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Review: Porcupine Tree’s Expansive Live Album Shows Progressive Rock’s Alive and Well

by Hal Horowitz December 11, 2023, 5:00 am

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Porcupine tree closure/continuation.live (music for nations/megaforce) 4 out of 5 stars.

Fans of the longstanding contemporary progressive rock band Porcupine Tree who might have thought their days were over can now rejoice. This expansive, two-and-a-half hour, 21-song, live CD/DVD captures all the twisty time signatures, thunderous widescreen intensity and drama one would expect from the Steven Wilson-led UK outfit.

As prog-tock fans know, Wilson is an auteur with a thriving solo career as a musician, acclaimed expert remixer (often rejiggering Dolby Atmos versions of older progressive/art-rock fare) and producer. So it came as a surprise when he re-formed his popular outfit Porcupine Tree to record the potent Closure/Continuation in 2022 after having left the band dormant since its last set of originals, The Incident , was released in 2009. The ensuing live tour featured two other longtime PT members, drummer Gavin Harrison and keyboardist Richard Barbieri, along with a bassist and second guitarist added for the road.

The set list covers seven numbers from C/C , interspersed with many of the band’s more popular work dating back to the mid-tempo, slide guitar-driven “Even Less” from 1999. Visuals and especially audio (in Dolby Atmos, naturally) are stunning, replicating the effect of being there as Wilson and band unravel their complex tunes with the extra energy the live stage brings.

The music is generally darker, often more elaborate, and occasionally louder than say Yes, with layers of guitar and keyboard interaction that drift, collide and often explode in showers of sonic sparks. The tracks veer to the long side with the near 18-minute “Anesthetize,” a milestone from the crucial 2007 release Fear of a Blank Planet , followed by the new album’s “Chimera’s Wreck” clocking in at over 10 minutes.

Porcupine Tree’s players are world class, but the magnificence of the show is how they temper their approach, shifting from the glistening classical piano open of “Sentimental” to the almost Dream Theatre-styled gnarled, thumping, at times metal-inspired concentration of “Harridan,” the latter reminiscent of some of King Crimson’s work (which Wilson has remixed).

Song titles such as the expansive “Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It’s Recycled” reflect Wilson’s overall dystopian vision evident in the music’s ominous overtones. Nothing has “hit single” potential of course, as Porcupine Tree avoids chorus/verse/bridge forms for more intricate, multi-faceted pieces.

Those who thought prog-rock was dead or dying need only push play anywhere on this widescreen example of the sound at its most intoxicating and propulsive. And experiencing it on a quality surround system will convince even those unfamiliar with the songs that Porcupine Tree is a wildly talented band that pushes their music to the edge, and back again, with precision, passion and the determination to prove their genre is alive and well.

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Porcupine Tree Kicks Off First Tour In 12 Years at Toronto’s Meridian Hall

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Last night (September 10), U.K. rockers Porcupine Tree kicked off their first tour in 12 years at Meridian Hall in Toronto. Fresh off the release of their new album, CLOSURE/CONTINUATION , the band who headed the prog-rock revival of the 90s returned to the realm of live performance with a 2-part concert experience in the great white north. Despite a scattering of shows earlier in the summer of 2022, this performance marks the band’s first official tour together since 2010 when they toured in support of their 2009 album, The Incident . Last night’s show kicked things off as this tour has Porcupine Tree going around the world until mid-November. 

Largely credited for keeping the prog-rock scene relevant in the 90s, the Steven Wilson-led troupe is known for its collage-style approach to the classic progressive rock sound bringing in elements from genres that range between post-punk and electronic music. Their 2022 album marks the band’s first full project together since their aforementioned 2009 LP. The band landed on Glide’s list of shocking band reunions that happened within the last year , and their return to the stage was so effortless you wouldn’t believe it’s been over a decade since their last time up there. 

