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Lightbulb Sun
Rock · 2000 · 10 tracks

Lightbulb Sun

Porcupine Tree

A bridge between psychedelic pop and heavy prog. Lush, melancholic, and meticulously produced, it captures the bittersweet ache of suburban isolation.

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It's like Pink Floyd if they grew up in the 90s and had their hearts broken in the suburbs.

A lush, cinematic exploration of suburban loneliness and the quiet ache of fading relationships.

Lightbulb Sun · vs · Porcupine Tree
Love Lost+3.4σ

The writing leans far further into love lost than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Lightbulb Sun
5:31
02
How Is Your Life Today?
2:46
03
Four Chords That Made a Million
3:36
04
Shesmovedon
5:14
05
Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
4:48
06
The Rest Will Flow
3:24
07
Hatesong
8:26
08
Where We Would Be
4:12
09
Russia on Ice
13:04
10
Feel So Low
5:18
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the pastoral acoustic bridge into the soaring, multi-tracked vocal harmonies of the title track.
The chilling insertion of the Heaven's Gate cult leader's farewell speech over a hypnotic, spacey groove in track 5.
The slow-burn descent of Russia on Ice as it morphs from a fragile ballad into a crushing, doom-laden wall of sound.
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