THE INCIDENT

For a very long time, I had had six favorite bands. They are my favorite bands for years. Genesis - Yes - GentleGiant - Pink Floyd - Van der Graaf Generator - Camel. There was quite a long time that no essential new band could be added to this list. The only exception maybe Sting, but Sting's music doesn't belong to the progressive music scene. True, but his music is briljant. After may years of hardly buying any cd, I met the name of Porcupine Tree a few years ago. If I remember well, "Porcupine Tree" was ever used as part of the lyrics of a Genesis song, and because of that I decided to order a cd of Porcupine Tree. Just as a guess. Let's see if would I like it. Besides that, It was time to discover some real new music. The album I bought was In Absentia. As is common with real good "complicated music", it takes some time to swallow the magnificance of themusic. After a while, I had to conclude that Porcupine Tree was addressing my "emotional musical needs" and this band really belongs to the list of my favorite bands. By the time that "The Incident" war released, I expected to be more or less dissappointed. I had enjoyed so much of their previous albums, both from the "old style" and the new one, having "metal" outbursts. It did expect it to be very diffucult to have the same "quality" again. I have to say, this album "The Incident" did not dissapoint me all! It is remarkable that again Porcupine Tree managed to release such a good album again. It puts the old style and new style in a optimal balance. For me, it is the best released album in 2009.