Pineapple Thief - Retracing Our Steps - 7CD+Blu-Ray & Hardback Book - COMPACT DISCS

Deluxe edition includes two CDs, Blu-ray, and DVD plus 52-page book. Recorded September 2020 to July 2023, the record took shape slowly but surely as the band meticulously perfected their sound. Often guarded, It Leads To This keeps it's ace in the pack up it's sleeve, biding it's time until all the right pieces fall in place, giving way to a beautiful, cinematic experience on every track. Conceptually, the record is Soord's efforts to better understand himself and the world around him. Opening with the coy melodies of 'Put it Right' before moving into the metallic groove of 'Rubicon', the album builds to the heart of the record with the epic title track, the cathartic 'The Frost', followed by an introspective 'All That's Left'. The ominous 'Now it's Yours' and 'Every Trace of Us' keep the foreboding atmosphere topped up whilst delivering The Pineapple Thief's signature dynamism, closing the record with the haunting 'To Forget'. One of the leading lights in Europe's experimental rock domain, The Pineapple Thief were formed in 1999 by founder and chief songwriter Bruce Soord. It Leads to This is their 14th studio album. The line-up has remained solid since 2016's game-changing Your Wilderness Bruce Soord (guitar/vocals), Jon Sykes (bass/backing vocals), Gavin Harrison (drums/percussion) and Steve Kitch (keyboards). Your Wilderness made the UK Album Chart Top 75 with 2018 follow-up Dissolution peaking at #36, alongside #1 UK Rock and Metal, #22 German album chart and #4 Netherlands Platomania album chart. Album Tracks 1. Put It Right [05 30] 2. Rubicon [04 37] 3. It Leads to This [04 43] 4. The Frost [05 40] 5. All That's Left [04 26] 6. Now It's Yours [05 59] 7. Every Trace of Us [04 30] 8. To Forget [05 20] 1. All That's Left (Alternate Version) [04 30] 2. All Because of Me (Alternate Version) [03 05] 3. Put It Right (Alternate Version) [05

Three CD + Blu-Ray edition. Transmission are proud to present Deadwing in a deluxe hardback book edition for the first time. This is the most complete collection of the album and related material to date. Disc 1 is Steven Wilson's 2018 remaster, disc 2 features B-sides & additional tracks, disc 3 features over 70 minutes of Deadwing demos, offering a rare insight into the creative process for the album, including several tracks not recorded for the final album, and the Blu-ray features the new 'making of' documentary Never Stop the Car on a Drive in the Dark, 'Lazarus' promo video, Deadwing remastered in 96/24 LPCM stereo, B-sides in 96/24 LPCM stereo, Deadwing album with 4 bonus tracks in 5.1 surround sound mix by Elliot Scheiner and Steven Wilson, and 77 minute Rockpalast, Germany broadcast from 2005. Also included is a 108-page book with an in-depth history of the band by Stephen Humphries and rare photographs from Lasse Hoile and the band's personal archives. Deadwing was Porcupine Tree's eighth studio album, first released in 2005 following their breakthrough with In Absentia. It was the second in a run of 3 albums that for many represent the pinnacle of the band's artistic achievements. Album Tracks 1. Deadwing 2. Shallow 3. Lazarus 4. Halo 5. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here 6. Mellotron Scratch 7. Open Car 8. Start of Something Beautiful 9. Glass Arm Shattering 1. Revenant 2. So Called Friend 3. Shesmovedon 4. Mother and Child Divided 5. Half Light 1. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (Demo) 2. Godfearing (Demo) 3. Lazarus (Demo) 4. Open Car (Demo) 5. Vapour Trails (Demo) 6. Shallow (Demo) 7. Deadwing (Demo) 8. Mother and Child Divided (Demo) 9. Instrumental Demo 1 10. Halo (Demo) 11. Instrumental Demo 2 12. So Called Friend (Demo) 13. Glass Arm Jam 1. Never Stop the Car on a Drive in the Dark (Deadwing

The much anticipated deluxe edition of the iconic album by the British legends of experimental rock. Featuring re-mastered stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes, additional studio recordings, a disc of unreleased demos and a new feature length Lasse Hoile directed documentary on Blu-ray (All region). This new deluxe version of In Absentia provides an unrivalled insight into the context of the seminal album. The first CD features Steven Wilson's 2017 remaster, which has considerably less compression and limiting for a more dynamic listening experience. The second CD includes all of the additional finished studio recordings the band made during the period. InchCollapse (intro)Inch, InchDrown With MeInch, InchChloroformInch, and InchMeantimeInch were all recorded during the album sessions in New York, while InchFutileInch and InchOrchidiaInch come from the post-album promo-only Futile EP. Radio edits of InchTrainsInch, InchBlackest EyesInch and InchStrip the SoulInch are also included. The third CD comprises over 70 minutes of demos recorded at Wilson's home studio during the two years leading up to recording the album. Many of the selections differ from the final versions, with additional sections, alternate lyrics, and different arrangements. Also included are demos of three songs that were not subsequently recorded by the band, all released here for the first time InchImogen SlaughterInch, InchWatching You SleepInch, and InchEnoughInch. The Blu- ray features the new master of the original stereo mix, the 5.1 surround sound mix created in 2003 by legendary engineer Elliot Scheiner, plus the audio from the second CD, all in high resolution audio. It also boasts a new 109- minute feature length documentary film directed by Lasse Hoile, chronicling the making of the album with interviews and archive footage. This deluxe reissue of Porcupine Tree's best-loved album follows