krausy wrote:My package arrived from the Burning Shed today, and I now have the following:
Richard's solo work called Things Buried
and the following Porcupine Tree items:
In Absentia w/ bonus cd
Signify 2 cd digipak
Stupid Dream 2 cd special edition
Sorry to take so long responding to this - I've been so busy that I haven't been able to post anything for the last two weeks (but I do log on every day and read all of the new posts!)
I have all of the Porcupine Tree releases that you listed, in fact I just received Stupid Dream a couple of days ago from Burning Shed. I love every one of them, yet they are quite varied: the early stuff is more spacey and psychedelic while the newer ones (In Absentia and Deadwing in particular) are heavier with some metal influences.
Proggrl was a big help to me when I was first discovering this band, I'm sure she can step in here and give more details than I'm able to at the moment. If you like In Absentia then you will certainly like Deadwing.
Although I've only had Stupid Dream for a few days I really like how it fits into the band's evolution. It's not yet as heavy as the newer material, but the songs are a bit shorter and more concise than some of the earlier stuff.
Also, I haven't heard Things Buried but I'm curious about it. That's one thing that I don't like about the Burning Shed site... no audio samples to listen to. (Or did I just not find them?)