I've slowly but surely got very into this band. They started out as just one guy pretending to be band, making psychedelic/electronic music. As Steven Wilson's music became grander, he hired a band, and since then the music has become heavier and heavier. I love the earlier psych stuff, and the very recent progressive metal stuff (puts Dream Theater to shame, bleurgh). Anyways if you haven't heard them, you might like them, so maybe you should?

i fucking love them only just got into them myself last year not even that and i know good music when i hear it.

for anyone outthere reading this buy these cds

in absentia / deadwing / lightbulb sun / fear of a blank planet / stupid dream /

all above kick ass the early stuff im not such a fan off apart from up the downstair
great b sides too

I just got the 'Arriving Somehwhere...' DVD, fucking class. And they played a good few b-sides! So-Called Friend is brilliant! I'm in love with 'Trains' at the moment, though...

My brother dragged me along to a gig of theirs in April last year. I went along out of curiousity and have got to say that they were really quite impressive. Even not knowing the material I found it quite accessible.

I am just listening to "In absentia". Don't let the spooky CD-cover fool you, the second song sounds a lot like a mixture between Doves' "Sea Song" and Gentle Giant. They also have their heavy moments but on their newest record "The incident" which is quite heavy, you even stumble over an old Pink Floyd riff...