New Porcupine Tree Al*** - The Incident
Posted by: DenisA on 13 June 2009
Porcupine Tree are happy to announce the forthcoming release of their tenth studio album "The Incident". The record is set to be released via Roadrunner Records worldwide on 21st September, as a double CD.
The centre-piece is the title track, which takes up the whole of the first disc. The 55-minute work is described as “a slightly surreal song cycle about beginnings and endings and the sense that ‘after this, things will never be the same again’.”
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 feature on a separate EP length disc to stress their independence from the song cycle.
Video footage of the band in the studio working on The Incident, as well as audio previews, will be available online soon. The band will tour extensively to promote the album from mid September onwards.
The centre-piece is the title track, which takes up the whole of the first disc. The 55-minute work is described as “a slightly surreal song cycle about beginnings and endings and the sense that ‘after this, things will never be the same again’.”
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 feature on a separate EP length disc to stress their independence from the song cycle.
Video footage of the band in the studio working on The Incident, as well as audio previews, will be available online soon. The band will tour extensively to promote the album from mid September onwards.
Stu,
No news on formats yet, in fact theres SFA on Roadrunner. When do bands and labels sync up on marketting stategies? Thats headbangers for you I guess
Agree about the vinyl timing problem, so it looks like a tripple LP to me
No news on formats yet, in fact theres SFA on Roadrunner. When do bands and labels sync up on marketting stategies? Thats headbangers for you I guess
Agree about the vinyl timing problem, so it looks like a tripple LP to me
Adrian,
I agree about the studio clip; more a sound bit than a byte (one for the techies there)
I agree about the studio clip; more a sound bit than a byte (one for the techies there
)Here are the subtitles to the various parts of the long song cycle that takes up the whole of the first CD were revealed at a playback in New York earlier this week...
THE INCDIENT (CD1)
i - occam’s razor (1.55)
ii - the blind house (5.47)
iii - great expectations (1.26)
iv - kneel and disconnect (2.03)
v - drawing the line (4.43)
vi - the incident (5.20)
vii - your unpleasant family (1.48)
viii - the yellow windows of the evening train (2.00)
ix - time flies (11.40)
x - degree zero of liberty (1.45)
xi - octane twisted (5.03)
xii - the séance (2.39)
xiii - circle of manias (2.18)
xiv - i drive the hearse (6.41)
Reports from the NY listening session indicate some LBS touches and the dark parts are are REALLY DARK !!!
A reply from one lucky attendee to another:-
"Seriously, totally agree with you about wanting to hear it again now... I am 100% certain this is an album whose best secrets and lovlies will be revealed with repeated listens..."
Also some extra UK gigs
6th December - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
8th December - Newcastle Academy
11th December - Glasgow ABC
Note that there are no Residents of a Blank Planet tickets available for Wolverhampton.
The other UK shows previously announced are:
8th Oct - LEEDS Academy
9th Oct - LONDON Hammersmith Apollo (nearly sold out)
10th Oct - BRISTOL Colston Hall
THE INCDIENT (CD1)
i - occam’s razor (1.55)
ii - the blind house (5.47)
iii - great expectations (1.26)
iv - kneel and disconnect (2.03)
v - drawing the line (4.43)
vi - the incident (5.20)
vii - your unpleasant family (1.48)
viii - the yellow windows of the evening train (2.00)
ix - time flies (11.40)
x - degree zero of liberty (1.45)
xi - octane twisted (5.03)
xii - the séance (2.39)
xiii - circle of manias (2.18)
xiv - i drive the hearse (6.41)
Reports from the NY listening session indicate some LBS touches and the dark parts are are REALLY DARK !!!
A reply from one lucky attendee to another:-
"Seriously, totally agree with you about wanting to hear it again now... I am 100% certain this is an album whose best secrets and lovlies will be revealed with repeated listens..."
Also some extra UK gigs
6th December - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
8th December - Newcastle Academy
11th December - Glasgow ABC
Note that there are no Residents of a Blank Planet tickets available for Wolverhampton.
The other UK shows previously announced are:
8th Oct - LEEDS Academy
9th Oct - LONDON Hammersmith Apollo (nearly sold out)
10th Oct - BRISTOL Colston Hall
Could give Wolves or Newcastle a go - but what about Liverpool/Manchester???? 
quote:Originally posted by markah:
Could give Wolves or Newcastle a go - but what about Liverpool/Manchester????
Manchester Academy, 10th December - the day after I come back to this tub. I knew that would happen.
Grrrrr!Yeah well i forget things sometimes
Keep your hair on man and be careful with that stylus
Keep your hair on man and be careful with that stylus
The band have announced the following artists who will be supporting PT during the upcoming Autumn tour:
Engineers – All UK shows (i'm seeing them next friday @ Bush Hall
)
Robert Fripp:
Amsterdam
Paris
Brussels
Hanover
Katatonia:
Bremen
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Helsinki
Oslo
Lund
Rose Kemp:
Hamburg
Berlin
Wroclaw
Leipzig
Nuremberg
Stick Men:
Lisbon
Porto
Madrid
Barcelona
Wettingen
Lyon
Stuttgart
Munich
Luxembourg
Neu Isenberg
Cologne
Support for remaining dates should be announced shortly.
Engineers – All UK shows (i'm seeing them next friday @ Bush Hall
)Robert Fripp:
Amsterdam
Paris
Brussels
Hanover
Katatonia:
Bremen
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Helsinki
Oslo
Lund
Rose Kemp:
Hamburg
Berlin
Wroclaw
Leipzig
Nuremberg
Stick Men:
Lisbon
Porto
Madrid
Barcelona
Wettingen
Lyon
Stuttgart
Munich
Luxembourg
Neu Isenberg
Cologne
Support for remaining dates should be announced shortly.
quote:Originally posted by Lontano:
Robert Fripp in Paris - result.
Hopefully the crowd will appreciate bobs soundscapes. I'm sure Mark and yourself will enjoy him. He's no stand up comedian though
. What would be amazing of course, is if he joined the band for a number or two 
Samples are now available at PT's MySpace. Later today (4PM) Roadrunner UK are releasing samples.
BTW, the new release date has been brought forward to 14 Sept 2009.
Denis
Stu,
Enjoy, and as always multiple listens required. I can't teach an old dog new tricks, but you might hear some familiar Animal sounds
Enjoy, and as always multiple listens required. I can't teach an old dog new tricks, but you might hear some familiar Animal sounds
Roadrunner promotion detals released today. No talk of Vinyl yet, which may come from tonefloat anyway.
Steve talks about Time Flies here
Also...
Porcupine Tree Meantime track released (flac download)
Deemed too cheerful by half to take its place on the otherwise dark In Absentia album, this track was later pitched (unsuccessfully) to film production companies. Written by SW, and recorded at Avatar Studios, New York during the IA album sessions.
Buy now.
Denis
Porcupine Tree will be featured in Classic Rock Presents…Prog , on sale 5 Aug. A track from The Incident will appear on the free CD. An interesting selection of interviews appear in issue 3 of the new magazine.
Denis
