further into electronica. A pity those never made the final cut. I recently listened to a Barbieri solo album (Lumen). It showed me just how much integral Barbieri is to PT's sound. It almost tricked me into thinking I was listening to their earlier material. And don't forget to grab this in February: 1
grep Posted January 18 Posted January 18 On 1/17/2025 at 12:56 PM, treeduck said: And don't forget to grab this in February: Those first 2 albums were pretty good. The mid 80's were so much fun.... 1
treeduck Posted January 18 Posted January 18 1 hour ago, grep said: Those first 2 albums were pretty good. The mid 80's were so much fun.... I've got those first two and the others on vinyl but no CD versions of the other three. Jason Becker plays guitar on the 1991 album.
treeduck Posted January 24 Posted January 24 I'm hoping with this new album SW will turn this thread into the new hard rock and heavy metal area of the forum, where all the denim and leather clad TRFers reside, giving voice to their heavy metal prayers and proverbs.
Todem Posted February 8 Posted February 8 (edited) Super Deluxe ordered. Headphones ready for lift off. Dissappointed he ignored Floirda yet again. Porcupine Tree needs to tour again and be a lot more extensive. He has legions of fans in the South. Loved The Harmony Codex and it was a return to form after his last solo electronic album fell real flat with me. Edited February 8 by Todem
Mr. Not Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Sad to see it's just two epics to be honest. Grace For Drowning was almost 2 hours long for reference (OK, I guess including the Raider II demo in that is cheating - but all the other outtakes are just as good as the first two album parts) :) Excited not only that it's a return to Prog, but to space rock - Up The Downstair anyone? Yeah, I know it'll be completely different... All else fails, just a couple more years until we have fully convincing AI generated music for all our once-favorite musicians. This is pretty good, almost there:
Union 5-3992 Posted February 18 Author Posted February 18 This was a cool interview https://www.nme.com/news/music/steven-wilson-interview-overview-space-porcupine-tree-new-music-coldplay-prog-tour-3839022 Looks like there may be more music out of Porcupine Tree since he's jamming with Gavin and Richard. 2
Union 5-3992 Posted March 15 Author Posted March 15 Holy cow this a beast. I'm working my way through the second playthrough and this is a wonderful continuation of the stuff he was exploring on The Harmony Codex 2
Tony R Posted March 15 Posted March 15 Not 100% sure how much I like it yet. Seems to me he’s trying to make DSOTM for the 21st Century. 1
Union 5-3992 Posted March 15 Author Posted March 15 That falsetto came in in the first track almost like a jumpscare. 1
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