I adore this song, Porcupine Tree at their finest

Brilliant reaction to Porcupine Tree once again. And brilliant suggestion, only a true PT lover would suggest this song. Love and cheers from New Delhi, India. 🇮🇳

You guys have to do 'Arriving Somewhere but not here' off of this album. Its a gem. Studio version or live in chicago.. doesnt matter. You guys have to experience this track. More PT PLEASE!!!!

Hi guys - Porcupine Tree ! - Brilliant ! - After just hearing a few tracks they did, I ended up with their entire cd collection within a few weeks. That's a very rare thing for me to do, but boy oh boy so glad I did. The album Deadwing is an incredible album..."Arriving somewhere..." is a track that just blew me away. If not yet heard - It's a must ! Thanks for such a great song reaction.

I´m looking forward to seing you reacting to Anesthetize from these guys.

Love that open-static, needle to the groove sound. Great request, Eric. Bringing us along the scenic route - sooo like you! Taking the long way home. Really nice view. 🤪

On the CD the scratching goes on for 5-6 minutes at the end of the song and then there's a "secret" version of Shesmovedon that's not listed. It's different than the version on Lightbulb Sun and well worth listening to. This whole album is great, but they all are. Solo Steven Wilson is also a must, particularly Hand.Cannot.Erase. That album really must be heard as a whole.

I love Porcupine Tree. I also want to wish you well. Loved your car story.

Deadwing is my favorite P.T. album (it was originally meant to be the soundtrack of a ghost story that Steven Wilson had co-written, but the film was never done). I think this album is a perfect blend of Steven's metal influence and their Floydish atmospheric stylings. Not a bad track on the whole lp, but highlights for me are Shallow, Lazarus, Arriving Somewhere But Not Here, Mellotron Scratch, and Open Car. You really HAVE to do a reaction to both Lazarus and Arriving Somewhere.... - two of their most popular songs!!

Lex, I feel the same way: anytime I see a song/album/performance where Steven Wilson is involved, I am like "I can't wait!" I only JUST discovered his music and his genius, over the last couple weeks and I am floored by his music! Thank you for reacting!

I have not listened to Porcupine Tree in depth. Think my brother listened to them and I overheard some. This was great. What have missed out on? Catching up now with you

Thank you, Nick and Lex. Most reaction channels that react to Porcupine Tree tend to start with Arriving Somewhere and Anesthetize, and often ignore the remaining PT catalog. But there's so much more to Porcupine Tree than just those two admittedly awesome tracks. And my aim has been to slowly introduce you to more of the PT catalog before eventually suggesting those two oft-requested tracks. Thank you for being open to the journey :)

This album was my introduction to the band, mellotron scratch and open car are my two favourite tracks but the whole album is gorgeous this track is awesome x

Couldn't click fast enough.! Underrated song, reminds me of my honeymoon (the album dropped the day before we left). I listened to it non stop on the beaches of St Lucia!

You're the new Kel'n'Rich! Well done guys.

I would request "Take a Pebble" by Emerson Lake & Palmer, a wonderful, laid back song.

Awesome video as always, big thanks to you guys! I’m ready for another PT full album reaction whenever you guys are, “In Absentia” is a great choice, although you really can’t go wrong with anything from “Up the Downstair” onward. My favourites are the ones from “Signify” to “Fear of a Blank Planet”. All basically 10/10 masterpieces for me! Steven’s solo stuff is fantastic too, although I wasn’t huge into “To the Bone” and I haven’t heard the latest one yet.

'The start of something beautiful' from the same album please. PT and solo Steven Wilson you cannot go wrong. Great channel love it.

Yeaaeee ! You're going to do "Arriving Somewhere......." - Seriously, utterly , totally mind blowing ! As for pausing - Pause after the intro soon as you hear the guitar chords begin - Maybe that will be enough. It's going to be hard to stop, but if you do, I just feel you wont stop long. Lol - I can't wait !

You need to hear Porcupine Tree - Don't Hate Me, my new favorite of them.

