Porcupine Tree .

Ogg · Post by **Ogg** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:54 am

3. Anesthetize (17.42)
Seventeen friggin minutes plus!!!

rushfanfla · Post by **rushfanfla** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:08 pm

Fear of a Blank Planet Album Cover - my new avatar.

http://tinyurl.com/2hsyz6

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:52 am

cool avi

....quite scary...

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:28 am

Children frighten you? *wink*

Ogg · Post by **Ogg** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:53 am

rushfanfla wrote:Fear of a Blank Planet Album Cover - my new avatar.
http://tinyurl.com/2hsyz6

I have just (this very seccond!) found two songs from the new album (!) The title track, that I'm playing the now and 'Sleep Together'...which I'll be playing shortly

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The title track begins with the sound of a mobile-phone being used, an acoustic led intro begins before a rather straight ahead up-tempo drum pattern takes over, "sunlight passing through the haze" barks SW before the infectious chorus begins, although it does begin to meander around the five minute mark, finally slowing down at the end only to up the anti then fade away once more. Interesting.

'Sleep Together' begins with some crazy ass synth sounds that merge into a rhythm of sorts, Steve Wilson's soprano vocal leads the first verse before the rather simple but effective 4x4 drum pattern takes the thing further...same tempo, synth hooks and a tricky bass drum pattern fades before returning again to the initial straight rhythm, 'Lets sleep together right now' wails a distorted SW vocal before we delve into a synth led bridge and pre-chorus that builds and builds into yet more of the same...and finally a climatic finish (ooer).

I've read that the album will have a 'heavier' feel although with this evidence it may not be the case. Roll on the new album

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ps: Just found a track on the new 'Yoko Ono' album (of all things) entitled 'Death of Samantha' ft Porcupine Tree, PF's 'Animals' type acoustic with more meanderings...shame about the vocals though

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Oh...My...Ged!
I've just found this:
"Here you have the next Porcupine Tree album, live from Philadelphia. It is a bootleg recording of course, however, the quality is very good, and the band plays amazing (no surprise there).

1. Fear of a Blank Planet (7.28)
2. My Ashes (5.07)
3. Anesthetize (17.42)
4. Sentimental (5.26)
5. Way Out of Here (7.37)
6. Sleep Together (7.28)

Note that the songs in this torrent are sometimes shorter , other times longer than the respective studio versions..."

Must resist...must resist

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Ogg · Post by **Ogg** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:28 am

I wrote: Oh...My...Ged!
I've just found this:
"Here you have the next Porcupine Tree album, live from Philadelphia. It is a bootleg recording of course, however, the quality is very good, and the band plays amazing (no surprise there).

Must resist...must resist .

Well, of course I couldn't but the quality was rather shite anyway. I gave the thing a brief skip through (the seventeen minute 'Anesthetize' being of paticular interest) and deleted it straight after, so unlike me

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awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:06 am

Whoa, Oggy, are you okay? *wink*

Ogg · Post by **Ogg** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:12 pm

"There is now a 6 minute preview of music from the new Porcupine Tree album "Fear of a Blank Planet" available on the band's MySpace page."

http://www.myspace.com/porcupinetree

Speechless...just check it out.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:16 pm

Interesting, Rush only gave us 6 seconds, PT gives 6 minutes?!?!

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:54 pm

and I cant hear it as my speakers arent rigged up the now...

Ogg · Post by **Ogg** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:35 am

schuette wrote:and I cant hear it as my speakers arent rigged up the now...

Nice one Schu...now get off your (no doubt scrummy) ass and sort it out!

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The preview is also available to download from the same page. I've lost count how many times I've heard it the now. Imho only Rush could rival this.

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:32 am

I will

....which obviously means I've still not done it

Ogg · Post by **Ogg** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:17 am

The first published review of Fear of a Blank Planet has appeared in the UK magazine 'Classic Rock'.

http://www.porcupinetree.com/images/CR04072007.pdf

"Rush's Alex Lifeson adds a moving guitar motif to the 17-mnute Anesthetize, the albums heaviest track..."

schuette wrote:I will ....which obviously means I've still not done it

No excuses the now as I sent you the preview

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awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:24 pm

a 17 minute song. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

Ogg · Post by **Ogg** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:58 pm

awip2062 wrote:a 17 minute song. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

Ogg wrote:Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:54 am 3. Anesthetize (17.42)
Seventeen friggin minutes plus!!!

Can you not read!

...and it had to feature Alex Lifeson, life is good

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