From Loudersound.
UK prog rockers Porcupine Tree have released a video for brand new song, the powerful Herd Culling, which you can watch below.
Herd Culling is taken from Closure/Continuation, the band’s first new album since 2009’s The Incident, and which will be released through Music For Nations on June 24.
“It was the final song written for the album,” explains Steven Wilson. “When the rest of the songs were assembled we felt there was still musically a “hole” for something dramatic in the middle of the album, so it became the only song written as a three way collaboration between all of us. Beginning with Gavin coming up with an unusual rhythm in 11 (he’ll never give you something easy!), it was then a case of myself and Richard finding the music, and both of us working with sequenced electronics and sound design, alongside the quiet/loud guitar dynamics.
“The full 7 minute version is a musical storytelling which features several other sections, but I think the edit works quite well as a more conventionally structured piece too – a smaller bite of music. Lyrically it’s about a very specific event in history, but it also deals with the broader theme of paranoia in the modern age – someone or something is coming up your driveway or in your front garden, and their/its motives are unclear. The title obviously takes on extra resonance in our Covid times.”
Porcupine Tree have previously released videos for Harridan and Of The New Day.
Closure/Continuation will be available as a seven track album on standard CD/double vinyl/coloured vinyl or limited cassette. The deluxe LP version comes on audiophile approved crystal clear vinyl as a 3xLP 45rpm boxset with two bonus tracks; the deluxe CD & Bluray boxset comes with three bonus tracks, instrumental versions, and high resolution 96/24 stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos versions of the album, all housed in an exclusive art book. You can see a product shot below.
Pre-order Closure/Continuation.
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- Porcupine Tree - Deadwing - 180gram - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £49.99, $64.49, €59.99 (New Item) (arrived 29-Mar-2025 17:00)on April 2, 2025 at 6:12 am
PORCUPINE TREE Deadwing (2018 UK limited edition 11-track 2-LP set pressed on 180 Gram Heavyweight Vinyl, the eighth studio album by the British progressive rock band originally released in 2005, including collaborations with King Crimson's Adrian Belew and Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt, housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with printed inners and Kscope insert. Both the printed inners have small seam splits due to vinyl shift but the sleeve and vinyl has minimal signs of play KSCOPE986)
- Porcupine Tree - Signify - 1st - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £125.00, $161.25, €150.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-Mar-2025 10:29)on April 2, 2025 at 6:12 am
PORCUPINE TREE Signify (Rare 1996 UK first press 13-track double LP with 'the brainwashed do not know they are brainwashed' etched in the run-outs. Includes the vinyl-only track 'The Sound Of No-One Listening'. The gatefold picture sleeve is Excellent with just a tiny paper fracture in a top edge & a small crease top right. The vinyl is stunning near 'as new' DELECLP045D)
- Porcupine Tree - Deadwing - 180gram Clear Vinyl - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £124.99, $161.24, €149.99 (New Item) (arrived 17-Mar-2025 15:00)on April 2, 2025 at 6:12 am
PORCUPINE TREE Deadwing (2018 UK limited edition 11-track remastered double LP edition of their rare & coveted 2005 album released on Kscope for the first time pressed on 180gram Clear Vinyl, including the singles Shallow and Lazarus. Both discs are in BRAND NEW condition with the gatefold picture sleeve which remains sealed with its resealable custom-stickered bag KSCOPE982)
- Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun - 180gm Clear Vinyl - Stickered - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £94.99, $122.54, €113.99 (New Item) (arrived 17-Mar-2025 15:05)on April 2, 2025 at 6:12 am
PORCUPINE TREE Lightbulb Sun (2017 UK limited edition 10-track remastered double LP issue of their 2000 sixth studio album pressed on 180gram Clear Vinyl, including the singles 'Four Chords That Made A Million' and 'Shesmovedon'. The stickered gatefold picture sleeve has the lyrics printed across the inside and comes with a Kscope stickered outer bag. The sleeve and vinyl remain in Near As New condition KSCOPE965)
- Porcupine Tree - Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape Archive Material 1984-91 - US - 2-LP vinyl set - £125.00, $161.25, €150.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 17-Mar-2025 17:00)on April 2, 2025 at 6:12 am
PORCUPINE TREE Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape Archive Material 1984-91 (Rare 2000 US 16-track remastered double LP compilation pressed on Black Vinyl, featuring collector's recordings that were originally issued on the very rare cassettes TarquinSeaweed Farm [1989] & The Nostalgia Factory [1990]. The gatefold picture sleeve is Excellent with minimal shelf wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with barely any play GOD005)
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