Suddenly, Porcupine Tree

I have a friend who is a big fan. I listened at his request several times, didn't get the music if not the musicianship of the band. I went with him to see them a few years back at the House of Blues in Orlando Fl surrounded by rabid fans. It was a bit loud for the venue with entirely too much bass that had me walking around the place to find a place to listen without being bombarded by the over the top bass. I must say I now know why I still don't get them, the music just doesn't connect or draw me in but again, a very good band. There was one cut, can't recall the name that I really liked. Other than that I found the concert a bit boring and couldn't wait for it to end, different strokes I suppose.

Sometimes it take a while to connect to music and often it takes a bit of effort. These things can't be forced. Maybe down the road my perspective of the music of this group will change? It does happen as it did with you.

I'm a huge progressive music fan, but being an audiophile, a lot of bands have put out recordings that just don't work for me. I have The Incident on CD and Voyage 34 on vinyl and neither are very impressive. Can anyone suggest an album or two that might be a bit more high fidelity?

i think of pt as prog for people like me who really don't like prog. what separates them from their ostensible peers is that they (like pink floyd and radiohead) have generally-accessible tunes with real melodies, not just exercises in virtuosity and bombast.

I checked out some PT videos on youtube. I liked the overall sound but found the guitar player to be inappropriately derivative/generic/uninspired. I'll give him this--he didn't sound as if he was trying to imitate Dave Gilmour.

I didn't connect with Porky Tree till I listened in my car, great driving music for long trips.

Agree with ptmconsulting that the first three Riverside albums and some of Anathema like Fine Day to Exit/We're here because we're here/Weather Systems are similar bands.