ADAM THISTLETHWAITE

When he’s not wrangling his Flying V with modern British rockers Massive Wagons, the guitarist’s partial to the work of Steven Wilson.

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“When I was in uni around 2006, I had a mate who was into Porcupine Tree. I’d hear him playing their music and some songs stuck with me, like Trains and Blackest Eyes. Then I learned that Steven Wilson was at the core of that band, and there was this massive, rich back catalogue for me to go and dive into. Some of the early stuff is a little too out-there for me, but I liked a lot of stuff on Lightbulb Sun [2000] – fantastic, hooky songs like Four Chords That Made A Million and Shemovedon. I think In Absentia, Deadwing and Fear Of A Blank Planet are all masterpieces. I like the new one [Closure/Continuation] but, for me, those three albums are Porcupine Tree at their peak. A few…

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