Porcupine Tree, c'est 22 ans d'existence, et 10 albums studio. Autant dire que chaque sortie d'album est attendue comme le Messie. Et justement, voilà enfin les détails dévoilés quant au onzième enfant du groupe.

Il s'intitulera The Incident, sortie prévue le 21 septembre 2009, et sera un double album composé de 14 chansons sur une face et de 4 sur l'autre. Vous pouvez découvrir la cover ci-dessous :

 

L'album sera conceptuel - quelle surprise ! Voici ce qu'en dit le leader, Steven Wilson, à son sujet :

“There was a sign saying ‘POLICE – INCIDENT’ and everyone was slowing
down to rubber neck to see what had happened... Afterwards, it struck
me that ‘incident’ is a very detached word for something so destructive
and traumatic for the people involved. And then I had the sensation
that the spirit of someone that had died in the accident entered into
my car and was sitting next to me. The irony of such a cold expression
for such seismic events appealed to me, and I began to pick out other
‘incidents’ reported in the media and news,” continues Wilson. “I wrote
about the evacuation of teenage girls from a religious cult in Texas, a
family terrorizing its neighbors, a body found floating in a river by
some people on a fishing trip, and more. Each song is written in the
first person and tries to humanize the detached media reportage.”

Vous l'aurez compris, ou pas, ce ne sera pas ambiance cotillons !

Une tournée est d'ores et déjà prévue, avec deux dates en France :
- le 13 octobre à l'Olympia
- le 26 novembre au Transbordeur de Lyon.

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