Help finding more artists that I'd like

Hello! Im new here :D
I found this little community while searching for some new music to listen to.

I'll start with the TL:DR, but please do read, even tho it is long;
TL:DR
Please suggest me stuff that sound like Porcupine Tree (the later albums), Anathema, Steven Wilson, The Pineapple thief. Stuff with good vocals, piano, violins, music things, that don't sound old. Thank you!
Read post for biography. Bolded most of my favorite stuff.

I've been having a really hard time finding new artists to listen to. Anything new people suggest seem to be so far off of what I've described, and I just cant find anything in my taste.

So I'll start in the beginning.
I've listened to Porcupine Tree's "The Sound of Muzak", and it sounded really right for me.
I went out and bought their album "In Absentia" and "Deadwing". This really got me starting to find some more prog rock. I liked both albums greatly. In Absentia is awesome, it's very musical. By musical, I mean it has alot of content when it comes to sound. Alot of instruments, with alot of different sounds all the time.

Followed up with buying Lightbulb Sun, and enjoying it slightly less. (Four Cords that Made a Million just doesnt sound right to me. How Is Your Life Today? is just kind of boring, Shesmovedon is catchy but lacks alot of depth. The rest are quite good, I enjoy "Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before it is Recycled" greatly because of the later part of the song. It is very musical, with very flowing and gentle yet present sound).
 
I then bought Nil Recurring which I enjoy mostly. Recordings, less so. Kind of slightly bores me.
I followed up with buying Steven Wilson's Grace for Drowning and Hand. Cannot. Erase. and enjoying it greatly. Then bought Fear of a Blank Planet and enjoying it greatly as well. Again, very good sound, melodic, gentle, yet rough at times.

I asked around where I bought, and they directed me to Anathema.

Holy effing sh*t, I found the right sound. It sounded amazing, listening to We're here because we're here felt amazing. It felt like hope. The vocals in their sound is amazing. She gentle voice of the female singer, and the gentle and rough at times voice of their main vocalist is so pure and deep, I LOVE it. I then bought Weather Systems, which I enjoyed a whole lot. It sounded great. I like the violins, I like how the music progresses, how it has a peak and then settles down. I LOVE the atmosphere. I love it all.
I then bought Distant Satellites, in which most songs are good. I like it less than the previous albums. They don't have the pacing they used to. Not enough of a build up in some of the songs.

Then i followed with A Natural Disaster and A Fine Day to Exit. Cant elaborate too much on those albums but I can tell you I like the singer's voice much less in those albums. It's not as mature, its not as refined and it's not as good. Feels weaker.

I then started listening to some of The Pineapple Thief's discs. I like it. I've got 137 and 3000 Days, both of which I enjoy. They're less progressive and less build up-y, but they have a good singer and good rhythm, and still have complicated enough music to keep me interested, but Im losing interest in them a little faster than Porcupine Tree or Anathema.

I then discovered Glass Kites from somewhere around here in this forum. I love them. They sound great! They have such a buildup, awe-inspiring vocals and very good musicality. Alot of detail, alot of variation in the sound. Mirror Me sounds great. Very musical, quite complex in terms of sound, has buildup, sounds just right. Terra and Soothsayer sound pretty darned amazing as well. I just LOVE Glass Kites.

Then I found Children of Nova. Their album "The Complexity of Light" is one of my favorite albums. It's very fast, faster than I thought I'd like. The vocals are AMAZING. They introduced me to a little bit of growling, but it was so minor I don't mind it at all (never thought I'd be okay with a little bit of growling). One of my favorite songs of the album.

Some of Coldplay's music is quite my style as well. I enjoy Parachutes quite alot. Not as progressive and build up-y as Porcupine Tree, but it's well made and sounds good.

And that's all I listen to nowadays.

Now, after my essay.. *breathes deeply*
Can anyone help me find some more artists that I would enjoy?
Now, before telling me about Genesis and the like, I quite dislike older music. I don't really have an answer to why. It's too slow, too not-complex, too old, I don't know. I tried listening to Genesis, to Opeth's Damnation, didn't like it. So that kind of style of music doesn't suit me.

I tried Riverside's Anno Domini High Definition. It's too fast, too linear (it's always fast. No build up), it also doesnt have violins/piano/great vocals, which are the more important things for me to like in a band.

Now I've tried googling "top prog rock artists", and the like, and all that comes up sounds old, is old, or has bad vocals.

Could anyone help me find artists that will suit my very specific style? Something like Steven Wilson. Something like PT. Like Anathema. Something powerful and dynamic.

If you have any more questions to try and help me, post them and I'll answer my best.

Thank you so much for the read and I hope we could find me some good stuff.




TL:DR
Please suggest me stuff that sound like Porcupine Tree (the later albums), Anathema, Steven Wilson, The Pineapple thief. Stuff with good vocals, piano, violins, music things, that don't sound old. Thank you!
Read post for biography. Bolded most of my favorite stuff.


Edited by Tals975 - May 15 2015 at 14:24

I just had a listen to it. In terms of sound, from 2:10 it started sounding better, musically. I don't like the singer's voice. The music itself is quite good great tho. Maybe a tad slow before 2:10. Once I hit 2:10, it got much better musically, but I still don't care alot for the singer unfortunately :(

Do you have more suggestions in this area?
Thank you, alot, for the post. I really do appreciate it.


Edited by Tals975 - May 15 2015 at 14:36

Welcome, awesome to see another big PT fan. Porcupine Tree and Tool are my two favorite bands. 

Edited by Pastmaster - May 15 2015 at 15:33

Hi,

Try iamthemorning, a chamber Wilson-like prog pop with beautiful female vocals. Seems like it's your style.

Before you give up on Riverside give this one a try:


For some "extended instrumentation" try this one:

Perhaps this?

Hey. I wanted to apologies for disappearing. Spilled soy milk on my only keyboard.

I thoroughly enjoyed Dream the Electric Sleep, and Pure Reason Revolution. Great find! Do you have more bands like them?
I didmt really like the sound of Big Big Train. Ill listen to more of their songs but I didnt like Judas Unrepentant.

Also, I didnt like Discipline, and I still don't enjoy Riverside, although what infocat linked is better than what I've heard.

While Iamthemorning's music is great, the female singer lacks a punch, she doesnt have deep, strong vocals, so I enjoyed the music but not the singing.

Keep suggesting stuff please! The more I listen to, the more I'll find!

Thank you guys so much!

A few suggestions for the female vocals:

Edited by rushfan4 - May 17 2015 at 08:25

Honestly if you are listening to Wilson, Pineapple Thief and Anathema sounds like the Kscope brand of "post-progressive" music (their label, not mine) might be right up your alley, to me Gazpacho are one of the best in this area so I'd give either Night or Tick Tock by them a spin