Porcupine tree has been one of those bands that is absolutely incredibly talented, intelligent and mesmerisingly superb and yet I've never found myself gravitating towards them except that one time when I listened to 'fear of blank planet' on repeat for nearly a week and couldn't believe my ears.
Having witnessed them live and knowing full well that they are near god like in their appeal to fans and musicians I somehow always found myself getting detached from their music after a while and I know were I to say these words in the presence of some of my friends who near keep a shrine of Steven Wilson in their hearts and home I'd be musically lynched and never be spoken to again.
But here's the thing, everyone has the kind of music they love and live listening to and for and PT isn't my jam, except the one album.
I always sort of feel that it's much too recherché to the point almost repetitious, to me that is, also it could be that it's this exquisiteness of this band that people like, only it's a bit overblown for my tastes.
Or could be I of gauche interests what with an avid love for aggression, passion, full bodied lascivious cathexis, find Porcupine Tree a bit of a bore.
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