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New site? Maybe some day. Username: SPAM Filter: re-type this (values are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E, or F) Message: UBB enabled. HTML disabled Spam Filtering enabledIcons: (click image to insert) Show All - pop Select Color orange orange-red crimson red firebrick dark red green limegreen teal silver sea-green deeppink tomato coral purple indigo burlywood sandy brown sienna chocolate FONTXXSmallXSmallSmallMediumLargeXLXXL :DG: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Char† ‡ ‰ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ ‾ ← ↑ → ↓ ™ – —   ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¦ § ¨ © ª « ¬ ­ ® ¯ ° ± ² ³ ´ µ ¶ · ¸ ¹ º » ¼ ½ ¾ ¿ À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö × Ø Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ÷ ø ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ b i u  add: url  image  video(?) : post by the_reverend at 2007-03-01 08:18:43 Porcupine Tree, renowned in rock music for their dense, cinematic albums, have completed their best and boldest work to date: Fear of a Blank Planet, out April 24 on Atlantic Records. In support of the album, the band will embark on a North American tour starting May 8th in Seattle. [see dates below] The frenetic, fingerpicked opening guitar riff delivers listeners into a 51-minute masterpiece of a record, modeled, in lead singer Steven Wilson’s words, “on those great old LP albums of the 70s.” It’s a starkly beautiful elegy on the numbness, apathy, and isolation brought about by the constant barrage of television, video games, advertising, prescription drugs, sex, and violence we face every day. The character in the title track muses that “In school I don't concentrate/ And sex is kinda fun/ But just another one/ Of all the empty ways/ Of using up a day.” The six songs blend seamlessly one into the next, a symphonic arrangement of metal guitars, synthesizers, strings, fat basslines, and Gavin Harrison’s virtuosic drumming. Wilson’s earnest vocals alternate floating high above the instruments and ripping right into the heart of each track. Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson contributes a guitar solo on “Anesthetize,” while Robert Fripp (of King Crimson) provides the soundscapes on ‘Way Out of Here’ Wilson himself mixed and mastered the album, and the stereo and 5.1 versions will be available as a 2-disc limited special edition, as well as a DVD-Audio release. MP3: Fear of A Blank Planet Album Preview [ http://www.thesyn.com/porcupinetree/fearofablankplanet.mp3 ] TOUR DATES 05/08/2007 SEATTLE, WA SHOWBOX 05/09/2007 PORTLAND, OR ALADDIN 05/11/2007 SAN FRANCISCO, CA WARFIELD 05/12/2007 LOS ANGELES, CA AVALON 05/13/2007 ANAHEIM, CA GROVE OF ANAHEIM 05/15/2007 BOULDER, CO FOX THEATRE 05/17/2007 CHICAGO, IL PARK WEST 05/18/2007 CLEVELAND, OH HOUSE OF BLUES 05/19/2007 NY, NY NOKIA THEATER 05/22/2007 BALTIMORE, MD RAM’S HEAD 05/23/2007 PHILADELPHIA, PA ELECTRIC FACTORY 05/25/2007 BOSTON, MA ROXY 05/26/2007 MONTREAL SPECTRUM DE MONTREAL 05/27/2007 TORONTO / QUEBEC SALLE ALBERT - ROUSSEAU 05/28/2007 TORONTO, ON DANFORTH MUSIC HALL WEB: http://www.porcupinetree.com http://www.myspace.com/porcupinetree

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