porcupine tree是我最喜欢的progressive rock band--the best of best.用才华横溢来形容pt的核心人物-Steven Wilson一点也不夸张,多种乐器的纯熟掌握,风格迥异的编曲,steven以他无比的想象力不断地对音乐进行着探索和试验。
虚幻缥缈的indie/electronic梦境(stupid dream),潇洒自由的britpop/progressive演绎( In Absentia),让人耳目一新的音学实验(light bulb),神秘奇异的异次空间探险(Metanoia,这张弱一点)~~~pt似乎不受任何的约束,畅快淋漓地挥撒着自己的才华,当你以为他们已经是最好的时候,他们又会给你一个新的惊喜。
space rock,post rock,indie electronic,britpop,experimetal,你根本就无法将他们准确地归类,他们就像游走在音乐世界里的天行者。要说唯一我觉得稍微弱一点的大概就是做氛围音乐时的soundscape ,确实有点火侯不到的感觉,比如Metanoia那张,这方面我觉得god speed you!black empire就是no.1了。但是暇不掩瑜,他们始终是独一无二的PT.
review by IvortheEngineDriver and 2stranger Lightbulb Sun is the band truly polishing this format and is an amazing prelude to the greatness of In Absentia. They produced some of the greatest songs ever written and truly show their talent on this album. Everyone in the band is on the mark, especially Steven Wilson, who really shined on this, in my opinion. Porcupine tree was founded in 1987 by vocalist/ multi instrumentalist Steven Wilson. It was his own made up project to explore psychedelic and progressive music. After gaining more success, Steven Wilson decided to replace the drum computer with a real drummer, and that he would give the bass guitar out of hand and most of the synthesizer and keyboard parts to his new keyboardist. Low
Tracklist:
1. Lightbulb Sun 2. How Is Your Life Today? 3. Four Chords That Made a Million 4. Shesmovedon 5. Last Chance to Evacuate Planet
Earth Before it is Recycled 6. The Rest Will Flow 7. Hatesong 8. Where We Would Be 9. Russia On Ice 10. Feel So Low
我的点评:他们又开始玩新花样了,这张专辑“摇滚”了很多,也可以说“Niose”了一些,主要是grinding guitar和鼓点的强化,节奏感比较强,space和ambient味清了很多,也不是没有,有些还是延续了过去的迷幻风格,比如"Arriving Somewhere But Not Here ",“Glass Arm Shattering ”,halo有点pink floyd的pdychodelic色彩,总的说来我个人并不是很喜欢,哈哈,建议没听过的还是去找in absentia,stupid dream,light bulb,那几张我认为更出色
Guest musicians - Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH) / guitar, vocals - Adrian Belew (KING CRIMSON) / guitar
Tracklist 1. Deadwing (9:46) 2. Shallow (4:17) 3. Lazarus (4:18) 4. Halo (4:38) 5. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (12:02) 6. Mellotron Scratch (6:56) 7. Open Car (3:46) 8. The Start Of Something Beautiful (7:39) 9. Glass Arm Shattering (6:12) Total Time: 59:34