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If you would like to order a copy of the special edition of the Incident, but don’t see your country listed in the pre-order page, no problem! All you need to do is send an email to porcupinetree@warnermusic.com including your address. They will then get back to you with shipping information.

Porcupine Tree reveal the first video from their highly anticipated new album The Incident (in stores 14th September) exclusively with MUZU TV in the UK and Ireland this coming Monday (17th August) at 4pm.

The video is directed by Lasse Hoile, the man responsible for (amongst other things) the videos for Fear Of A Blank Planet and Way Out Of Here, the stunning visuals at Porcupine Tree shows, and the hardback book of photographs to accompany The Incident that comes as part of the limited deluxe edition.

Time Flies in its full 12 minute form appears as the central segment of the 55 minute title track of the album.

Head to here on Monday at 4pm to check out the video.

There will also be a competition to celebrate the launch of the album.

Tonefloat is pleased and honoured to house the vinyl edition. the incident is captured on three sides, with the additional tracks on side four.

Mastered from the original 24-bit audio files, the album will be out in two versions: a regular 180 grams edition in a gatefold sleeve, and a special edition that is limited to 2000 copies worldwide.This incorporates the two discs in separate picture sleeves, a superb 48-page 12inch book, and all of that housed in a custom printed PVC slipcase.

Pre-order now.

Due for release on 14th September 2009, the new album from Porcupine Tree, The Incident, can now be pre-ordered worldwide.

Limited Edition

• USA/Canada – $106.99 (includes instant download of Time Flies (edit) from the new album)
• Rest of the world – £59.99 – Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Luxemberg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay

Full details about the contents of the Limited Edition can be found here.

Standard 2CD Edition

• Austrialia
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Holland
• Italy
• Spain
• Switzerland
• UK (includes instant exclusive free track ‘Way Out Here – Live’)
• USA

The European Limited Edition of the September 2009 Porcupine Tree album, The Incident, can now be pre-ordered for £59.99 including free 48-hour courier delivery.

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The new Porcupine Tree Album, The Incident, can be pre-ordered now.

In the US, this can be done directly from the Roadrunner Records online store. The regular x2CD edition is $14.99 and the limited edition is available for $106.99. The release date for the regular edition is listed as 9th September 2009 whereas the limited edition is listed as release for 15th September 2009.

The limited edition only has 1,000 copies available and includes immediate access to an MP3 download of “Time Flies”, 11m40s long from the 55-minute “The Incident” title track. It also includes a digital version of the full album on 14th September 2009.

In the UK, The Incident regular edition can be pre-ordered from Play.com for £8.95 or Amazon.co.uk for £11.69. Both list the release date as 14th September 2009.

- US Regular Edition
- US Limited Edition
- UK Regular Edition (Play.com)
- UK Regular Edition (Amazon.co.uk)

Availability of the UK limited edition will be posted as soon as we have them.

Limited Deluxe Edition Includes:

- 2-CD Set
- 5.1 Mix of Entire Album
- 116-Page Hardback Book
- 40-Page Lyric Book

From Roadrunner Records:

The captivating new record from PORCUPINE TREE- ‘The Incident’- is set to be released via Roadrunner Records on September 14, as a double CD and a limited deluxe edition in a specially-embossed box. (More details about the deluxe edition will be revealed closer to the release date).

The Incident – like the elaborate and conceptual previous record Fear Of A Blank Planet – takes 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 that breaks down into 14 separate and often diverse (though interlinked) vignettes.

The tale begins slowly with Occam’s Razor, gaining momentum and intensity with The Blind House, Drawing The Line, and The Incident itself, though the group’s masterful manipulation of sounds and textures is never overlooked. The mellowness of The Yellow Windows Of The Evening Train, for instance, is accompanied by the gentle crackle of a needle on vinyl – for all his skill as a producer and remixer, Wilson is a staunch supporter of the ‘old’ ways of listening to music. Incorporating both of these styles, Octane Twisted somehow batters and seduces simultaneously, while I Drive The Hearse, further sweetened by an uplifting guitar climax, is an intoxicating slice of melancholy with which to book-end the record’s 14-piece song cycle.

The seeds of the idea that led to The Incident came to singer/guitarist/songwriter Steven Wilson as he became caught up in a motorway traffic jam whilst driving past an accident. “There was a sign saying ‘POLICE – INCIDENT’ and everyone was slowing down to rubber neck what had happened,” he recalls. “Afterwards, it struck me that ‘incident’ is a very detached word for something so destructive and traumatic for the people involved. And then I had the sensation that the spirit of someone that had died in the car accident entered into my car and was sitting next to me.

“The irony of such a cold expression for such seismic events appealed to me, and I began to pick out other ‘incidents’ reported in the media and news,” continues Wilson. “I wrote about the evacuation of teenage girls from a religious cult in Texas, a family terrorizing its neighbours, a body found floating in a river by some people on a fishing trip, and more. Each song was written in the first person and tried to humanize the detached media reportage.”

Additionally, Wilson delved back into incidents in his own life that had profoundly affected him, including a lost childhood friendship, a séance, his first love, and the day that he decided to give up secure employment to follow his dream of making music. The album’s epic song, an 11-minute Pink Floyd-flavoured masterpiece called Time Flies, for instance, begins with the line: “I was born in 1967.” “1967 was possibly the most significant year in the history of rock music; Sergeant Pepper by The Beatles and the first albums by Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and The Doors were all released that year,” says Steven. “I found myself wondering whether those facts were significant… maybe it’s why I ended up becoming a musician?”

The Incident is not the kind of album that will be fully absorbed in a single sitting – repeated listening will reveal hidden detail. Pushed for a succinct description Wilson calls The Incident: “A slightly surreal song cycle about beginnings and endings and the sense that ‘after this, things will never be the same again’.” The self-produced album is completed by four standalone compositions from band writing sessions last December – Flicker, Bonnie The Cat, Black Dahlia, and Remember Me Lover – housed on a separate CD to stress their independence from the title track.

Deemed too cheerful by half to take its place on the otherwise dark In Absentia album, this track was later pitched (unsuccessfully) to film production companies. Written by SW, and recorded at Avatar Studios, New York during the IA album sessions.

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“The Incident”, the new 2009 album from Porcupine Tree, is now to be released on 14th September 2009 in order to coincide with the first tour dates.

The album is a 2 disc set, the first disc containing the 55 minute title track / song cycle, and the second CD featuring 4 shorter pieces. There will be 3 editions of the album; a standard 2 CD set, a deluxe edition (contents to be confirmed), and a double vinyl version.

A large image of The Incident album cover, by Lasse Hoile, can be found here.

The band will be posting a medley of extracts from The Incident on its myspace page on Monday, 13th July. The medley will also be posted on Roadrunner UK’s website the same day at 4PM UK time.

All tour dates are now fully confirmed. A full listing can be found on the Porcupine Tree website.