Porcupine Tree are happy to announce the forthcoming release of their tenth studio album "The Incident". The record is set to be released via Roadrunner Records worldwide on 21st September, as a double CD.

The centre-piece is the title track, which takes up the whole of the first disc. The 55-minute work is described as “a slightly surreal song cycle about beginnings and endings and the sense that ‘after this, things will never be the same again’.”

The self-produced album is completed by four standalone compositions that developed out of band writing sessions last December - Flicker, Bonnie The Cat, Black Dahlia, and Remember Me Lover feature on a separate EP length disc to stress their independence from the song cycle.

Video footage of the band in the studio working on The Incident, as well as audio previews, will be available online soon. The band will tour extensively to promote the album from mid September onwards.

Good news Denis.
How long till the vinyl?
Do you know?
Mind you one 55min track not easy on vinyl.
Stu.

Stu,

No news on formats yet, in fact theres SFA on Roadrunner. When do bands and labels sync up on marketting stategies? Thats headbangers for you I guess

Agree about the vinyl timing problem, so it looks like a tripple LP to me

Roadrunner news update here. PT in the studio here.

Thanks Denis - I could not really get a feel for the album from that clip. Looking forward to it though.

Cheers Denis - thanks for info.

I think there are quite a few people waiting for this..me included.

Adrian,

I agree about the studio clip; more a sound bit than a byte (one for the techies there )

Here are the subtitles to the various parts of the long song cycle that takes up the whole of the first CD were revealed at a playback in New York earlier this week...

THE INCDIENT (CD1)
i - occam’s razor (1.55)
ii - the blind house (5.47)
iii - great expectations (1.26)
iv - kneel and disconnect (2.03)
v - drawing the line (4.43)
vi - the incident (5.20)
vii - your unpleasant family (1.48)
viii - the yellow windows of the evening train (2.00)
ix - time flies (11.40)
x - degree zero of liberty (1.45)
xi - octane twisted (5.03)
xii - the séance (2.39)
xiii - circle of manias (2.18)
xiv - i drive the hearse (6.41)

Reports from the NY listening session indicate some LBS touches and the dark parts are are REALLY DARK !!!

A reply from one lucky attendee to another:-
"Seriously, totally agree with you about wanting to hear it again now... I am 100% certain this is an album whose best secrets and lovlies will be revealed with repeated listens..."

Also some extra UK gigs

6th December - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
8th December - Newcastle Academy
11th December - Glasgow ABC

Note that there are no Residents of a Blank Planet tickets available for Wolverhampton.

The other UK shows previously announced are:

8th Oct - LEEDS Academy
9th Oct - LONDON Hammersmith Apollo (nearly sold out)
10th Oct - BRISTOL Colston Hall

Could give Wolves or Newcastle a go - but what about Liverpool/Manchester????

Ta for the heads-up on this Denis!

Here's hoping for a vinyl version...

Has anybody got their ROABP tickets for Hammersmith yet?

Also, i wouldn't mind going to Newcastle Mark - be a stay overnighter though..

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Originally posted by Mike7:
Has anybody got their ROABP tickets for Hammersmith yet?

Also, i wouldn't mind going to Newcastle Mark - be a stay overnighter though..

There are no tickets.
Your ticket is the email you got when you bought them online.You need to print it out and take it with you plus some ID ie Passport /Driving L.
How many times do i have to tell you this man
Stu

quote:

Originally posted by markah:
Could give Wolves or Newcastle a go - but what about Liverpool/Manchester????

Manchester Academy, 10th December - the day after I come back to this tub. I knew that would happen. Grrrrr!

Yeah well i forget things sometimes
Keep your hair on man and be careful with that stylus

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Originally posted by Mike7:
Yeah well i forget things sometimes
Keep your hair on man and be careful with that stylus

The band have announced the following artists who will be supporting PT during the upcoming Autumn tour:

Engineers – All UK shows (i'm seeing them next friday @ Bush Hall )

Robert Fripp:

Amsterdam
Paris
Brussels
Hanover

Katatonia:

Bremen
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Helsinki
Oslo
Lund


Rose Kemp:

Hamburg
Berlin
Wroclaw
Leipzig
Nuremberg


Stick Men:

Lisbon
Porto
Madrid
Barcelona
Wettingen
Lyon
Stuttgart
Munich
Luxembourg
Neu Isenberg
Cologne

Support for remaining dates should be announced shortly.

Robert Fripp in Paris - result.

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Robert Fripp in Paris - result.

Hopefully the crowd will appreciate bobs soundscapes. I'm sure Mark and yourself will enjoy him. He's no stand up comedian though . What would be amazing of course, is if he joined the band for a number or two

Why couldnt the UK of had Fripp or Katatonia?? both are great live.

Stu

Great with a new album, much awaited! Hope it is just as good as Deadwing and Fear of..