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I like some of their earlier stuff, like Up The Downstair or Staircase Infinities. Metanoia is probably my favorite. After "Signify," they got waaay too slick and "euphoric" sounding for my taste (they were always right on the edge for me anyway), but I'm happy they have such a huge fanbase now. My bandmate opened for them a couple of years ago and the crowd was pretty huge.
Also, if you ever see anything of theirs on vinyl for cheap, BUY IT.
I have sold a lot of their LPs for my work, and they almost always go for three figures. Even 12inches and 7inches get 75 bucks on a regular basis, and I have sold a couple of their LPs for upwards of 300 bucks.
The first IEM (Incredible Expanding Mindfuck, a Steven Wilson side project) LP is totally essential psychedlia, and in my opinion better than all the Porcupine Tree stuff.
Their keyboardist was once in one of my favorite 70s/80s art-glam-new romantic bands, Japan, once upon a time. A great talent there.
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