I discovered PT and Steven Wilson about 5 years ago. I am baffled to this day how it took me that long. But from that moment I dove deep and stayed there for well, about 5 years now. I havent had another artist in my adult years grab me like he has. Absolute GENIUS

Psychedelic space rock! Very cool, being a lifelong YES fan and liking some of Pink Floyd I like the style!

Looking forward for you to listen to the whole of this masterpiece :-)

Hey guys! Deadwing is an amazing PT album, thx so much for this one 😎. I really hope 🤞 you can react to the title track Deadwing... It a great opening song and it is so different than what had come before. There are so many killer songs on this album, I can’t wait to see what you react to next. Also check out the live concert video Arriving Somewhere which captures the 2005 Deadwing tour brilliantly, and the mix by Wilson is incredible. PT are such a great live band! Thx again 😉 Have a great day ☀️

Such a great song! Loved your reaction! Look forward to more!

Same as you, I haven't heard a single PT song that I don't enjoy, or at least respect. This one is just great. I'm not gonna add to your pile because you surely have tons of songs in your backlog already, just here for the ride because you guys remind me so much of the people I've always tried to surround myself with, Almost feel like we've known from ages. Also just noticed you seem to be in Colorado? I'm right down the road in CoSprings :)

Good work, I'm loving your reactions to all this great music. Something different every day which is a great way to run a channel.

Love Porcupine Tree and great to see this reaction. You'll love Arriving....I would love to see your reaction to Mistreated covered by Rainbow live in Munich 1977. Histrionic guitar and incredible vocals by RJD. Just a thought.

Guys, another great reaction, so glad you are enjoying the PT journey, these guys are fantastic; really look forward to your reactions to the rest of the Deadwing album,,, ASBNH will blow your mind 😀 cheers from Scotland .

I just stumbled to your channel and saw so many PT REACTIONS, it was like finding DIAMOND 💎, PT are just GODLY!! Too good to be true, awesome reaction guys!!!

You two are delightful. Your approach to prog reminds me of a Jackson Pollack painting -- dots all over the place and lo, a complete picture will emerge. Spock's Beard was a wonderful surprise -- you found one of their best songs.

One of his best albums, so many great songs on here.

If you like Radiohead, you will like The Raven That Refused To Sing by Steven Wilson

Thank you for doing more Porcupine Tree. Talent never gets boring.

Porcupine Tree... oh, it’s a good day. Had kinda forgotten this track and that would be a shame. It’s sooo good. Looking forward to Arriving... and Shallow and Lazarus. I apprecitate you trying to time the pause... bravo. Might I ask that if you make it a longer pause that you then rewind it just a bit so we can get back on track without feeling we missed something? Otherwise I loved this reaction and your story of how music brought you two together! Wonderful!

Might take a look at Blackfield after PT. Love the song 1000 People.

What a great song .. these guys are a “whole album at once” listen kind of band .. Fear of a Dark Planet is another one of their great albums .. thanks for the reaction !

Ihr werdet es nicht glauben, aber es gibt noch eine Steigerung: das Solo Album, The Raven That Refused To Sing featuring Guthrie Govan und Marco Minnemann ist SW's Meisterstück

Besides Arriving anywhere but here I would suggest you check out Shallow and Halo from this same album.

Steven Wilson loves melancholy

You will love rest of the album and then you must do Fear of a Blank Planet That is the PT zenith for me Keep up the great work

Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize (live). Hear this and you will blown away, a real gem.

Guys, you need to do Voyage 34 (Part 1) from PT. It's a song that tells the story of a guy's LSD trip, through a 60s anti-propaganda LSD vynil. It's so right up your alley. Also it's far off the beaten track in popularity. You'll be blown away. You'll love it.

Deadwing is a great album!! Please react to the title track. It's a mind blower!!

I loved your started dating after bonded with music story. It reminded me and my wife of how we met at a bar before a Nine Inch Nails concert and bonded talking about how we both loved the band the Cure. She was with her boyfriend at the time and they asked to sit down in a booth me and my friend were occupying!

