RE: Alternative Weekend: The Future Bites
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There is irony in someone who sells so many special editions and merch preaching about consumerism. He was selling the various 'TFB' products on his site and many were sold out including cans of air. I assume you didn't buy the £10,000 special edition of the album :)
I may not buy this album. I don't think it's going to get listened to much. Maybe this is just what he wants to do, but it's not doing it for me. He's showing signs of wanting to be more mainstream, but he may lose some of the original fans along the way. There are bits of it I like, but I can spend my money elsewhere.
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With the present situation I think the only way he can make some money is selling 'special edition boxsets'. He can't tour, and is relying on the royalties of his back catalogue to live.
I guess the single was made before covid, but even then he was trying to flog special editions all the time. He also tweets a lot about special editions so much that it's becoming spam. He does make the most of social media.
The music.. Are we seeing a has-been? I hope not.
Well I'm not sure he'll go back to Porcupine Tree style stuff, much as some would like him to. I guess he does well enough to be able to do whatever he wants. Some dedicated fans will buy it, including the expensive editions, but he makes money from other stuff too. I don't see him as someone with an expensive lifestyle. Mind you, he is married now.
I hope these 'Future Bites Sessions' tracks are not on the album. That would seem a right cop-out. They are OK, but not exactly original.