New Porcupine Tree album update

Originally posted by stonebeard

   From an interview with Steven Wilson http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/71943-an-eclectic-master-craftsman-an-interview-with-steven-wilson-4

What can we expect from the next Porcupine Tree album? I hear that it’s a continuous piece of music over 55 minutes.

That’s going to be one disc. We’ve also got some short pieces, which we
may put on a second disc. I’m not sure, yet. We’re certainly going to
record everything and we may do a double, or we may just put a single
long track out as the whole album. It’s kind of a brave or a stupid
thing to do. But, you know what? I think the climate is better now than
ever to make those kind of gestures because singles, radio, video are
more and more irrelevant as every month goes by. If bands are going to
make ridiculous/ambitious/pretentious pomp—whatever you want to call
it—we’re in an era when you can do that now again. It’s not just about
radio and creating these pop songs anymore. That, in a way, is a return
to the ’70s and I’m very happy about that.

Supposed to be released sometime later this year (I read September 1, 2009 somewhere).