FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET 04/06/2010 and multi-layered guitar and vocal

and multi-layered guitar and vocal textures

Eika Aoshima

Green Day have nothing more in mind than righting their ship

but as the Floyd's myth re-charger

the album requires attention -- and numerous listenings -- to fully appreciate what is on offer

FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET 04/06/2010 and multi-layered guitar and vocalOn FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET, Porcupine Tree follows up its well received DEADWING album with another highly ambitious outing. Fronted by vocalist guitarist Steven Wilson (No Man), and featuring keyboardist Richard Barbieri (formerly of the pioneering New Wave act Japan), the London based art rock ensemble continues its simultaneously heavier and more sophisticated direction, as embodied by the atmospheric and melodic "Way Out of Here," which veers into