Porcupine Tree take aim at ego in crazy new video for Rats Return

From Loudersound.

UK prog rockers Porcupine Tree take direct aim at dictatorial ego and self-interest in their crazy new video for Rats Return, which you can watch below.

The song 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.

“This song is about those who claim to have the interests of the people at heart, but when it comes down to it there is only ego and self-interest,”explains Steven Wilson. “I find myself reflecting on what sort of person would actually be so driven as to want to rule over a whole nation, and aren’t these people by definition the very last people that should be allowed to do so? That rats will always save themselves first.”

Porcupine Tree have previously released videos for Harridan, Of The New Day and Herd Culling.

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.  Pre-order Closure/Continuation.

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  • Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation. Live. Amsterdam 07/11/22 - 2CDs/2Blu-Rays/Book - Sealed - UK - cd album box set - £84.99, $107.09, €99.44 (New Item) (arrived 13-Mar-2024 13:32)
    on March 28, 2024 at 11:13 pm

    PORCUPINE TREE Closure/Continuation. Live. Amsterdam 07/11/22 (Deluxe Edition 4-Disc Set 2024 UK/EU limited edition box containing 2-CDs with 21 songs recorded live at Ziggo Dome Arena, Amsterdam, a Blu-Ray Concert Film in Stereo, 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos, plus a Blu-Ray Audio Disc with High Resolution Stereo, 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos versions. Complete with a 60-page book housed inside a rigid slipcase picture box with spine-wrap obi & factory sealed. Recommended)

  • Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine - Dutch - 3-LP vinyl set - £150.00, $189.00, €175.50 (New Item) (arrived 10-Nov-2023 13:41)
    on March 28, 2024 at 11:13 pm

    PORCUPINE TREE Coma Divine (2002 Dutch pressed 14-track vinyl 3-LP set comprising live recordings from their three nights residency at the Frontiera in Rome during 25th-27th March 1997; accompanied by a Bonus 7" single including two demo versions of the track 'Disappear' [which previously appeared on '4 Chords That Made A Million' CD Single]. Complete with photo credits inners, the picture sleeve shows light spine wear, whilst the vinyl is in near 'as new' condition LP-103)

  • Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £49.99, $62.99, €58.49 (New Item) (arrived 06-Jun-2023 14:48)
    on March 28, 2024 at 11:13 pm

    PORCUPINE TREE The Sky Moves Sideways (2017 UK limited edition 7-track remastered 2-LP set pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl. The third studio album by the British progressive rock band originally released in 1995. This Steven Wilson remastered vinyl edition features phases 1 & 2 of the title track,the near single of Stars Die and the tone poem Moonloop . Housed in a hype stickered gatefold picture sleeve with lyric printed inners. Although not sealed, this remains in a 'near asnew' condition KSCOPE949)

  • Porcupine Tree - The Incident - UK - 2-CD album set - £14.99, $18.89, €17.54 (New Item) (arrived 09-Jun-2023 12:00)
    on March 28, 2024 at 11:13 pm

    PORCUPINE TREE The Incident (2009 UK 2-CD album set - Like 'Fear Of A Blank Planet', 'The Incident', Porcupine Tree's tenth studio album, is an elaborate conceptual piece fuelled by a 21st century cocktail of MTV, sex, prescription drugs, video games, the internet, terminal boredom and subsequent escape, taking the listener on a thrilling audio journey. In turns haunting, desolate, hypnotic and euphoric, its centre-piece is the title track - a stunning 55-minute musical statement thatbreaks down into 14 separate and often diverse [though interlinked] vignettes. Beginning slowly with 'Occam's Razor', before gaining momentum and intensity with 'The Blind House', 'Drawing The Line' and 'The Incident' itself, the group's masterful manipulation of sounds and textures is never overlooked. The album is completed by four standalone compositions all housed on a separate CD to stress their independence from the record's main 14-part suite!)

  • Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine - UK - 2-CD album set - £15.00, $18.90, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 09-Jun-2023 12:03)
    on March 28, 2024 at 11:13 pm

    PORCUPINE TREE Coma Divine (2009 issue UK 14-track 2-CD album set - Riding high on the success of their 1996 album 'Signify', the band embarked on an extensive European tour. Three gigs in Rome from this tour were captured in stunning digitalclarity to make up their first official live album, 'Coma Divine'. This special edition contains Bonus Recordings not included on the original 1997 release, including 'Radioactive Toy' and 'Up The Downstair' along with the pick of the band's first four albums.)

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