Porcupine Tree’s first show of the new tour was stacked with live debuts and classics. This was the first time the band had a chance to perform songs from CLOSURE/CONTINUATION , and they took full advantage of it. 7 of the 21 songs performed last night in Toronto were from the brand new LP, songs like “Harridan”, “Of The New Day”, and “Rats Return” all saw a performance for the first time ever. The band didn’t hesitate to reach back in their storied discography, they performed “Drown With Me” from their seminal 2002 album In Absentia and the title track from their 2007 album, Fear of a Black Planet for the first time since 2008. From that same album, they performed the hit “Anesthetize” for the first time since 2008 and even dusted off “Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled” for the first time since 2003. 

With Porcupine Tree feeling right at home on stage, their upcoming tour is sure to be one of the better reunion moments of the year. The band has another date in Quebec before coming to the states with stops in Boston, New York, Denver, and more. 

Check out the full setlist, tour dates, and footage from the first show of the tour below: 

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PORCUPINE TREE Adds Guitarist And Bassist To 2022 Touring Lineup

Grammy Award -nominated British rock band PORCUPINE TREE has announced the addition of guitarist Randy McStine ( MCSTINE & MINNEMANN , LO-FI RESISTANCE ) and bassist Nate Navarro ( DEVIN TOWNSEND ) to its touring lineup.

Earlier today (Friday, May 6), PORCUPINE TREE released the following statement via social media: "We would like to welcome Randy McStine and Nate Navarro to the PORCUPINE TREE touring line up. Both are incredibly talented musicians and we have already had the pleasure of rehearsing the new material with them. It's sounding fantastic and we're looking forward to the tours later this year."

PORCUPINE TREE will celebrate its long-overdue return to the global stage with dates confirmed in North and South America as well as in Europe. The legendary group's first tour since October 2010 in support of its upcoming album "Closure/Continuation" will kick off September 10 at Toronto, Ontario's Meridian Hall, followed by concerts in Montreal, Quebec; Boston, Massachusetts; New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C.; Chicago, Illinois; Irving, Texas; Denver, Colorado; San Francisco, California and Los Angeles, California; continuing with eagerly awaited October performances in Mexico City, Mexico (October 4) and Santiago, Chile (October 7). The North and South American show dates are presented by Live Nation and Paladin Artists . Performances in Europe begin October 21 in Berlin, Germany and then culminate at London, U.K.'s world-famous SSE Arena, Wembley on November 11.

PORCUPINE TREE — Steven Wilson , Richard Barbieri and Gavin Harrison — recently shared "Of The New Day" , the latest track from "Closure/Continuation" , due on June 24 via Music For Nations / Megaforce Records .

" 'Of the New Day' is a song of rebirth, emerging from darkness," says Wilson . "It sounds deceptively simple, a recognizably atypical PORCUPINE TREE ballad. That is until you realize that the length of the bars is constantly changing, flipping between bars of regular 4/4 time to 3/4, to 5/4 to 6/4, 11/4, so that the track never settles into any steady time. It's what PORCUPINE TREE can sometimes do really well, come up with a basic idea that's almost intellectual or mathematical, but carry it off in a way that sounds completely natural and accessible. At least I hope there's no sense of us being clever for the sake of it or putting technique over musicality. That is unless you want to specifically home in on that side of the composition."

Last November, PORCUPINE TREE returned with its first new music in close to 12 years. "Harridan" , an epic, eight-minute-long reintroduction to PORCUPINE TREE 's truly singular sound, was accompanied by an official lyric video, streaming now via YouTube .

"Closure / Continuation" — which follows 2009's "The Incident" — will be available on standard CD, standard black vinyl 2x12" LP, white vinyl 2x12" LP, transparent blue vinyl 2x12" LP, and white cassette. In addition, a limited audiophile deluxe LP will also be available, cut at 45rpm on 3x12" clear vinyl in 12" slipcase box with two bonus tracks; a limited audiophile deluxe CD in 12" slipcase box will include the standard CD, a second disc with three bonus tracks and instrumentals, Blu-ray disc with 5.1/Dolby Atmos and HD audio versions of the album, and an exclusive album art book. pre-orders are available now.

