Reviews of Prog Rock, Classical Music, Art Rock and Jazz
A spell-binding journey through lockdown dreams ***** Image credit Kscope/Richard Barbieri It's a strange coincidence that all four members of the prog rock band Porcupine Tree have brought out solo albums during the past few months of lockdown in the UK; first drummer Gavin Harrison released Chemical Reactions (with Antoine Fafard); in January it was …
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The band's 2007 classic album ***** Lasse Hoile's striking cover image for Fear of a Blank Planet Within Porcupine Tree's canon of eleven studio albums, their 2007 album Fear of a Blank Planet has a similar status to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in the Pink Floyd catalogue, a cohesive and deeply-satisfying concept …
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