Porcupine Tree "Deadwing" (was: [OFF] Bavarian Planes)

[dave hall]

Deadwing doesn't do it for me I'm afraid. Saw PT on the recent tour and
found it a bit soul-less. Which is a shame for me as I have seen them on
every tour as an actual band. Of the PT off-shoots I prefer No-Man - imagine
ambient PT crossed with a later period Talk Talk.
Hope SW steers the band away from the short song format.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denis Regenbrecht" <denis at PTI-INC.DE>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:22 PM
Subject: Porcupine Tree "Deadwing" (was: [OFF] Bavarian Planes)


> Hello,
>
> On 01.08.2005, at 21:17, Jon Jarrett wrote:
>
> >> Depends on where you're exactly. But if the planes are 30-year old
> >> F-4 Phantoms that smoke like a chimney, than they're definitely
> >> ours ;-)
> >
> >         Not even G for Germany either ;-(
>
> Nope, ours are F-4F, with the F standing for nothing :-)
>
> [Eurofighter]
> >         They've finally made it into squadron service in Britain,
> > so yours
> > can't be too far behind... Then you only have the first few years'
> > teething troubles while the service gets used to a new plane after the
> > same one for 30 years...
>
> Though we're the second Fighter Wing that'll get the EF in Germany,
> we're the first to fly it operationally (the other Wing is just for
> training the pilots at the moment). Additionally we'll continue
> flying the old Phantoms until the EF is fully operational (at least
> 'til 2008), so everything will be very much fun in the next few
> years.... ;->
>
> [Porcupine Tree, "Deadwing"]
> >         Hopefully not an appropriate title :-) How's that come out,
> > anyway? Any reviews for it? SO far I've only been able to get
> > thumbs up
> > from people who liked the Blackfield album and I found that pretty
> > dispensable, so I'm wondering how much I need this. What's
> > different from
> > _In Absentia_ and what's stayed the same?
>
> I'm not a PT-expert, in fact "Deadwing" and "In Absentia" are the
> only two albums I have of the Wilson-troupe. Nevertheless I'll try to
> do a short review/IMHO of sorts.
> DW is a further development of the sound of IA. It's louder, heavier
> and more brute (especially so on "Deadwing" [with an Adrian Belew-
> guest appearance] , "Shallow" and "Open Car"). That's not to say that
> it sounds exactly like your typical (prog-)metal-band, but it's more
> aggressive and energetic than some of the older PT stuff, with a
> dominant distorted metal-like guitar-sound.
> Nevertheless there are also more "classical" PT-songs with all the
> floydish synthworks, calm melodies, undistorted guitar-solos and
> psychedelic influences one expects from PT ("Mellotron Scratch",
> "Arriving Somewhere..." and "Glass Arm Shattering").
> To sum it up, I say that DW is varied and interesting album. It is
> not as accessible and more dark than IA, but the path of development
> can clearly be seen. Those who can't stand certain (prog-)metal
> devices won't like it, but everyone who liked IA,  won't be
> disappointed by DW IMHO. 8 out of 10 on my own D+R'o'meter
>
> (c)IAO
>                              D+R
> np: Kraftwerk, "Minimum-Maximum"
>