Porcupine Tree - The Incident CD

Porcupine Tree, have found a way to incorporate both prog rock's '70s, with its 10-minute-plus suites and bombast, and its more refined, rock heavy '80s, into their 2009 effort, THE INCIDENT. Set up similarly to Rush's 1978 classic, HEMISPHERES, ... Full DescriptionTHE INCIDENT is comprised of a single long song -- the title track -- that features many different movements, followed by a handful of shorter compositions to close the album. Unlike early proggers who favored meandering instrumental doodling over succinct songwriting, Porcupine Tree always favor the importance of memorable songs over flashy solos, which certainly makes the group one of the top modern-day prog rock bands.

Photographer: Susana Moyaho.

Personnel: Steven Wilson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Richard Barbieri (keyboards, synthesizer); Colin Edwin (double bass); Gavin Harrison (drums, percussion).

Recording information: Air Lyndhurst (10/2008-05/2009); The Artillery (10/2008-05/2009); Monkey Puzzle (10/2008-05/2009); Nightspace (10/2008-05/2009); Bourne Place (10/2008-05/2009); Red Room Recorders (10/2008-05/2009); No Man's Land (10/2008-05/2009).

Q (Magazine) (p.115) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a sprawling beast, but for all its occasional spots of indulgence it's a towering achievement."

Track:
The Incident CD DISC 1:

1. Occam's Razor
2. Blind House, The
3. Great Expectations
4. Kneel and Disconnect
5. Drawing the Line
6. Incident, The
7. Your Unpleasant Family
8. Yellow Windows of the Evening Train, The
9. Time Flies
10. Degree Zero of Liberty
11. Octane Twisted
12. Seance, The
13. Circle of Manias
14. I Drive the Hearse
    

The Incident Songs DISC 2:

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

A medley of extracts from The Incident is now available to listen to on the Porcupine Tree myspace page, or the Roadrunner UK website (from 4PM UK today).

In the meantime an audio only version of Way Out of Here from the work in progress DVD is currently available as a free download if you buy The Incident from play.com in the UK.

You can purchase the album at the Amazon.

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