British rock band, Porcupine Tree has announced a new live album, Closure/Continuation.Live, due out December 08th via Music For Nations/Megaforce Records.Formats include 2CD/2Blu-Ray deluxe version, vinyl box set and Blu-Ray/DVD (featuring the full live show). Keep reading for full details of the release.
Pre-order Closure/Continuation.Live here.
Recorded November 7, 2022 at Amsterdam’s 17,000-capacity Ziggo Dome, Closure/Continuation.Live captures Porcupine Tree – Steven Wilson (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Richard Barbieri (keyboards, synthesizers), Gavin Harrison (drums) – at the peak of its powers, playing a superlative set of rapturously received songs including the epic “Harridan.”
Closure/Continuation.Live – which features Wilson, Barberi, and Harrison and touring musicians Randy McStine (guitars) and Nate Navarro (bass) – places the listener/viewer right at the heart of the stage as psychotropic visuals explode alongside songs from 2022’s acclaimed eleventh studio album (and first new LP in over twelve years), Closure/Continuation, as well as classic tracks from their rich canon including “Trains,” “Fear of a Blank Planet,” and “Anesthetize.”
One of the most forward-thinking, genre-defying rock bands of any era, Porcupine Tree was founded in 1987 by renowned musician/producer Steven Wilson as an outlet for the experimental recordings he was making outside of his acclaimed post-rock duo, No-Man. With the addition of keyboard player Richard Barbieri and drummer Gavin Harrison, Porcupine Tree soon evolved into a proper band, releasing ten studio albums between 1992 and 2009. Each new release saw Porcupine Tree exploring new musical ideas, their expansive music shifting from pastoral psychedelic rock and ambient electronic soundscapes to experimental pop and propulsive metal. Later releases like 2007’s GRAMMY® Award-nominated Fear of a Blank Planet and 2009’s The Incident – the band’s biggest seller thus far, reaching the top 25 in both the US and the UK – saw Porcupine Tree effortlessly melding distinctive genres to create a groundbreaking musical universe all their own.
As relentlessly creative on stage as they are in the studio, Porcupine Tree proved innovative live performers known for sonic innovation and inventive visual productions. In October 2010, the band entered a period of hiatus following a spectacular concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall – their biggest live show to date.
Recorded quietly and sporadically over the last decade and finished during a period when touring was curtailed in 2020/21, Closure/Continuation marked Porcupine Tree’s long awaited return and most collaborative album of their highly lauded career. A stunning and timely reappearance of one of rock’s most consistently innovative and influential bands, the album was met by ecstatic praise and chart success around the world, reaching #2 on the Official UK Album Chart, #1 in Germany, and Top 10 all across Europe. Porcupine Tree marked Closure/Continuation with a wide ranging, wildly ambitious global tour – their first since October 2010 – that saw them perform to over 150,000 enraptured fans at sold-out arenas across four continents.
CD/Blu-Ray box:
2x CDs (full live show), 2 Blu-Ray discs. Disc 1 features full show + bonus material; disc 2 features Dolby Atmos Surround Sound Audio, 5.1 Surround Sound Audio and 24 bit High Resolution Audio.
01 Blackest Eyes
02 Harridan
03 Of the New Day
04 Rats Return
05 Even Less
06 Drown With Me
07 Dignity
08 The Sound Of Muzak
09 Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
10 Chimera’s Wreck
11 Fear of a Blank Planet
12 Buying New Soul
13 Walk The Plank
14 Sentimental
15 Herd Culling
16 Anesthetize
17 I Drive The Hearse
18 Sleep Together
19 Collapse the Light Into Earth
20 Halo
21 Trains
BLU-RAY/ DVD:
1x Blu-ray disc with full live show + Dolby Atmos surround Sound Audio, 5.1 Audio and 24 bit High Resolution Audio (Excluding bonus features), 1x DVD of full live show.
01 Blackest Eyes
02 Harridan
03 Of the New Day
04 Rats Return
05 Even Less
06 Drown With Me
07 Dignity
08 The Sound Of Muzak
09 Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled 10. Chimera’s Wreck
11 Fear of a Blank Planet
12 Buying New Soul
13 Walk The Plank
14 Sentimental
15 Herd Culling
16 Anesthetize
17 I Drive The Hearse
18 Sleep Together
19 Collapse the Light Into Earth
20 Halo
21 Trains
4 x 12” VINYL:
Side A
01 Blackest Eyes
02 Harridan
03 Of The New Day
Side B
01 Rats Return
02 Even Less
03 Drown With Me
Side C
01 Dignity
02 Sound Of Muzak
03 Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
Side D
01 Chimera’s Wreck
02 Fear of a Blank Planet
Side E
01 Buying New Soul
02 Walk The Plank
03 Sentimental
Side F
01 Anesthetize
Side G
01 Herd Culling
02 I Drive the Hearse
03 Sleep Together
Side H
01 Collapse the Light Into Earth
02 Halo
03 Trains
500 signed 8”x 8” art prints will be randomly assigned to ensure all pre-orders have an equal chance of receiving one.
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