Porcupine Tree v. Glarung is a Lightbulb

[Lonk]

Was that a bat signal or perfect timing? 

[Fritzinger]

The name stays

 

[The Letter M]

The name stays

...fair enough.

-Marc.

[Samsara]

 

[Sacul]

While not as brilliant as IA or FOABP, it' still a lot more memorable than The Incident. Dignity is awesome, and the full version of Herd culling rips

[faizoff]

Looks like all digital services are listing the 10 songs as part of the album with no indication the last three are bonus tracks. Amazon, YouTube Music, Spotify and Itunes all show the 10 tracks as part of the regular album. I guess only the regular CD at this point has 7 tracks.

The name stays

Talk about legendary reply and timing.

[Buddyhunter1]

the full version of Herd culling rips

Yeah, a hell of a lot better than the single version. With the single edit it felt like I was being hit over the head with the repetitive choruses - here they're a lot more spaced out and satisfying.

I'm pretty sure the "true event" the song is based on is that War Of The Worlds radio scare, with the lyrics sounding a lot like an alien invasion and the "liar" chorus.

[Samsara]

Just bought the three bonus tracks digitally on Amazon while I wait for the CD with the other seven to arrive. Diggin' Population Three's groove so far. 

Wow, if the bonus cuts are any indication of the full record. I am going to love this. Killer.

[The Letter M]

I never paid too much attention to the song titles until now, but "Population Three" feels like a jab at Colin not being in the band anymore, while also being a pun on "PT". It's clever and awful at the same time.

-Marc.

[nobloodyname]

Qobuz's default listing contains all ten tracks, too, in case anyone uses it.

[devieira73]

I'm loving the album. The bonus tracks are as good as the rest and add even more diversity on the album. And it was really nice to let Gavin and Richard have more input on this album, it's really noticeable and refreshing.

[nobloodyname]

Have to say, aurally this album is a real delight. Nothing less than expected, of course... just had to say.

The music's growing on me.

[hefdaddy42]

The name stays

I was legit getting ready to change the thread name.

And now I am legit not going to change the thread name.

[hefdaddy42]

FWIW, I have listened to the album once, and I like it a lot.  Definitely better (for me) than The Incident, of which I don't have a great opinion.

Obviously, more listens are in order.

[Buddyhunter1]

Porcupine Tree v. Glarung / Glarntinuation

[The Letter M]

Well, as always, whenever there are "bonus tracks" for an album, I've got to find a way to slot them into the running order, so here's my take on C/C with the three bonus tracks:

Harridan
Of The New Day
Rats Return
Dignity
Population Three
Herd Culling
Never Have
Walk The Plank
Love In The Past Tense
Chimera's Wreck

The bonus tracks are just as good as anything else on the album and they definitely deserved to be a part of it proper. Would love to see what others here would make of a "complete tracklist" of all ten songs.

-Marc.

[Lonk]

Listened to it again and it's deff a good album 

[Buddyhunter1]

I think Love In The Past Tense would have made a good addition to the main album. The other two bonus tracks aren't all that interesting to me; I don't think throwing all of them on there would have improved the album much if at all.

I do think the proper album feels a bit short though; it could have used one or two more songs after Herd Culling. Feels like the album wraps up a bit too quickly.

[ErHaO]

I think the album is great. And I don't care what they label the songs, for all intents and purposes I consider it a consistent and well paced ten track album.

[T-ski]

The name stays

All time post. Legendary.

[devieira73]

For those that have the limited editon, who wrote Population Three, Never Have and Love in the Past Tense? Thanks!
By the way, I'm listening to the album just placing Chimeras Wreck at last and it really has a good flow this way IMO.

[Nick]

Well, that was an unexpected reappearance.

Before getting to the new album, let me say I truly loved The Incident, and always found it better than Fear of a Blank Planet which I thought was overrated among fans. One of the things I'm looking forward to the least on the upcoming tour is the almost certainty that Steven will drag out Sleep Together for the 1000th time.

[The Letter M]

For those that have the limited editon, who wrote Population Three, Never Have and Love in the Past Tense? Thanks!
By the way, I'm listening to the album just placing Chimeras Wreck at last and it really has a good flow this way IMO.

You can check discogs for the credits:
https://www.discogs.com/release/23676632-Porcupine-Tree-Closure-Continuation

Of the ten songs, Gavin gets writing credits on 6, and Richard on 3, with "Herd Culling" being the only song credited to all three members.

-Marc.

[twosuitsluke]

The name stays

All time post. Legendary.

I'm just here to post that this is perfect! Galaurung was here for one reason, and it sure as hell wasn't to discuss this album.

[Lonk]

Well, that was an unexpected reappearance.

