The Pineapple Thief are Porcupine Tree lite according to some Prog fans. I sort of get that analogy, especially now that Gavin Harrison is a member, and on this album he is the main co-writer along with main man Bruce Soord.
This is the band’s thirteenth album release, and along with Big Big Train, they are seen as trailblazers for modern Prog. The title and opening track, and general theme of the album, deals with the fact that in today’s social media driven world, it is increasingly difficult to define what is fact and what is a lie. It’s a superb piece of modern Prog that ebbs and flows all with an infectious groove. Demons is a fantastic track with a very hypnotic groove and an absolute earworm of a hook and chorus. Leave Me Be is another very commercial sounding piece, again, with that hypnotic groove, beat, and killer hook. My favourite track is Our Mire, which is the longest piece on the album. It goes from really low/quiet beautiful sounds to experimental guitar tones and textures, and Gavin’s sharp snappy grooves and beats.
A really enjoyable album, and is up there with Maganolia as one of their best.
9/10 from The Grooveman.
