Title: “Storm corrosion”
Format: Album track
Written by: Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt
Performed by: Storm Corrosion
Genre: Progressive Rock
Taken from: Storm Corrosion
Year: 2012
Acclaim: n/a
Of the many solo projects Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson has been involved in, Storm Corrosion is the only one I've heard which I was unimpressed with. A collaborative effort with Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt, the band only released one album, and this is it. The title track, which this is, runs for over ten minutes so I'm taking a chance I may like it more this time around. OK, well it's very pastoral progressive rock, almost folk in its way, very soft and meandering. Nice restrained guitar work by Åkerfeldt though I have to admit, three minutes gone by and nothing much happening. Oh, there are the vocals. Nice enough. Have to admit, it's very relaxing. At the seventh minute already and now there's some odd little experimental/psych weirdness. Now we're back to acoustic guitar and singing. Yeah, it's okay but a little all over the place and I still don't feel I'd particularly remember it ten minutes after listening to it. Meh.
Things I like about this :
1. Nice guitar
2. Nice overall atmosphere
3. Decent vocals
Things I don't like about this:
1. Perhaps a little on the boring-nothing's-really-happening side of things
2. The psych bit from 7:20 onwards. Bit pointless and seems out of place.
Rating: 