VOYAGE 34 - THE COMPLETE TRIP

Is this trip really necessary?

Up until delving into Porcupine Tree's early catalogue, I did not believe that Steven Wilson could release something that I could consider 'poor' or even not great. As it is meant to be, 'Voyage 34' is cool to listen to in short spurts, but compared to the rest of the band's repetoire, it is indeed, highly unnecessary. It can be considered more of an electronic album than a piece of rock music, simply because rock instruments play a very small role in the overall texture of music.

It's not completely without merit, just boring. For the most part, 'Voyage 34' rests in the area of techno, or trance music which doesn't progress much so to speak, but rests on a single beat for the entire course of the song. The only song here that is interesting save for production's sake is the first track, which has some interesting guitar solo work from Wilson, despite the fact one of the main riffs is directly derived from Pink Floyd's 'Run Like Hell...'

An irritating work, but good for one or two listens.

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