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Album review “Nil Recurring” by Porcupine Tree

Posted on March 26, 2008 in the Music category

One of the more respected of British underground rock bands, Porcupine Tree have been on the verge of being massive for years but just can’t quite do it. Frontman and musical brain Steve Wilson has spent a lot of time working with Swedish metallers Opeth, most notably on their acclaimed album “Blackwater Park”, which Wilson produced.  Meanwhile last year’s album “Fear Of A Blank Planet” was an amazing release but just not enough to catapult them into the spotlight. Why? Maybe because, like Opeth, Porcupine Tree make a different type of rock music. It isn’t for the masses, it’s for the connoisseurs. Their songs are often very long, with lots of musical intersections between verses and choruses, to set moods and tones. This will not appeal to the average My Chemical Romance fan, and I hope no My Chemical Romance fans are disgracing this website by reading this. “Nil Recurring” is a short EP, 4 songs long,  with a lot of ideas and emotions borrowed from their last album. It basically takes on the themes of loneliness, despair and disappointment with 21st Century Britain and carries running. The first song is a beautiful  instrumental title track which leads into Normal, Wilson’s continuation from “Fear” most notably in the lines;

“Prescription drugs they help me through the day
And that restraining order keeps me well at bay
But what’s normal now anyway?”

This really is a great companion piece to a great album, and you should definately give both a listen, because these are one of the finest British rock bands going at the moment, and hopefully their time will come soon to be respected for this.

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