One of the advantages of pre-ordering something... you might get it early. X3
I am now currently listening to the brand new Porcupine Tree album, The Incident, and so far it's turning out to be as incredible as I'd hoped it would be. The album is about beginnings and endings. Steven Wilson, the creative mind behind the band, had this to say about his inspiration:
“There was a sign saying ‘POLICE – INCIDENT’ and everyone was slowing down to rubber neck to see what had happened... Afterwards, it struck me that ‘incident’ is a very detached word for something so destructive and traumatic for the people involved. And then I had the sensation that the spirit of someone that had died in the accident entered into my car and was sitting next to me. “The irony of such a cold expression for such seismic events appealed to me, and I began to pick out other ‘incidents’ reported in the media and news,” continues Wilson. “I wrote about 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.”
The album covers 2 CDs. The first is taken up entirely by the 55-minute title song, divided into 14 individual tracks, and the second consists of four stand-alone tracks.
DISC 1
The Incident
i. Occam's Razor
ii. The Blind House
iii. Great Expectations
iv. Kneel and Disconnect
v. Drawing the Line
vi. The Incident
vii. Your Unpleasant Family
viii. The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train
ix. Time Flies
x. Degree Zero of Liberty
xi. Octane Twisted
xii. The Seance
xiii. Circle of Manias
xiv. I Drive the Hearse
DISC 2
1 Flicker
2 Bonnie the Cat
3 Black Dahlia
4 Remember Me Lover