I love that you are going to be doing the Deadwing full album! I can't blame you either - if I was doing a reaction channel and discovered Porcupine tree, I would be doing full albums as soon as possible so that I could start listening to them on my own over and over asap! Just a small word of caution. I would have agreed with the statement, I have never heard a Steven Wilson song I didn't love" up until 4 years ago. But his last 2 efforts, To the Bone, and the Future Bites are sadly not nearly as good as what he did for many many years pryor. Please explore EVERYTHING else before you hit those two. Everything before that is great.

Cómo andan!!! Desde Argentina, un abrazo enorme. Amo éste tema!!

Amazing reaction! I love this song, always a great song to relax to for me. Please have a listen to Dark matter , Dont hate me and deform to form a star please!

Since you guys have recently started doing these reactions, I feel it's only fitting that you do "Start of something beautiful" by Porcupine Tree Some of Steven's great (and more recent) solo stuff: - Happy Returns - Perfect Life - Routine - Drive Home - The raven that refused to sing - Hand cannot erase

Such a hauntingly beautiful simply complex song. Porcupine Tree was my introduction to Steven Wilson's artistry. The website Rushisaband mentioned that Alex Lifeson contributed a solo to Porcupine Trees song Anesthetize and I once I listened to that plus the whole Fear of a Blank Planet album, I was hooked. Speaking of Alex Lifeson solo contributions John Wesley a guitarist/singer who was part of the Porcupine Tree touring band has several solo albums which I also really enjoy. He has an album called Disconnect. The song Once was a Warrior features an awesome solo by Alex Lifeson that I hope you check out

This song is really nice. Probably because it sounds a lot like a combination of Radiohead and Beck.

Deadwing is such a good album - I would strongly recommend listening to it in its entirety from start to finish - with the lights down and the volume up! Steven at his absolute best IMHO. But if you have to choose one track then 'Ariving Somewhere But Not Here' is on a dimensional plane all of its own. Sublime. Thanks again. Keep them coming...

i stargaze with giant 100mm binoculars on a tripod listening to that stuff.

Steve Wilson is amazing. Just picked up his remastering of Gentle Giant's Power and the Glory. Can't wait for you to hit some Gentle Giant. Also, please check out "Fox on the Rooftop" by Steve Mason. This is the closest you can get to Pink Floyd without any member of Pink Floyd being involved. Then check out "Squares", by Steve Mason's band, The Beta Band. I promise, you will not be disappointed!

A suggestion for where to go after this that is similar yet quite different: Sigur Ros.

In Absentia is my favorite Porcupine Tree album, but this album, Deadwing, rocks hard. It's hard to go wrong with any track on this album, but Mellotron Scratch is so cool and stands out sonically from the other songs. Thank you for another great reaction. Funny that I was turned on to both Porcupine Tree and Spock's Beard in 2016. I had been a prog fan forever, but never heard either of them. I was, like, "Where have you been all my life?" There's some killer songs on the Stupid Dream album, as well.

Do "Ghosts and Typhoons" by Pure Reason Revolution. It's like indie rock meets prog rock. Excellent song with a male and female singer that harmonize amazingly. You'll dig it

