IN ABSENTIA

Well after reading all the other reviews, I had to hear what all the fuss was about. "WOW!" is a pretty good description. It seems to me that Porcupine Tree always puts their best track first. "Blackest Eyes" is their best song EVER! In fact, the first 4 tracks flow perfectly, but then a couple tracks later remind me a little too much of Nine Inch Nails. The song "3" is another GREAT track . . . "Heartattack in a Lay by" sounds a bit too much like "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" by Roxy Music . . . "Strip the Soul" is INTENSE . . . and it all ends with another superb classic "Collapse The Light Into Earth. This album does seem to surpass "Lightbulb Sun" and "Signify" by a hair. Any new listener should start with these 3 albums first, in my opinion. I found that much of their other stuff is good, but inconsistant. Steven Wilson is a TRUE ARTIST. He probably doesn't really care what I think!