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Suddenly, Porcupine Tree

I have always been a Beetles, Stones, Springsteen, Young etc fan. You could throw in Yes, ELO, Pretenders, Dead and many more. You get the idea. I bought a porcupine tree album a few yrs ago gave it a spin and that was that. Did not get it. Recently I gave it another spin. Now suddenly I own everything they have done and starting on solo stuff. My favorite but not limited to, "stupid dreams". I now can not get enough of this band. What happened. Did I just get older? Like a "lightbulb sun" going off in my head. If you do not know this band get to know them. Anything I am missing? Other favorite albums of Porcupine? Other bands similar experience with?
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effischer
477 posts
 
I'm a huge progressive music fan, but being an audiophile, a lot of bands have put out recordings that just don't work for me. I have The Incident on CD and Voyage 34 on vinyl and neither are very impressive. Can anyone suggest an album or two that might be a bit more high fidelity?
loomisjohnson
1,526 posts
 
i think of pt as prog for people like me who really don't like prog. what separates them from their ostensible peers is that they (like pink floyd and radiohead) have generally-accessible tunes with real melodies, not just exercises in virtuosity and bombast.
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tostadosunidos
1,096 posts
 
I checked out some PT videos on youtube. I liked the overall sound but found the guitar player to be inappropriately derivative/generic/uninspired. I'll give him this--he didn't sound as if he was trying to imitate Dave Gilmour.
richmon
98 posts
 
I didn't connect with Porky Tree till I listened in my car, great driving music for long trips.

Agree with ptmconsulting that the first three Riverside albums and some of Anathema like Fine Day to Exit/We're here because we're here/Weather Systems are similar bands.
gslone
274 posts
 
PT is cool - I enjoy them a lot. If you wanna hear more prog - check out Spock's Beard. Their latest album, Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep, is their best work ever, IMO. You'll love their stuff if you grew up listing to progressive rock music from the late 60's through the early 80's.
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