I have never heard so much truth when it comes to making songs until this. It amazes me that with Steven's skills as a producer, he couldn't care less about perfection and strives for personality. We need more of that in the age of pitch correction and quantizing.

@BigWill2k

2 жыл бұрын

I think he might be someone who battles with his perfectionism, in the way that sometimes his band members have to tell him the first take was the best!

Guys, this might be one of your best. I binged-listened it the last 48 hours are so. Now I am a little ...filled up...and maybe need a day or two before I can listen to it again. But, holy shit! I am so happy! And the best thing about that, as every PT-Fan knows: The REAL growing is yet to come and will last quite a while. So: Welcome back, my favourite dark magicians! Please, continue!

Bought the 2 days ago...it's great, different from everything else. To bone the bone is just superb though.

Some people have commented that the album sounds different because Colin isnt on there, and though thats a valid point, I do feel Colin (I love him and his contribution to the band in the past) is the only one in the band that's replaceable. Obviously Steven is the core of the band, but Gavin is instrumental to the band as well and by god Richard is SO much part of the whole feel and vibe of the music. I can't imagine PT without any of these three, they're still very much PT. I don't think it would be Porcupine Tree WITH Colin but WITHOUT Gavin or Richard. Also, to be fair, Steven is an amazing bass player in his own right. Colin wouldnt have come up with that opening riff on Harridan. (of course he wouldve come up with other lovely stuff, again Colin is an amazing bass player and he wrote amazingly catchy bass parts for PT, but he isnt as integral to the band as the other guys in my opinion).

@replicated

2 жыл бұрын

I never thought I'd say this, but Wilson is now one of my most inspiring bass players. Playing it like a guitar really brought out a new dynamic in PT's songwriting and I love it. Correct me if I am wrong, maybe some of PT's best and memorable basslines. First time I heard Rat's Return, I thought to myself that I want to put down my guitar for a while and pick up my dusty bass.

@doggity5149

2 жыл бұрын

@@replicated I wouldnt say Steven inspires me as a bass player, but yeah, in a sense it's always inpiring to hear your heroes play other instruments. I'm a guitarist myself, and made a switch one time to really learn bass, but I really like the fingering style of playing bass. So I gravitate more to the likes of Geddy Lee, John Entwhistle or even Les Claypool. I'm nowhere NEAR those guys or even came close, but I did make it a point to learn to play bass without using a plectrum. Having said that, Steven has amazing technique with a plectrum, but not only that, he has always had a real good feel for bass composition, and that last fact is what inspires me most of all.

@replicated

2 жыл бұрын

@@doggity5149 I tried to avoid "best" for that reason, because all the greats you mention are my all time faves and to get to their level, finger style is another animal, especially with my skill level. To do what SW did with a pick, kinda made me realize that some really cool stuff could be done with a pick and that bass isn't necessarily off limits to us pick-using guitarists. I know there are great bassists that use pick, but the stuff off this new album just makes you go "hell yeah, that's frickin' groovy." Probably the biggest surprise from the new album, really, is just how groovy some of these riffs are.

@doggity5149

2 жыл бұрын

@@replicated totally agree with you on that one. It is refreshing from time to time to hear plectrum based bass players, because there aren't a lot to be honest. The only ones I can think of on the top of my head are Mike Rutherford and Chris Squire. The latter is of course praised as a unique and great bass player, but Rutherford is in my opinion a vastly underrated bass player, and he used a pic as well. Anyway, keep on playing my man, I'm just so happy we're now living in a world where we're even discussing the bass playing on a new Porcupine Tree album. 2 years ago I would've never predicted that. I honestly thought Steven was going full on solo forever. And what an album they've made. I'm growing to like it more and more, as a good album should. Instant gratification leads to premature burnout, but this album is just the perfect marriage (like so many of their albums) between catchyness and intricateness/obscurity. I'm over the moon.