Hi from Oklahoma, NicknLex! I discovered your channel a few days ago, and subscribed just a few minutes ago. You are easily my favourite reactors, and you have excellent taste! I heartily recommend that you have a separate channel for exclusively the wondrous world (universe) of Steven Wilson and his musical projects: Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, No-Man, Steven Wilson, IEM (Incredible Expanding Mindfuck), Bass Communion, Storm Corrosion (a collab with Mikael Afferfeldt of Opeth), etc., and a channel for all non-SW! (-: Seriously! As a Porcupine Tree expert (and devout listener since '99), I exhort you to not get too excited about listening to and reviewing "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here". "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" is severely overrecommended. Within the Porcupine Tree spectrum, it is in the extreme middle. The song is very mediocre and average (although good, of course, because it is the mighty Tree!), and unspecial. All of you who ludicrously tout "Arriving Somewhere..." as the best song by Porcupine Tree obviously have not listened to enough Tree! "Arriving Somewhere..." is not even the best song on "Deadwing"! Thereby, it cannot possibly/logically be the best song in PT's discography. Those of you who rank it at the pinnacle of PT songs don't EVEN know what you'te talking about. You don't have a clue, and you need to explore PT's discography more deeply. The best song on "Deadwing" is "Lazarus". The second best is "Mellotron Scratch". The third is "Open Car" (a unique masterpiece with superb terse lyrics). If you choose "Arriving Somewhere..." above the magical, poignant,and ineffably gorgeous and dreamy "Lazarus", you indeed need counseling, and a brain scan. These Tree songs absolutely and thoroughly DESTROY "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here": "This Long Silence" "Begonia Seduction Scene" "The Nostalgia Factory" "Voyage 34: Phase I" "Voyage 34: Phase II" "Voyage 34: Phase III" "Voyage 34: Phase IV" "Up The Downstair" "Fadeaway" "Small Fish" "Burning Sky" "Always Never" "Not Beautiful Anymore" "Bornlivedie" "Signify" "Idiot Prayer" ""Dark Matter" "Sleep Of No Dreaming" "The Sky Moves Sideways Phase One" "The Sky Moves Sideways Phase Two" "Moonloop" "Stars Die" "The Moon Touches Your Shoulder" "Prepare Yourself" "Moonloop: Unedited Improvisation" "Intermediate Jesus" "Disappear" (all three versions) "Untitled" "Flicker" "Cure For Optimism" "And The Swallows Dance Above The Sun" "Buying New Soul" "Moonloop: Coda" "Tinto Brass" "Stranger By The Minute" "A Smart Kid" "Even Less" "Lightbulb Sun" "Socalled Friend" "Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth (Before It Is Recycled)" "The Rest Will Flow" ""Shesmovedon" "London" "Even Less Part Two" "Black Dahlia" "in Formaldehyde" "How Is Your Life Today" "Time Flies" (the shorter and the longer versions) "Insignificance" "Remember Me Lover" "Metanoia: Intermediate Jesus" "Lazarus" "Trains" "Open Car" "Prodigal" "CollapseThe Light Into Earth" "Drown With Me" (all versions) "Fear Of A Blank Planet" "Russia On Ice" "Mother And Child Divided" "Anesthetize" "Way Out Of Here" "Normal" "Mellotron Scratch" "Cheating The Polygraph" "What Happens Now" "Octane Twisted" "I Drive The Hearse". Now you know how far down in the rankings "Arriving Somewhere..." actually is - and the list I just typed is a short one! "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" contains simplistic jamming, and lacks the atmosphere which is the spirit of Porcupine Tree (and its primary, characteristic element). All of you who ridiculously push "Arriving Somewhere..." as the finest song of the immense Porcupine Tree catalogue, stop being ridiculous - and stop leading NicknLex astray! "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" is nothing compared to most of the mighty Tree's work! "Russia On Ice", "Trains", all of the album "The Sky Moves Sideways", "Disappear", "Idiot Prayer", "Stranger By The Minute", "Lazarus", "Lightbulb Sun", and "Up The Downstair" are some of the songs in the loftiest level of the Tree's work. They all surpass the comparatively lame and boring "Arriving Somewhere...", by parsecs. The frequent comments on KZfaq and elsewhere which praise "Arriving Somewhere..." as P. Tree's best, I theorise, are a manifestation of what I call the Copycat Syndrome. In this process, one guy (probably a teenager), posts that "Arriving Somewhere" is awesome and thinks it's hip to listen to Porcupine Tree, then a friend or follower of his repeats the adulatory remark, and paraphrases it, while neither of them listens to any more, or very little of, Porcupine Tree's other songs. And so on and so on, and the meme continues and proliferates. The initiators of the meme probably are typical of the many relatively casual - and unknowledgeale - listeners who rank only the Tree's later albums at the top, without ever citing the early work - say, up to "In Absentia". They do not realise that early Porcupine Tree is the best Porcupine Tree! NicknLex, thank you for your time! You are so fun and exhilarating to watch and listen to, and I love it when other humans enjoy and appreciate the music of Steven Wilson, which is the music I live for. My favourite P. Tree songs include "Moonloop: Unedited Improvisation", two of the three versions of the incredible masterpiece "Disappear" (particularly the demo version), "Bornlivedie", "Trains", "A Smart Kid" (an eerie, atmospheric post-apocalyptic anthem which is starkly beautiful and will give you chills and goosebumps), "Up The Downstair", "Idiot Prayer" (a supremly psychedelic, very atmospheric trancey-dancey opus, which features the grooviest electric guitar wizardry in the history of music!), "The Moon Touches Your Shoulder" (very Buddhist and mystical), "Prodigal" (includes brilliant lyrics which I know you would love, Alexia), "The Sky Moves Sideways Phase One" and "The Sky Moves Sideways Phase Two" (both of which are very Floydian, but much better than anything Pink Floyd has ever created), "Lightbulb Sun", "Open Car", "Anesthesize" (the original verzh is stupendous but I and many other PT aficionados love the famous live version in Tilburg, Netherlands - included on the "Anesthetize" DVD - even more - and that live performance has the tightest and most perfect guitar-drums interplay ever, in my opinion), the lovely and mystical "Stars Die" (Steven Wilson's mother's favourite Porcupine Tree song), and "The Seance". I heartily recommend all the songs in the long list and the preceding paragraph as reaction tunes, but I am sure you are overwhelmed with requests already. If I proffer just one request - for now, it is the utterly tremendous "Coma Divine", which many progressive rock critics rate as the best live album ever recorded. It is blistering! An album review of it, a la your wonderful and very entertaining album review of "Lightbulb Sun", would be just fantastic! Nick, I very much loved your reaction to "Russia On Ice". It is indeed a monster. (-: I am exicted about enjoying and experiencing more of your stellar reactions! --Tunefully, Cosmic Chris

