There was just nothing here that appealed to me, I heard only bad power ballads and songs cluttery with instrumentation and poor arrangements. Even a few years ago when I decided to dip back in, I gave Season's End, Holidays in Eden, Brave, and This Strange Engine all a listen: no go. Having been a fan of this band when I was 14 (and not much after that), I never really gave this version of the band a chance and snobbishly decided they were the pinnacle of uncool, as another thread on here suggests. Although I'm not really a fan of any porcupine tree albums from a songwriting or performance aspect, I do like the textures and soundscapes they've come up with, and Marbles is full of these. ![]() allegedly steve wilson worked on this album and it sounds like it. I will out myself and make the incredibly uncool proclamation that their new album, Marbles, is not only good, but one of the best albums of this year this is not the kind of thing I would ever have expected myself to say. if these don't do anything for you then you're not really going to care for the other stuff. Hogarth- or the self-styled h- also runs a legitimate side project the h band with i think richard barbieri, aziz, andy gangadeen of the bays and you sort of get the feeling he'd be off like a shot if this became succesful.Īpart from AOS which may be worth a download, individual tracks worth trying: Go!, enlightened, this is the 21st century, a few words for the dead. Can't say i'd heard any GY!BE influences on there - the reference points being far more obvious Massive attack, REM, Floyd (Gilmour Waters version), late Beatles. The rest of the time they often spend too long perfecting stuff. ![]() Interestingly this one was banged out as a contract obligation for emi who were intent on getting shot after pouring money into their double concept album brave (the fans favourite, but somewhat patchy). well worth a listen and may just have been succesful if they werent derided by then for being a poor mans genesis. ![]() Whats come out since is pretty much a mixed bag, the high point being Afraid of Sunlight in, i think, 95. There have been 9 albums since the departure of fish - whoever said that was the sound of a band falling apart was pretty otm "if my owners let me have some free time some day, with all good intention i would probably run away" he sings and then promptly does.
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