Re: Porcupine Tree (was Re: Mumpbeak)

Blackfield! Right! It's the second album. I was surprised how much did stick in my head after giving it a few spins. Don't know why I never picked up the first. 

Dave

> On Oct 9, 2013, at 4:41 PM, "JoEllen Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I can't say that I agree that they got more 'poppy' after Signify...I do love that record but it still didn't feel as fully realized or dynamic as to what was yet to come...I feel that branched out a lot more on the later records...but I still love Signify...when I think of their 'poppy' period I think more of Stupid Dream or Lightbulb Sun...both of which I love...either was you can't go wrong...and yes,he def had a Gilmour/Floyd fascination early on but broke free of it...
> 
> Yes,he produced and played on 3 records with Opeth...Blackwater Park,Damnation and Deliverance....all incredible records...
> 
> @Dave-You are referring to Blackfield...that is his project with Israeli musician Aviv Geffen...now we are talking more in the pop vein...the first 2 were excellent...the 3rd and 4th didn't have nearly as much SW contribution...those first two had some great emotionally charged melodic pop on them though...
> 
> and yes that is the same Bass Communion...
> 
> --- In [email protected], "Alan Blattberg" <alanb@...> wrote:
> >
> > "Signify" is my favorite PT album. It is their rocking-est, most King
> > Crimson-lineup-III-y. The albums after that grew more poppy and, while I
> > still like them, I missed that album's `edge'.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > PT's earlier work was more in the realm of sprawling space-rock. You can
> > tell how much Steven Wilson admired David Gilmour. "The Sky Moves Sideways"
> > is a fantastic example of that period.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Wilson also became very involved with Swedish progressive metal band Opeth.
> > He produced and played on a number of their later albums (starting, I
> > believe, with "Damnation," a great `unplugged' album of bass, drums,
> > (non-wailing) guitar and Mellotron). Their earlier stuff is in the epic,
> > multi-tiered Gothic (not Goth) death metal vein, and top-shelf if you like
> > said vein, but their later albums are glorious, with lovely singing, and the
> > incorporation of myriad musical styles... As a result of this collab,
> > Opeth's material became laced with more varied musical elements, and PT got
> > their bite back.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > If you like his work with Opeth, check out "Storm Corrosion," a collab
> > between SW and Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > —————
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Alan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Ars Perspicuus
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Music for real and imaginary ensembles 
> > 
> > playing actual and implied instruments.
> > 
> > http://alanb.org <http://alanb.org/> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Let us accompany you...
> >
> 
>