DavidNearly a decade prior to the release of one of my favourite SW moments, 2002’s “In Absentia” where things started heading North towards metal, this gem is a previously neglected treasure trove of progressive rock meets psychedelia.
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DavidSteven Wilson and Aviv Geffen return for their best collaborative effort in donks. A true Blackfield return to form I reckon.
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DavidImagine my surprise a couple of years back going into The Warehouse and discovering this big chunk of vinyl along with two other equally exciting Steven Wilson recordings.
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DavidThe Tree stripped bare. This is an instore, mainly acoustic set, with just Steven Wilson and John Wesley accompanying him on guitar and backing vocals.
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DavidThe first Porcupine Tree record I really listened to. And what a way to listen to it! - in all of it’s 5.
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DavidThe opening slide guitar on “Even Less”, the first moment on this record, completely does me in. It’s pure wall to wall class from then on.
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DavidMr Wilson’s first “actual” solo album made at the peak of Porcupine Tree’s popularity and critical acclaim. (For those who had actually heard of him and the band that is!
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DavidWhile this is deemed the first Porcupine Tree record, it’s actually Steven Wilson’s first solo album prior to any actual PT album, recorded in his bedroom studio under the pretense of it being a fully formed band.
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DavidThis was my first exposure to the eccentric world of Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) and it remains my favourite Eels record.
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DavidI was never a great Doors fan. To be fair I never really listened much to any American music until … gulp….
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