+manco82 True. I listened to this album in its entirety for first time in a dark room with headphones. I was almost traumatised, but in a good way. Very atmospheric and dark and especially this track. Much of the darkness created by this album is imagined by the listener.
I listen to different genres and artists, but it's always Porcupine Tree I come back to. They're mindblowing, immense. And can I say this? Wilson made a HUGE mistake replacing Wesley and Eldwin with other musicians, because this was the best line up ever!
By far the best song on the album, I used to listen to it full blast in the car and hurtle down country roads at night in the dark. Truly felt like I was going insane.
Open your eyes now Hear me out before I lose my mind I've been waiting for hours Let the salt flow, feel my coil unwind Give me a smile please Count the calm and watch my breathing slow Winding me up tease Get inside my head and make it show Gravity eyelids come down Touching your oil skin Slipping hands down past your waist to find I've been waiting for hours Let the salt flow, feel my coil unwind Go to the edge swim Brown the eyes that sleep has rendered blind Gravity eyelids come down Come love so young with your gold arms so I wake her Here's a will that will glow in the dark
Another monster song from the legendary In Absentia album. Just one sample of Steven Wilson’s musical genius. The only bummer for me is that Colin Edwin apparently will MOT be part of PTs new 2022 album. It’s no small thing to move PT forward without Edwin. His amazing bass riffs have always been an integral and indivisible part of this band. I hope they work out any differences and bring him back.What do you guys think? It’s kinda like Van Halen without Michael Anthony and Rush without Geddy Lee.
He's not really a great guitarist, but he is a 10/10 composer and can come up with really cool riffs and passages. Still, technically speaking he has no notion of scales, chords and a hard time improvising to the point that the improvised-sounding solos of his records are played note by note when played by him.
@PuReNiRvANA1 Hi, thanks for your comment. Yes, I do have more videos from this performance, the songs are: Blackest eyes, Sound of Muzak and Trains. I will put it all up.
Ensoniq VFX. A bit rare to find keyboard. I have two of them, heavy stuff, polyphonic aftertouch and great sounds! (But its only used as a controller in PT). If you want one, look at the siblings VFX-SD or SD1. Those have more reliable keyboards. Note that the sound is a mellotron choir, probably triggered from Reason by the VFX over midi.
Love Steven Wilson. I wish he would do another album with PT. I just can't get enough of these guys playing together, Colin Edwin, Richard Barbieri, Gavin Harrison, John Wesley and SW. Although in this video I think Maitland was still in, was he?
