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zoanthropicSteven Wilson said this of The Incident:
“There was a sign saying ‘POLICE – INCIDENT’ and everyone was slowing down to rubber neck what had happened,” he recalls. “Afterwards, it struck me that ‘incident’ is a very detached word for something so destructive and traumatic for the people involved. And then I had the sensation that the spirit of someone that had died in the car accident entered into my car and was sitting next to me.
“The irony of such a cold expression for such seismic events appealed to me, and I began to pick out other ‘incidents’ reported in the media and news,” continues Wilson. “I wrote about the evacuation of teenage girls from a religious cult in Texas, a family terrorizing its neighbours, a body found floating in a river by some people on a fishing trip, and more. Each song was written in the first person and tried to humanize the detached media reportage.”
The description fits very well into the art of The Incident.
The outer box. Definitely catches your eye.
The books. The black one contains photography and lyrics, the soft cover concept art.
The CDs inside the front cover. The DVD is housed inside the back cover.
And now... lots of artwork:
Porcupine Tree (left to right):
Colin Edwin - Bass guitar, double bass
Richard Barbieri - Synthesizers, keyboards
Gavin Harrison - Drums, percussion
Steven Wilson - Vocals, guitars, keyboards
All the photographs taken by Lasse Hoile. He does some fantastic work.
Cover of the black book. Very cool design.
Couple of pics from the concept art book. Artwork by Hajo Mueller.
“There was a sign saying ‘POLICE – INCIDENT’ and everyone was slowing down to rubber neck what had happened,” he recalls. “Afterwards, it struck me that ‘incident’ is a very detached word for something so destructive and traumatic for the people involved. And then I had the sensation that the spirit of someone that had died in the car accident entered into my car and was sitting next to me.
“The irony of such a cold expression for such seismic events appealed to me, and I began to pick out other ‘incidents’ reported in the media and news,” continues Wilson. “I wrote about the evacuation of teenage girls from a religious cult in Texas, a family terrorizing its neighbours, a body found floating in a river by some people on a fishing trip, and more. Each song was written in the first person and tried to humanize the detached media reportage.”
The description fits very well into the art of The Incident.
The outer box. Definitely catches your eye.
The books. The black one contains photography and lyrics, the soft cover concept art.
The CDs inside the front cover. The DVD is housed inside the back cover.
And now... lots of artwork:
Porcupine Tree (left to right):
Colin Edwin - Bass guitar, double bass
Richard Barbieri - Synthesizers, keyboards
Gavin Harrison - Drums, percussion
Steven Wilson - Vocals, guitars, keyboards
All the photographs taken by Lasse Hoile. He does some fantastic work.
Cover of the black book. Very cool design.
Couple of pics from the concept art book. Artwork by Hajo Mueller.
