ON THE SUNDAY OF LIFE...

Porcupine Tree is one of if not THE king of the second wave of Progressive Rock, the band has worked it's way to this title, starting off as zany psychedelia to more mature art rock/alternative progressive metal, key word is zany because OTSOF is definitely that, you could easily compare this Pink Floyd's Piper At The Gates Of Dawn well at least in the context of the bands discography, (Piper is much more... English) The songs here are storys of wacky characters and places, it's like listening to a Saturday morning cartoon, the album has sort of because the butt of jokes within the Porcupine Tree fandom, from my understanding Steven Wilson started PT as a joke project trying to mimick Prog bands of the 70s trying to make PT look like one of those relics, (and it works for the most part) there's definitely influences of Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Eloy and some Krautrock touches here and there, one of my favorite moments on the album is the track "Third Eye Surfer" it reminds me a bit of Alice Coltrane but without the harp, I think my biggest problem would be some of the sounds here sound kinda stock, especially the drums at times but really it's no big deal. Really I like this album even compared to other PT albums I honestly think it stacks up, sonically it can sound very beautiful yet trippy, "Radioactive Toy" and "It Will Rain For A Million Years" are fan favorites because of that, this album while not essential, is an interesting addition to any prog rock collection