Before getting to the new album, let me say I truly loved The Incident, and always found it better than Fear of a Blank Planet which I thought was overrated among fans. One of the things I'm looking forward to the least on the upcoming tour is the almost certainty that Steven will drag out Sleep Together for the 1000th time.

I believe he said in an interview that they were playing anesthetize, but wouldn't be surprised if another song makes it to the setlist ( If it does, I hope it's the title track).

[King Postwhore]

The name stays

I love you so much.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

The name stays

All time post. Legendary.

I'm just here to post that this is perfect! Galaurung was here for one reason, and it sure as hell wasn't to discuss this album.

That's was excellent.

[jammindude]

The name stays

 

 

Brilliant

 

[devieira73]

For those that have the limited editon, who wrote Population Three, Never Have and Love in the Past Tense? Thanks!
By the way, I'm listening to the album just placing Chimeras Wreck at last and it really has a good flow this way IMO.

You can check discogs for the credits:
https://www.discogs.com/release/23676632-Porcupine-Tree-Closure-Continuation

Of the ten songs, Gavin gets writing credits on 6, and Richard on 3, with "Herd Culling" being the only song credited to all three members.

-Marc.

Thanks! yeah, discogs is very good on that, but I always forget the site's name

[KevShmev]

Before getting to the new album, let me say I truly loved The Incident, and always found it better than Fear of a Blank Planet which I thought was overrated among fans. One of the things I'm looking forward to the least on the upcoming tour is the almost certainty that Steven will drag out Sleep Together for the 1000th time.

Hell yeah!  The Incident lovers unite! 

However, I do love Fear... as well, and Sleep Together is one of those great songs that I never tire of hearing, so SW can play it as much as he wants as far as I am concerned. 

They did

Well, that was an unexpected reappearance.

Before getting to the new album, let me say I truly loved The Incident, and always found it better than Fear of a Blank Planet which I thought was overrated among fans. One of the things I'm looking forward to the least on the upcoming tour is the almost certainty that Steven will drag out Sleep Together for the 1000th time.

I believe he said in an interview that they were playing anesthetize, but wouldn't be surprised if another song makes it to the setlist ( If it does, I hope it's the title track).

They did say in one interview that they are playing Anesthetize, but I remember seeing in another that Harrison saying he is glad they aren't playing it because that song wears him out.  Makes me wonder if he meant the whole song, and perhaps they are just playing part of it again, like the middle section as they did on the last tour.

[KevShmev]

I got through one listen of the new album today, all seven songs from the proper album.  It sounded good, but it will take a few more listens to really wrap my head around it.  I wasn't overly wild about the Harridan, though, and I remember now thinking that at the time when I first heard it many months ago, which is when I decided to avoid it and any other songs until the whole album was out.

[Kram]

Before getting to the new album, let me say I truly loved The Incident, and always found it better than Fear of a Blank Planet which I thought was overrated among fans. One of the things I'm looking forward to the least on the upcoming tour is the almost certainty that Steven will drag out Sleep Together for the 1000th time.

Hell yeah!  The Incident lovers unite! 

However, I do love Fear... as well, and Sleep Together is one of those great songs that I never tire of hearing, so SW can play it as much as he wants as far as I am concerned. 

They did

Well, that was an unexpected reappearance.

Before getting to the new album, let me say I truly loved The Incident, and always found it better than Fear of a Blank Planet which I thought was overrated among fans. One of the things I'm looking forward to the least on the upcoming tour is the almost certainty that Steven will drag out Sleep Together for the 1000th time.

I believe he said in an interview that they were playing anesthetize, but wouldn't be surprised if another song makes it to the setlist ( If it does, I hope it's the title track).

They did say in one interview that they are playing Anesthetize, but I remember seeing in another that Harrison saying he is glad they aren't playing it because that song wears him out.  Makes me wonder if he meant the whole song, and perhaps they are just playing part of it again, like the middle section as they did on the last tour.

Count me in as a fan on The Incident as well.  Although I would rank it behind IA, DW and FoABP.

As for Sleep Together - for me it's one of those songs that works better live.  On the album, I think it's just OK.  But the 3 times I've seen him play it live, it kicks ass and is always a highlight.

[gazinwales]

You can buy the deluxe version in digital format (MP3/FLAC) w/ pdf booklet
https://porcupinetree.tmstor.es/

[lonestar]

Returns in a 20 minute window after a 3 year absence... That's some top grade lurking man. 

[jammindude]

You can buy the deluxe version in digital format (MP3/FLAC) w/ pdf booklet
https://porcupinetree.tmstor.es/

That site has the 3-disc version for $76. I went to Amazon UK (US version didn’t carry it) and paid $82 which included rush shipping…so I guess that was a pretty good price. It’s supposed to arrive by next Friday.

Guess I should have pre ordered