" 'Harridan' and a few of the other new songs have been in play since shortly after the release of 'The Incident' ," said PORCUPINE TREE . "They initially lived on a hard drive in a slowly growing computer file marked PT2012, later renamed PT2015, PT2018, and so on. There were times when we even forgot they were there, and times when they nagged us to finish them to see where they would take us. Listening to the finished pieces, it was clear that this wasn't like any of our work outside of the band — the combined DNA of the people behind the music meant these tracks were forming what was undeniably, unmistakably, obviously a PORCUPINE TREE record. You'll hear all of that DNA flowing right through 'Harridan' ."

One of the most forward-thinking, genre-defying rock bands of any era, PORCUPINE TREE was founded in 1987 by renowned musician/producer Steven Wilson as an outlet for the experimental recordings he was making outside of his acclaimed post-rock duo NO-MAN . With the addition of keyboard player Richard Barbieri and drummer Gavin Harrison , PORCUPINE TREE soon evolved into a proper band, releasing 10 studio albums between 1992 and 2009. Each new release saw PORCUPINE TREE exploring new musical ideas, their expansive music shifting from pastoral psychedelic rock and ambient electronic soundscapes to experimental pop and propulsive metal. Later releases like 2007's Grammy Award -nominated "Fear Of A Blank Planet" and 2009's "The Incident" — the band's biggest seller thus far, reaching the top 25 in both the U.S. and the U.K. — saw PORCUPINE TREE effortlessly melding distinctive genres to create a groundbreaking musical universe all their own.

As relentlessly creative on stage as they are in the studio, PORCUPINE TREE proved innovative live performers known for sonic innovation and inventive visual productions. In October 2010, the band entered a period of hiatus following a spectacular concert at London's Royal Albert Hall — their biggest live show to date.

The most collaborative album of their highly lauded career, "Closure / Continuation" doesn't simply pick up where PORCUPINE TREE left off back in 2010. While the familiar traits of the band's idiosyncratic sound remain intact, the new album very much places PORCUPINE TREE in the here and now, with greater texture and color than ever before.

We would like to welcome Randy McStine and Nate Navarro to the Porcupine Tree touring line up. Both are incredibly... Posted by Porcupine Tree on  Friday, May 6, 2022

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The Incident

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• Released on 9/14/09 by Kscope
• Main artists: Porcupine Tree
• Genre: Progressive Rock

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Over the years, trying to determine what is true "prog rock" and what is not has become an increasingly tricky proposition. In the early '70s, it was easy -- any band that performed "suites" that extended across entire album sides and dressed in capes and/or cloaks was a dead giveaway. However, when the early '80s rolled around, most former prog rockers trimmed out the fat from their compositions (and exchanged their medieval wear and kimonos for what looked like sports coats). Ever since, there have been bands that have aligned themselves to either of the aforementioned prog rock approaches. But along came Porcupine Tree, who somehow have found a way to incorporate both into their 2009 effort, The Incident. Set up similarly to Rush's 1978 classic, Hemispheres, The Incident is comprised of a single long song -- the title track -- that features many different movements (which would have taken up the entire side one back in the good ol' days of vinyl), as well as a handful of shorter compositions that close the album. The aforementioned title track will certainly be the talk of the album, as it manages to incorporate bombast and melody (the sixth movement, which shares the album's title), rock ("Octane Twisted"), Yes' folky moments ("The Seance"), and Tool-like grooves ("Circle of Manias"), before it all gently floats away on a cloud of fairy dust ("I Drive the Hearse"). That said, unlike early proggers who favored meandering instrumental doodling over succinct songwriting, Porcupine Tree always favor the importance of memorable songs over flashy solos, which certainly makes the group one of the top modern-day prog rock bands. © Greg Prato /TiVo

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• Total length: 01:15:49
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Kscope
• Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Progressive Rock

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