THE SKY MOVES SIDEWAYS

Porcupine Tree's last hurrah as a non-band. The music is quirky and druggie-esque still, but the sweeping wall of sound certainly justifies a bit of oddity here and there. The title track features some of their most amazing patterns of sound, and always seems even more fun to me simply on account of its length. This is not modern Porcupine Tree at all. They are still somewhat in retro-mode at this point. Also of note is the song Dislocated Day, which makes for a pretty crazy rocker in there, albeit with rather mellow vocals.

An album worth checking out, but if trippy and mostly instrumental space rock passages aren't your thing, it probably will take a while to grow.