Porcupine Tree "Deadwing" (was: [OFF] Bavarian Planes)

[gary shindler]

I was a Talk Talk fan early and late. Whatever
happened to them? I remember reading about Mark Hollis
solo stuff but nothing else.

Imagine
> ambient PT crossed with a later period Talk Talk.
> Hope SW steers the band away from the short song
> format.
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Denis Regenbrecht" <denis at PTI-INC.DE>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:22 PM
> Subject: Porcupine Tree "Deadwing" (was: [OFF]
> Bavarian Planes)
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > On 01.08.2005, at 21:17, Jon Jarrett wrote:
> >
> > >> Depends on where you're exactly. But if the
> planes are 30-year old
> > >> F-4 Phantoms that smoke like a chimney, than
> they're definitely
> > >> ours ;-)
> > >
> > >         Not even G for Germany either ;-(
> >
> > Nope, ours are F-4F, with the F standing for
> nothing :-)
> >
> > [Eurofighter]
> > >         They've finally made it into squadron
> service in Britain,
> > > so yours
> > > can't be too far behind... Then you only have
> the first few years'
> > > teething troubles while the service gets used to
> a new plane after the
> > > same one for 30 years...
> >
> > Though we're the second Fighter Wing that'll get
> the EF in Germany,
> > we're the first to fly it operationally (the other
> Wing is just for
> > training the pilots at the moment). Additionally
> we'll continue
> > flying the old Phantoms until the EF is fully
> operational (at least
> > 'til 2008), so everything will be very much fun in
> the next few
> > years.... ;->
> >
> > [Porcupine Tree, "Deadwing"]
> > >         Hopefully not an appropriate title :-)
> How's that come out,
> > > anyway? Any reviews for it? SO far I've only
> been able to get
> > > thumbs up
> > > from people who liked the Blackfield album and I
> found that pretty
> > > dispensable, so I'm wondering how much I need
> this. What's
> > > different from
> > > _In Absentia_ and what's stayed the same?
> >
> > I'm not a PT-expert, in fact "Deadwing" and "In
> Absentia" are the
> > only two albums I have of the Wilson-troupe.
> Nevertheless I'll try to
> > do a short review/IMHO of sorts.
> > DW is a further development of the sound of IA.
> It's louder, heavier
> > and more brute (especially so on "Deadwing" [with
> an Adrian Belew-
> > guest appearance] , "Shallow" and "Open Car").
> That's not to say that
> > it sounds exactly like your typical
> (prog-)metal-band, but it's more
> > aggressive and energetic than some of the older PT
> stuff, with a
> > dominant distorted metal-like guitar-sound.
> > Nevertheless there are also more "classical"
> PT-songs with all the
> > floydish synthworks, calm melodies, undistorted
> guitar-solos and
> > psychedelic influences one expects from PT
> ("Mellotron Scratch",
> > "Arriving Somewhere..." and "Glass Arm
> Shattering").
> > To sum it up, I say that DW is varied and
> interesting album. It is
> > not as accessible and more dark than IA, but the
> path of development
> > can clearly be seen. Those who can't stand certain
> (prog-)metal
> > devices won't like it, but everyone who liked IA,
> won't be
> > disappointed by DW IMHO. 8 out of 10 on my own
> D+R'o'meter
> >
> > (c)IAO
> >                              D+R
> > np: Kraftwerk, "Minimum-Maximum"
> >
>




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