Despite the fact that he as soon as insisted in any other case, Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson now says that “there’s no purpose to shut the door” on future initiatives from the band.

Talking to Guitar Participant, Wilson, who earlier this month launched his solo album The Overview, reveals that whereas there are not any rapid plans, the band has, the truth is, mentioned the concept of coming collectively to make music once more.

Again in 2018, Wilson broke the hearts of followers when he declared that the chances of a Porcupine Tree reunion have been “zero” and that the band was “completed”. The musician stated on the time he was “not fascinated with shifting backwards” and was centered fully on his solo profession. It appeared just like the band’s ultimate chapter had been written.

Nonetheless, in a stunning flip of occasions, Porcupine Tree returned in 2022 with Closure/Continuation, their first album in over a decade. The document was adopted by a profitable world tour, with performances stretching into 2023.

Now, it seems that Closure/Continuation is probably not their ultimate act in spite of everything.

Requested about the way forward for Porcupine Tree as soon as once more, Wilson states, “Properly, , the band have come again. We had a good time making the document and touring. I don’t know if we might tour once more, however I feel so long as we will discover one thing new that we really feel we will do inside the context of the band we’d undoubtedly document once more.”

“I’ve by no means been one for closing doorways fully — although I did say that about Porcupine Tree earlier than,” he provides. “However that was partly as a result of I wished folks to focus on the time on what I used to be doing with my solo profession.”

Whereas nothing is about in stone, Wilson confirms that the band members stay in contact and have floated the concept of working collectively once more: “We keep up a correspondence. We’re good buddies. We’ve talked about getting collectively to see what we would produce if we bought again collectively once more. So there’s no purpose to shut the door.”

Elsewhere within the interview, Wilson additionally reveals his dislike for guitar gamers who don’t experiment with their tone, saying: “A whole lot of old-school guitar gamers, they’ll play wonderful – stunning approach, stunning really feel. They will play stunning solos. However generally they’re not so revolutionary with the precise sound.”

Take heed to Steven’s new album The Overview under.