anathema is planning to play alot of new material on tour with porcupine tree throughout europe in the autumn..

 


porcupine tree have kindly asked anathema to support them on their full european tour in the autumn.. this tour is still in the planning stage and will cover alot of territories.

anathema have decided that - rather than rushing into the studio to finish the album in time for the tour, (and not being able to work with the producer we would like) - it will actually benefit the band and the new album to play the new songs live before recording them.

so you can expect to hear songs like 'angels walk among us' 'paradigm shift' 'hindsight' 'get off, get out' 'lightning song' 'one day' 'summernight horizon' 'further' 'a simple mistake' and others on the tour with PT..

our new american manager is helping to put everything in place for us to record and release this ambitious music. he is negotiating deals in the USA and advising us on our best way to go. the response from record companies has been very positive.

we intend to record approximately 85 minutes of music for this album. at least 14 songs. the idea AT THE MOMENT is to release a double album called simply..

'paradigm shift'

again this not not confirmed, PLANS CAN CHANGE.

a double album WILL NOT mean it will be a huge, overbearing, very long album...

it may only be two groups of seven songs.. split over two CD's in order to be easily digested by the listener. it definately will not be a self indulgent album. it definately is not a 'concept album'.

themes of life, healing and unity will run through some of the songs...

the recent shows we have played this year have been great. we had some great nights, some great audiences and great laughs. thanks for everyone who helped make it happen. special thanks must go out to Derek and Alx at the agency, Mick Reed, Milly Evans, Raymond, Ian, Loz, Ozzy and Hans for making it all work.

we have loved playing. we look forward very much to introducing this intense, passionate new music to the public on tour with porcupine tree. we then look forward to recording what i personally think will be a wonderful record after the tour. it is the first album we have made that will be truly complete. it will change lives. hopefully beginning with ours.

wishing you all the best

danny.

PS: a full tour of TURKEY has been confirmed for october. dates will be online very soon..

Porcupine Tree release a new EP in September called "Nil Recurring". It will feature 4 tracks (just under 30 minutes of music) that were written during the Fear of a Blank Planet sessions, including the title track featuring Robert Fripp on guitar, and "Cheating the Polygraph", which was premiered on the 2006 tour, but subsequently left off the Fear of a Blank Planet album.

Full track listing is:

1. Nil Recurring (6.08)
2. Normal (7.07)
3. Cheating the Polygraph (7.06)
4. What Happens Now? (8.23)

Surround sound mixes of the new EP tracks will be included on the definitive Fear of a Blank Planet 5.1 DVDA edition. This DVDA will also include a special Fear of a Blank Planet introduction short film made by Lasse Hoile, and the video for the title track.

Both the Nil Recurring and Fear of a Blank Planet DVDA will be officially released on 25th September, but the PT Store will be taking pre-orders soon.

If anyone cares, this is something to get extremely excited about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhS-csU0k1U