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Fear of a Blank Planet
Rock · 2007 · 6 tracks · 50m

Fear of a Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree

A high-definition descent into 21st-century alienation. Clinical production meets crushing riffs and melancholic melodies to map the psyche of a digital age.

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It's a 50-minute mood piece about why the internet and pills are making us miserable, but with incredible drum fills.

A cold, high-definition exploration of modern isolation and overmedicated numbness.

Fear of a Blank Planet · vs · Porcupine Tree
Anxious+2.0σ

Anxious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks · 50m
01
Fear of a Blank Planet
7:28
02
My Ashes
5:07
03
Anesthetize
17:42
04
Sentimental
5:27
05
Way Out of Here
7:38
06
Sleep Together
7:29
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition at the seven minute mark of Anesthetize where the atmospheric drift suddenly snaps into a crushing, syncopated metal riff.
The way the electronic beat in Sleep Together builds into a frantic, orchestral crescendo that feels like a total mental breakdown.
The quiet, heartbreaking piano melody that opens Sentimental, providing a brief moment of human warmth in a cold digital landscape.
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