OFF: Fear of a Blank Planet

[Steve Freight]

For me Porcupine Tree lost it a few years ago.

The last fully rounded album they did was Stupid Dream. Each album since has
had at least one track that I would call real Tree but Fear Of A Blank
Planet has left me cold.

I'm pleased Steven Wilson and co have finally found acceptance but for me
they lost the roots of what the band was originally about. Perhaps they
progressed too far for the original fans. Those that saw them at Brixton
with Hawkwind saw the real Tree for me.

Steve (former Porcupine Tree fanzine Voyage 35 producer)


On 6/6/07, Tim Hall <tim at kalyr.com> wrote:
>
> David Kuznick wrote:
>
> >>ps -"Fear Of Blank Planet" doesn't do a lot for me...nice to see Alex
> turn
> >>up tho.....
> >
> >
> > I need to listen to it some more.  It definitely hasn't grabbed me as
> much as
> > when they played the entire album live as part of the "preview" shows
> last fall
> > with ProjeKt 6.  That was an amazing show.
>
> Took me a couple of listens to get into, but once it clicked, it was my
> album of the year so far, by quite a long way.
>
> -- Tim
> http://www.kalyr.com/weblog
>