Insurgentes
Insurgentes is Steven Wilson's first full-length solo album released in February 2009. Exactly a year from then, I'm writing a review.Anyway.
The album begins with 'Harmony Korine', which is simple in song structure but elevates everything around when the heavily reverbed and epic chorus kicks in. The song is a perfect example of Wilson's songwriting and his mastery over making any song 'EPIC' on call. The song fades into the next track - 'Abandoner', a rather minimalist track with haunting vocals, and reverse-delay guitar accents. It continues into an eerie and synth layered fuzzy, noisy, and if I may just once more, an EPIC arpeggiated section. 'Salvaging' picks up pretty much in phase with the minimalist theme that seems to be what the whole album revolves around. The song proceeds into an industrial-shoegaze thing which ends rather abruptly into the next track. The albums follows it's course through 'Veneno Para Las Hadas' and 'No twilight Within the Courts of the Sun' into 'Significant Other', with angel like vocals by Clodagh Simonds.
I'm not going to go deeper into a song by song description, as whatever I would say would never do justice to the sheer brilliance of this release. It doesn't matter if you are a Porcupine Tree fan or not, this album is a must listen for anyone who appreciates and enjoys good music.
Steven Wilson's a genius.
Track Listing -
1. Harmony Lorine
2. Abandoner
3. Salvaging
4. Veneno Para Las Hadas
5. No twilight Within the Courts of the Sun
6. Significant Other
7. Only Child
8. Twilight Coda
9. Get What You Deserve
10. Insurgentes
Bonus Disc -
1. Port Rubicon
2. Puncture Wound
3. Collecting Space
4. Insurgentes (Mexico)
5. The 78
