Abigails Ghost

Quite a bit of buzz about this band from the States being quite a bit like Porcupine Tree.  Their debut album is called Selling Insincerity.  Anyone heard them and are they slated to be added to PA?

If you give us the full details of the band in the Suggest New Bands section of the forum, they can be considered for inclusion.

I have the record now and it has PT all over it.  Some of the songs have the vocals processed to where they sound like SW.  Maybe a bit more metal than PT but they also have the acoustic guitars sprinkled throughout.  The metal is in the PT mode of being restrained, not anything like Maiden.  The guitar sound is close to Wilson's. The keys have that Barbieri, atmospheric quality and are rarely the main focus of the music but almost always there.  Production is good. The playing and singing are professional.  The artwork has a Deadwing feel to it.

FROM THEIR WEBSITE:

A contemporary rock band comprised of five people committed to a well-tempered musical aesthetic deeply rooted in groove, polyrhythms, lush harmonies, haunting ambience, and thinking man's lyrics. Though the band hails from the Houma/New Orleans area and a few of the members have musical backgrounds in Cajun French and New Orleans style jamming, their sound has most often been compared to the grunge bands of the 90’s and so-called “Krautrock” of the European music scene circa the 1980’s.




I don't know whether to be happy that I have more PT in my collection now or to be bothered that they really didn't make a huge effort to sound different from them.  Their Bass Player (Kenneth Wilson-no relation, ha ha) says in Abstentia is "probably the best album he ever owned."

Admins: Move to Suggest New Bands if you like.


Edited by johnobvious - August 21 2007 at 16:11

I just got the album myself and as was stated in a few other posts the PT influence is pretty obvious.Not a bad band or album,just nothing too original.

I alerted the Psych/Space Rock team to this thread.

I looked for another thread and came up empty.  If there is another one, my apologies.

http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=ALB000003297

Chamberry, sorry I didn't respond. Here's a link with some shortened samples to get an idea.

chamberry wrote: No worries John. I already found some samples. From what I've heard I think they'd be better off in one of the new Art Rock genres.. They may be similar to Porcupine Tree, but they aren't space rock nor psychedelic (neither is modern PT, but that's another story).

I was just about to suggest them until I searched for this thread. I would agree they are very much like modern day Porcupine Tree, so much so in fact that it's verging on plagiarism. Still a very good album though and worth inclusion here.

^ on which grounds? Their album has "Porcupine Tree" written all over it.