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Porcupine Tree Is A British Progressive Rock Band Formed In Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire United Kingdom In 1987. During The Course Of The Band's History It Has At Times Incorporated Psychedelic Rock Alternative Ambient Electronic And Most Recently Metal And Post-Rock Into Its Unique Style Of Progressive Rock. Since 2010 Mainstay Steven Wilson Has Concentrated On His Solo Work. On November 1st 2021 The Band Announced A New Album And Tour In The Formation Gavin Harrison Steven Wilson And Richard Barbieri Without Colin Edwin . Porcupine Tree Started Out As A "fake" Band The Only Real Member Being Multi-Instrumentalist Steven Wilson. Wilson's First Two Releases Tarquin's Seaweed Farm 1989 And The Nostalgia Factory 1990 Were Both Released On Cassette Tapes. In Addition To The Band's Trademark Psychedelic Sound These Two Tapes Also Contained Heavy Ambient And Pop Influences. Wilson's Favorite Tracks Were Then Compiled Into The CD On The Sunday Of Life... 1991 While The More Ambient-Leaning Tracks Were Also Collected In Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape 1994 . The First Of These Two Featured Many New Versions Of Songs. Wilson Then Went On To Release Voyage 34 1992 And Up The Downstair 1993 Which Refined The Sound Of The Previous Albums And Removed The Pop Influences. Both Of These Were Later Re-Released The First As Voyage 34 The Complete Trip 2000 Which Included An Extra Two Remixes A Total Of Four While Up The Downstair Was Remastered At 2005 With Real Drums Added In Place Of The Drum-Machine Beats. The Sky Moves Sideways 1995 Often Considered The Band's Best Album By Long-Time Fans Largely Uses The Spacey Nature Of Previous Albums. By The Time Of Signify 1996 Wilson Had A Full Band At His Disposal Chris Maitland Drums Colin Edwin Bass And Richard Barbieri Formerly Of Japan On Keyboards. The Band's Next Two Albums Stupid Dream 1999 And Lightbulb Sun 2000 Saw Them Take On A More Alternative Rock-Oriented Sound While Still Drawing Influence From As Far Back As Up The Downstair. During This Period The Band Garnered Increasing Recognition Both In Their Home Country And Abroad. Finally They Were Signed To Lava Records A Major American Record Label In Time For The Release Of In Absentia With Gavin Harrison Replacing Chris Maitland On Drums. This Album Shows High Metal Influences Due In Part To Wilson's Work With Opeth On Their Album Blackwater Park. The Band Continued This Sound For Their 2005 Release Deadwing Which Has The Heaviest And Most Noticeable Metal Influences. In April 2007 The Band Released Fear Of A Blank Planet An Album Clearly Influenced By The Post-Rock Genre But Also Sees Them Expanding The Metal Side Of Their Music Yet Still Remaining True To Older Facets Of The Band's Sound. In April 2007 The Band Embarked On A Six-Month World Tour In Support Of Fear Of A Blank Planet One That Included Europe The U.S. Japan And Australia. The New Album Was Featured And The Show Featured The Films And Projections By The Band's Long-Time Visualist Lasse Hoile. Fear Of A Blank Planet Is Already The Most Critically Acclaimed And Commercially Successful Album Of The Band's Career Charting High In Most Countries Even Giving The Band Their First Top-Forty Album In Their Home Country . Porcupine Tree Spent Most Of 2007 On Tour Promoting The Album And A New EP Nil Recurring Containing Material Left Over From The Album-Writing Sessions Was Released On The Band's Own Label Transmission In September. The Band Started Recording Their Tenth Studio Album The Incident In February 2009. This Was Confirmed By The Band Posting This Message On Their Official Website "Writing For The Next PT Studio Record Is Well Underway With The Band Recently Spending Two Weeks Scheduled In The English Countryside Working On New Tracks. Recording Of These Pieces And A New 35 Minute SW Song Cycle Were Due To Start In February..." A Tour Was Announced On The Band's Website And MySpace Along With Dates Following Release Of The New Album. Around March And April Wilson Commented The 35-Minute Song Kept Evolving And Now It Has Become A 55-Minute Song Occupying The Entire Disc. On 20 May 2010 Porcupine Tree Released Their Second Live Concert Film On DVD And Blu-Ray Titled Anesthetize. It Was Recorded Live On 15 And 16 October 2008 In The Netherlands At The 013 Tilburg Venue. On 17 June 2010 The Band Announced On Their Website That A New Live Album Titled Atlanta Recorded During The Tour Of Fear Of A Blank Planet At The Roxy Theatre Atlanta On 29 October 2007 Would Be Released In A Near Future. This Album Was Released Via Online Distribution Only Without Any Class Of Physical Format All The Sale Proceeds Were Donated To Mick Karn For His Treatment Against Cancer. In June 2012 Wilson Re-Emphasised His Continued Focus On His Solo Career. On November 1st 2021 The Band Announced Their Eleventh Studio Album Closure / Continuation To Be Released In June 2022 On Music For Nations Along With Their First Single In Over 12 Years Harridan. The Release Is The First Without Bassist Colin Edwin Since He Joined The Band In 1993. read less