Porcupine Tree Explain Album 2009-06-17 by Altmer | 34 Comments | [Quotes taken from www.roadrunnerrecords.com]
Steven Wilson, head honcho of British progressive art-rockers Porcupine Tree, explains the idea of the title and concept behind their new album, set to drop September 22, on the website of their label Roadrunner as follows:
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The Incident is a stunning 55-minute musical statement, described by vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Steven Wilson as “a slightly surreal song cycle about beginnings and endings and the sense that ‘after this, things will never be the same again.’” The seeds of the idea that led to The Incident came to Wilson as he became caught up in a highway traffic jam while driving past an accident.
“There was a sign saying ‘POLICE – INCIDENT’ and everyone was slowing down to rubber neck to see what had happened,” he recalls. “Afterwards, it struck me that ‘incident’ is a very detached word for something so destructive and traumatic for the people involved. And then I had the sensation that the spirit of someone that had died in the accident entered into my car and was sitting next to me.
“The irony of such a cold expression for such seismic events appealed to me, and I began to pick out other ‘incidents’ reported in the media and news,” continues Wilson. “I wrote about the evacuation of teenage girls from a religious cult in Texas, a family terrorizing its neighbors, a body found floating in a river by some people on a fishing trip, and more. Each song is written in the first person and tries to humanize the detached media reportage.”
Additionally, Wilson delved back into incidents in his own life that had profoundly affected him, including a lost childhood friendship, a séance, his first love and the day that he decided to give up secure employment to follow his dream of making music.
The self-produced album is completed by four standalone compositions that developed out of band writing sessions last December – “Flicker,” “Bonnie The Cat,” “Black Dahlia” and “Remember Me Lover” – housed on a separate CD to stress their independence from the title track.
Porcupine Tree – completed by Gavin Harrison (drums), Colin Edwin (bass), and Richard Barbieri (keyboards) – took a video camera into the recording studio, capturing a few moments to share with fans. Explore the behind-the-scenes footage here.
Coming to the recording sessions following his first ever solo album, November 2008’s Insurgentes, Wilson admits that the experience of having worked alone affected the direction of The Incident. “Possibly because of having done that, this record is darker, expansive, and more experimental,” he theorizes. “But when I write for Porcupine Tree, I know the sound I’m after.”
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I hope they don't sound like the Black Dahlia Murder now.
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Sounds like it's gonna be a great album. Hopefully the lyrics aren't as cheesy as on Fear of a Blank Planet.
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also, the site is www.roadrunnerecords.com, not roadrunner.com
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he should read J.G. Ballards Crash if that is going to be an artistic muse
what a boring, boring man
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lame
oh wait it's porcupine tree i'm not surprised
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Sounds like an interesting concept, gonna be a good album
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a 55 minute song about a car crash? I see those every day.
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what are you the car crash fairy
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"This record is darker, expansive, and more experimental”
Sounds good to me, even if the concept is kind of stupid.
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now this is just silly
album will be love though
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Well not everyday, just really often. Its like writing an epic about your visit to macdonalds.
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You guys are failing to realise that he's going to be writing about lots of other incidents too.
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yeah and Fear of a Blank Planet lyrics are supposed to be cheesy, their sung from the perspective of a child
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God damn are there some stupid comments here. It obviously won't be an album about a car crash. It'll be about the cynicism behind referring to something life changing such as a car crash (in which people die) with a cold, clinical word such as "an incident" making it sound like a bowl of cereal dropped and you had to clean it up. It will also be about the incidents themselves and their life changing aspects, at least that's the image I got out of that fractured article.
And yeah, the lyrics are propably going to be somewhat "cheesy" since he's writing them in the 1st person like he did on Fear. If you are unable to see the ironic distance on the lyrics it's your fault, not the writer's.
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God damn are there some stupid comments here
Yeah has everyone completely turned into a slimy, pulsing faggot today or what?
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foad
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kill urself HER HER HER
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This is going to rule probably.
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Shucks. And here I was thinking it would be all about Lost.
Next time, maybe.
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This should rule considering the previous stuff was awesome.
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Porcupine Tree has never had incredibly lyrics... but hey their music is good enough to make up for that (I feel).
I don't think that is album will be an exception... no not at all.
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The Incident sounds like a really cool idea tbh
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thank yoiu
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And yeah, the lyrics are propably going to be somewhat "cheesy" since he's writing them in the 1st person like he did on Fear. If you are unable to see the ironic distance on the lyrics it's your fault, not the writer's.
I get the point of view that he's writing them from, but that doesn't excuse some of the sub-par lyrics. To be honest, Steven Wilson has never been an amazing lyricist (Jupiter Island anyone?).
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The old stuff which Jupiter Island was recorded as a part of was a joke.
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This would sound better if it were in the hands of someone who wrote better lyrics. The music will most likely kick ass though.
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lame
oh wait it's porcupine tree i'm not surprised Take it back!
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SW doesn't need better lyrics. As long as he can write stuff that fits the beautiful harmonies and layers he is capable of, it's all good.
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^agreed
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I am looking forward to this album in only a small degree... Of course Octahedron by the Mars Volta was really fantastic. So maybe this is a good year for Prog, or maybe not. I guess we have to wait 'til September to know for sure...
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It seems Mr. Wilson's been watching Lost.
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It's not that stupid, really. The Incident will probably be a metaphor for other things.
And I think PT's lyrics reflect the songs pretty well. They're not bad by any means. I find them much better then other bands in the "prog" sort of scene. Trains, for example, is really good lyrically.
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Take it back!
NEVER!
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Man, lots of Porcupine Tree hate in this thread; this band used to be pretty well liked on Sputnik. I've kind of grown out of them a little though, and others probably have as well.
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I like the concept, maybe I'll finally get around to digesting PT.
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