Opening track Deadwing. A great track. Jon UK ❤

Awesome reaction to an awesome song. You mentioned “Arriving Somewhere”, but I hope you do the LIVE version from the Chicago concert. The studio version just pales in comparison!

My Porcupine Tree requests: Trains, My Ashes, Arriving Somewhere But Not Here, Sentimental, Shallow, Open Car, Deadwing, Fear Of A Blank Planet.

Please check drive home by Steven Wilson's raven that refuse to sing album.. You'll love that track.

Album time guys 🤷🏽‍♂️

Porcupine Tree - Heart Attack In A Layby (Have the lyrics open!)

I stronly advise you to listen to Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34. Preferrably the whole album, but at least Phase I and Phase II. That really goes beyond what you have just listened to in Glass Arm Shattering (which indeed is beautiful!).

Please react to porcupine tree “the sleep of no dreaming”

One word: Anesthetize.

live version of "arriving somewhere but not here" is way better than studio. trust me!

should have played halo off a deadwing

Boy Steven Wilson used to golden. His newest record is hot pop garbage

How about sloppy seconds, fifteen minutes or it's free

Anurag Iyer, Andy Bleach, and others who rave about "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here": You obviously do not know much about Porcupine Tree. "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" is not "a gem", as Anurag stated. It is barely mediocre! Scroll down and read my comment from a few days ago, under "Cosmic Chris". When I typed the long list of Tree tunes which are enormously better, I forgot a few. "Mute" and "Footprints", and several other Tree masterpieces came to mind after I posted the comment. "Arriving Somewhere..." is not even the best song on its album "Deadwing"! "The Start Of Something Beautiful" is yet another which I did not think of at the time. With its scintillating beautiful bass and gorgeous acoustic guitar, it bests "Arriving Somewhere...". And how can anyone possibly favor the lame "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" over "Lazarus"?! That is a crime against humanity, and a departure from sanity. It is akin to ranking "In A Gadda Da Vida" over "Let It Be". In either scenario, you're away and astray. (I am refraining from restating this less nicely, and more uncivilly). You Arriving Somewhere recommenders are obviously very casual listeners and very unfamiliar with the amazing Porcupine Tree. I am glad you like the band, but songwise, you have a helluva lot to learn! Reading my comment from last weekend amd listening to the songs on the lengthy list will be an excellent path to begin your journey, my initiates.