Opel

great :D

The album: what can we say about it? An excellent album. Perhaps just The Pin Drop is slightly off compared to the rest. A masterpiece in many respects. A 4.5 that I gladly round up to 5. Lugrezzo: in my opinion, the fact that Govan has been restrained is not necessarily a good thing, as much as I adore him, and (proggen_ait94) the solos were not composed by Wilson; at least the one in Drive Home was written by Govan, and it's a wonderful solo. The synergy among the members is perfect, Wilson's creativity is at its highest levels, and dismissing it as "just another Wilson album, neither remarkable nor terrible" (Mr. Money87) is definitely belittling, in my view. Then again, tastes are tastes, but I can't help but feel that many have listened to the album a bit too superficially, leaving perhaps premature comments, but maybe I'm wrong; with time, we'll be able to revisit it.

So, I had already read this at the time of release, I decided to overlook it, but I just can't do it :D First of all, because since 2013 you would have expected everything except a Wilson album? I mean, I was eagerly waiting since 2012, that is, since the announcement of this The Raven, so yes, well, in 2013 the release of The Raven doesn't surprise (almost) anyone :) Secondly, the fact that it’s an easy album for Wilson doesn’t mean it should be easy for the rest of the world; in fact, what comes easily to him is often light-years away from the works of other millions of so-called "artists" who have a whole lifetime. But let's move on: "The album can explicitly be said to be a true dive into the past: pompous and abrupt prog rock" is that a compliment? o.O I mean, if it was, you got it wrong; in one fell swoop you insulted the album and all the prog music that has come out in the past, unless you've had the misfortune of only listening to Beggar's Opera in your life, um. "But the remake here is so blatant, it's obvious. He must have wanted to do it on purpose, otherwise he’s a starving artist." Here I only asked myself: what the hell could he possibly mean.. xD and again, if there’s quality, since when is the length of the tracks to be considered a “flaw”? For the rest, it’s never clear if you’re burying the album and Wilson or if you appreciate it; the rating and the last lines seem to remove the doubt, but many others remain.

I just dusted them off a few weeks ago, along with Acid King :)

In the discography of Porcupine, it's not easy to find a full 5-star album, as much as I love them. In any case, Wilson is now synonymous with exceptional quality, and that's enough—masterpiece or not, a string of incredible albums that few can boast in their discography, and a solo career where he is reaching very high peaks (you'll notice this at the first listen of The Raven that Refused to Sing). Anyway, here’s one of my favorite tracks: Collapse The Light Into Earth, and the break in Trains at 3:18 is my ringtone on my phone xD 4.5

I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that.

but how cool is Gethsemane? much more meditative and refined than I expected, anyway it's beautiful. It seems like the antithesis of their debut, which if you look at it is the only album that’s raw and pushed from start to finish, without ambient reflective tracks; here the only track that recalls the old OM is State Of Non Return, not to mention the new instruments introduced. I give it a 5 because the album deserves it a lot, and because when I see/hear Al Cisneros I get hard, it's stronger than me. Yes, I'm still hard even now.

I must say it didn't particularly excite me.