INSURGENTES

Steven Wilson's solo career began before Porcupine Tree's disbandment, in 2008, with the release of Insurgentes. Compared to Porcupine Tree's output, Insurgentes is more rooted in alt-rock than metal, and there's a greater electronic footprint. It's got some weird, dissonant moments mixed in among the more traditional song structures.

Insurgentes is fine. Not an awful lot stands out, and its second half drags at points. This collection of songs feels like a rough draft of a Porcupine Tree album that needed some workshopping. Wilson had always been the band's lead songwriter, but the other members did contribute, and that lack of outside input probably hampered the development of a lot of the songs here.

Review originally posted here: theeliteextremophile.com/2019/11/24/deep-dive-porcupine-tree-steven-wilson/