Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
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Artist: Porcupine TreeEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Fear Of a Blank Planet
- My Ashes
- Anesthetize
- Sentimental
- Way Out Of Here
- Sleep Together
Free Music Notes for Fear of a Blank Planet
Free Music Review: Could See It Coming...
Hit: 5 Stars
After Deadwing let's just say the bar was set mighty high for the next release, but with confidence this band could ascend to those even greater heights of accomplishment. And ascend they have. The drumming throughout is a brilliant tour de force. The vocals a great match to convey the message. The music and lyrics inspired. The performances tight as always and emotion laden.
Such can be said of many releases from many bands, yet mediocrity remains the result. So, what is different here? If I knew that more than on an emotional level I would be retired to my own island somewhere instead of writing this review. All I can state is the blending of everything here has that magical synergy which lifts this to being a work to landmark status. Leftoverture, Fragile, Master of Puppets, Beware of Darkness etc. and now Fear of a Blank Planet. Yes, it is THAT good. 6 stars.
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On Fear of a Blank Planet veteran progressive-rock act Porcupine Tree takes up the task of exploring the alienating forces of the media and its impact on our youths and ourselves. Fear's titular cut features lyrics rife with allusions to the confusing, isolating effects of TV, the X-Box, drugged out consumer escapades, and the ennui that arrives with prescription and self-prescribed numbness. "My Ashes" advances the themes of isolation, as a young person becomes increasingly estranged from himself; "Anesthetize" aptly captures dull apathy with accuracy and knowing but perhaps delves to deep into the dark depths and instead of alleviating pain and pressure instead deepens it via a track that fails to offer much emotional or mental counterpoint. The tune does feature an exceptionally lyrical guitar solo from Rush's Alex Lifeson and proves that if anyone can write a sprawling, throbbing epic it's most likely Porcupine Tree. Elsewhere, such as on the beautifully crafted "Sentimental" and "Way Out of Here," Wilson and Co. land squarely between the epic grandeur of peak-era Pink Floyd and the psychically distant cool of Radiohead, a feat that doesn't as much demonstrate how well PT echoes those bands as it shows us how expansive the English quartet's music and emotional vocabulary is. For elder listeners Fear probably won't serve as the powerful statement it wants to be--its themes have been explored to more exacting impact before and, musically, it's fairly standard progressive fare--but it is a strong and intelligent album and for a generation that's grown numb from three-minute ditties about life at the end of the country club cul-de-sac that embrace rather than rage against the dying of the light, it may serve as a wake up call and provide hope for a brighter and more color-infused tomorrow. --Jedd BeaudoinDance & DJ Music CDs
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