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returntothepit >> discuss >> Porcupine Tree spring tour by the_reverend on Mar 1,2007 8:18am
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toggletoggle post by the_reverend   at Mar 1,2007 8:18am
Porcupine Tree, renowned in rock music for their dense, cinematic albums, have completed their best and boldest work to date: Fear of a Blank Planet, out April 24 on Atlantic Records. In support of the album, the band will embark on a North American tour starting May 8th in Seattle. [see dates below]

The frenetic, fingerpicked opening guitar riff delivers listeners into a 51-minute masterpiece of a record, modeled, in lead singer Steven Wilson’s words, “on those great old LP albums of the 70s.” It’s a starkly beautiful elegy on the numbness, apathy, and isolation brought about by the constant barrage of television, video games, advertising, prescription drugs, sex, and violence we face every day. The character in the title track muses that “In school I don't concentrate/ And sex is kinda fun/ But just another one/ Of all the empty ways/ Of using up a day.”

The six songs blend seamlessly one into the next, a symphonic arrangement of metal guitars, synthesizers, strings, fat basslines, and Gavin Harrison’s virtuosic drumming. Wilson’s earnest vocals alternate floating high above the instruments and ripping right into the heart of each track. Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson contributes a guitar solo on “Anesthetize,” while Robert Fripp (of King Crimson) provides the soundscapes on ‘Way Out of Here’

Wilson himself mixed and mastered the album, and the stereo and 5.1 versions will be available as a 2-disc limited special edition, as well as a DVD-Audio release.

MP3:
Fear of A Blank Planet Album Preview
[ http://www.thesyn.com/porcupinetree/fearofablankplanet.mp3 ]



TOUR DATES
05/08/2007 SEATTLE, WA SHOWBOX
05/09/2007 PORTLAND, OR ALADDIN
05/11/2007 SAN FRANCISCO, CA WARFIELD
05/12/2007 LOS ANGELES, CA AVALON
05/13/2007 ANAHEIM, CA GROVE OF ANAHEIM
05/15/2007 BOULDER, CO FOX THEATRE
05/17/2007 CHICAGO, IL PARK WEST
05/18/2007 CLEVELAND, OH HOUSE OF BLUES
05/19/2007 NY, NY NOKIA THEATER
05/22/2007 BALTIMORE, MD RAM’S HEAD
05/23/2007 PHILADELPHIA, PA ELECTRIC FACTORY
05/25/2007 BOSTON, MA ROXY
05/26/2007 MONTREAL SPECTRUM DE MONTREAL
05/27/2007 TORONTO / QUEBEC SALLE ALBERT - ROUSSEAU
05/28/2007 TORONTO, ON DANFORTH MUSIC HALL


WEB:
http://www.porcupinetree.com
http://www.myspace.com/porcupinetree
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toggletoggle post by sinistas   at Mar 1,2007 8:31am
Sweet.



toggletoggle post by FuckIsMySignature at Mar 1,2007 9:01am
"Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson contributes a guitar solo on “Anesthetize,” while Robert Fripp (of King Crimson) provides the soundscapes on ‘Way Out of Here’ "

awesome



toggletoggle post by sinistas   at Mar 1,2007 9:26am
Anesthetize is so awesome.



toggletoggle post by FuckIsMySignature at Mar 1,2007 9:34am
I wish Porcupine Tree would tour with Katatonia and Green Carnation... that would rule with epic proportions.



toggletoggle post by dreadkill  at Mar 1,2007 9:44am
indoozles



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