Porcupine tree – The Incident
[Tonefloat, Roadrunner, 2009]
genre: progressive rock, progressive metal, psychedelic, alternative rock, art rock, experimental rock
Album Review by Sovereign
I am not a huge fan of Porcupine Tree, but I really believe that they already wrote some of the best songs in the music history. I always enjoy their releases and some times I get stuck with some tracks of them. I have no bad words about them, I think they are genius musicians and they do keep progressive art music alive. The distribution of the songs of ‘the Incident’ is a little weird. Clearly the epic track “The Incident,” is intended to be the focal point, but in doing so, the 4 tracks on the second disc, which together comprise all of twenty minutes plus change, make them feel almost like afterthoughts. Compared to the sprawling fifty-five minutes of disc one, disc two comes off as something more like a bonus EP. Like ‘Opeth’ PT also join Roadrunner records. I think that the album ‘In Absentia’ is far away the others and most of the times when you listen to a ‘Porcupine Tree’ release you are excited but you get used to it really quick. You get bored after some hearings, but you can’t really refer this to a bad track or an uninfluenced composition. Wilson never ends; his mind is like a river, producing water ideas. I do enjoy also this record , I really like the 55 min of first disc as a whole track and I prefer “Drawing the line”, “the Incident”, “Time Flies”, “Bonnie the cat” and “Remember me lover”.
The album :
porcupine tree incident part 1
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porcupine tree incident part 2
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porcupine tree incident part 3
2009 rapidshare
links
http://www.porcupinetree.com/
http://www.myspace.com/porcupinetree
Songs / Tracks Listing
Disc 1 – 55:08
1. The Incident
I. Occam’s Razor (1:55)
II. The Blind House (5:47)
III. Great Expectations (1:26)
IV. Kneel and Disconnect (2:03)
V. Drawing the Line (4:43)
VI. The Incident (5:20)
VII. Your Unpleasant Family (1:48)
VIII. The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train (2:00)
IX. Time Flies (11:40)
X. Degree Zero of Liberty (1:45)
XI. Octane Twisted (5:03)
XII. The Séance (2:39)
XIII. Circle of Manias (2:18)
XIV. I Drive the Hearse (6:41)
Disc 2 – 20:34
1. Flicker (3:42)
2. Bonnie the Cat (5:45)
3. Black Dahlia (3:40)
4. Remember Me Lover (7:28)
Total Time 75:42
Sovereign
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Πως να ξεκινήσεις να γράφεις για μία τέτοια μπάντα; Μία μπάντα που συνέβαλέ όσο λίγες στην εξέλιξη της μουσικής; Μία μπάντα που κοντεύει να κλείσει 30 χρόνια συνεχόμενης παρουσίας χωρίς να έχει αλλάξει ούτε ένα μέλος του βασικού του line-up (μόνο 2 γνωστές προσθήκες έχουν γίνει και μία αλλαγή στα πρώιμα χρόνια της) και συνεχίζει όχι για να βγάλει τα συντάξιμα της αλλά γιατί πραγματικά μπορεί και θέλει να συνεχίσει να προσφέρει στην «κοινωνία της μουσικής»; Μία μπάντα που έχει από τις καλύτερες live σκηνικές παρουσίες; Μία μπάντα που γαμάει και δέρνει γενικώς;
