Musical Over Dose is proud to present Since January 2002 another new release, have fun .: about release :. Name .:. Porcupine Tree - Closure Continuation Genre : Alternative Source : CDDA Type .:. Album Artist : Porcupine Tree Label : Sony Music Titel : Closure Continuation Tracks : 07 Playtime : 48:03 Size : 88,34 MB Encoder : VBRNEW - LAME3.100 - V0 Quality : VBR kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo Bitrate : avg. 256kbps [ Tracklist ] 01.Harridan 08:08 02.Of The New Day 04:43 03.Rats Return 05:40 04.Dignity 08:22 05.Herd Culling 07:03 06.Walk The Plank 04:27 07.Chimera's Wreck 09:40 Total 48:03 Min For a band that began as a parody of Syd Barrett, and mostly created for the amusement of singer- songwriter Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree has succeeded at helping to revive prog-rock and psychedelia. Wilson has enjoyed a thriving solo career and has carried on with side projects like the art-pop act No-Man, and Porcupine TreeÆs 11th studio album, Closure/Continuation, implies a summary of a body of work running back 35 years. On ôDignity,ö Wilson muses on aging, describing a man who sounds like an older version of himself, while on ôOf the New Dayö he faces the future with a hope tinged with anxiety. Porcupine TreeÆs last two albums gestured toward grand concepts; Fear of a Blank Planet in particular homed in on an emotional numbness induced by technology and prescription drugs. WilsonÆs vocals similarly contain a gentle but sour melancholy here. No matter how loud the guitars get, his voice still possesses a lassitude reminiscent of David Gilmour. Closure/Continuation opening track, ôHarridan,ö begins with slap bass, suggesting Red-era King Crimson, but Porcupine TreeÆs songs rarely stay in the same place for very long. Halfway through, ôHarridanö abandons funk guitar for an electronic passage. Still, the albumÆs more rock-oriented moments run together, even as they alternate between hard riffing and more melodic passages. At its loudest, Closure/Continuation tends to repeat itself, with WilsonÆs guitar being put through the same effects and mixed similarly throughout. Porcupine TreeÆs softer side is more apparent on the albumÆs second half. At nearly 10 minutes, ôChimeraÆs Walkö is given plenty of space to develop its melodic ideas, beginning quietly with guitar and keyboards before picking up steam by gradually introducing other instruments as a sense of anxiety slowly creeps in. Elsewhere, the muted tone of ôWalk the Plankö masks an underlying, if ambiguous, emotion, spelled out more in haunting textures than in words. Wilson has suggested that Closure/Continuation, Porcupine TreeÆs first studio album in almost 13 years, will be the bandÆs last. Indeed, its weaker moments suggest a group thatÆs struggling to find something new to say, both thematically and musically. But when the band stretches out and explores their full dynamic range, capturing the dystopian overtones wafting through WilsonÆs lyrics, theyÆre still capable of reaching cathartic heights. https://twitter.com/PorcupineTree https://porcupinetree.com