Porcupine Tree Unravel New Album The Incident Due September 22
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Inspired by a flashing road sign that reduced a horrible traffic accident to the antiseptic phrase “POLICE-INCIDENT,” British prog act Porcupine Tree‘s front man Steven Wilson composed the 55 minute, 14-track song cycle as a reflection on other “incidents” reported in the media and news.
The different topics include – the evacuation of teenage girls from a religious cult in Texas, a family terrorizing its neighbors, a body found floating in a river by some people on a fishing trip, and more. Each song is written in the first person and tries to humanize the detached media reportage.
Personal incidents that profoundly affected Wilson, have also been included on the new album include a lost childhood friendship, a seance, his first love, and the day that he decided to give up secure employment to follow his dream of making music.
The new album is in typical Porcupine Tree fashion and as presumed the band ranges effortlessly between art-rock and acoustic psychedelica, prog, and metal. Listen to an album preview medley at the band’s MySpace page.
The Incident will also come with a second CD of four songs that developed from band’s writing sessions last year but which are conceptually independent from the set of songs on the first disc. It will also be released as a 5.1 surround mix and as a limited special edition that comes with two books of artwork related to the album encased in a slipcase.
Tour Dates:
09/15/09 Tue Moore Theatre Seattle, WA
09/16/09 Wed Roseland Theater Portland, OR
09/18/09 Fri The Warfield San Francisco, CA
09/19/09 Sat Club Nokia Los Angeles, CA
09/21/09 Mon House Of Blues Cleveland, OH
09/22/09 Tue The Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
09/24/09 Thu Terminal 5 New York, NY
09/26/09 Sat Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
09/27/09 Sun House of Blues Boston, MA
09/29/09 Tue Metropolis Montreal, QC
09/30/09 Wed Queen Elizabeth Theatre Toronto, ON
10/08/09 Thu Leeds Academy Leeds, GB
10/09/09 Fri Hammersmith Apollo London, GB
10/10/09 Sat Colston Hall Bristol, GB
10/12/09 Mon Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam, NL
10/13/09 Tue Olympia Paris, FRA
10/14/09 Wed Ancienne Belgique Brussels, BEL
10/15/09 Thu Capitol Hannover, GER
10/17/09 Sat Aladin Bremen, GER
10/18/09 Sun Vega Copenhagen, DK
10/19/09 Mon Stockholm Globe Arena Stockholm, SE
10/21/09 Wed Ice Hall Helsinki, FI
10/23/09 Fri Sentrum Scene Oslo, NO
10/24/09 Sat Mejeriet Lund, SE
10/25/09 Sun Docks Hamburg, GER
10/26/09 Mon Huxley’s Berlin, GER
10/29/09 Thu Haus Auensee Leipzig, GER
10/30/09 Fri Lowensaal Nuremburg, GER
10/31/09 Sat Gasometer Vienna, AUS
11/01/09 Sun Petofi Hall Budapest, HU
11/04/09 Wed Alcatraz Milan, IT
11/06/09 Fri Estragon Bologna, IT
11/21/09 Sat Sa Bandeira Porto, POR
11/22/09 Sun La Riviera Madrid, ES
11/28/09 Sat Tonhalle Munich, GER
12/06/09 Sun Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton, GB
12/10/09 Thu Manchester Academy Manchester, GB
12/11/09 Fri ABC Glasgow, GB
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