Product: Porcupine Tree: Anesthetize (2008)
Rating: 5.0
This is what I'd use to convert a friend to this magnificent band
This is a superb DVD and one of the best music DVDs in my ever-expanding collection. The audio and video is both absolutely superb. You feel like you're sitting right there next to Gavin Harrison as he pounds the skins. PT is a mind blowing band, and having seen them live, I can attest to the fact that this release is nearly as good as actually being there .The setlist includes all of the Fear of a Blank Planet album, and most of the Nil Recurring EP, and is complemented by cuts taken from the In Absentia and Signify albums. I was very surprised (pleasantly) to see the latter in the set. They haven't played some of these songs in a long time. 'Dark Matter' is almost worth the price of admission alone. Steven's solo in that one gives me goosebumps.Excellent DVD from a superb band. It actually makes me angry that the Justin Beiber's and Miley Cyrus's of the world get recognised everywhere, and yet PT are still relatively unknown outside prog circles. They are an extraordinary talent, and in a just world, Rolling Stone would be featuring Steven Wilson on the cover, not hacks like Britney Spears. He is one of my favourite musicians of all time.Get it. I would use this to convert people to the band.