Comments on: Anathema, Manchester Academy 3, 13-Sep-06

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:51:38 +0000

You going to Porcupine Tree in two week’s time?

By: NRT

NRT — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:33:19 +0000

Well, they are self-promoting to some extent: there are two ‘exclusive’ pre-release tracks at their website, for example.
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times in my blog, they don’t seem to quite ‘get’ the web, though. The official site’s coding is somewhat hostile to search engines and direct linking, and valuable promotional points tend to be buried on inner pages, unannounced.

I really wanted to attend this concert, but work commitments didn’t permit.

BTW, they tend to be described as ‘melacholic rock’ nowadays, whatever that means. Not ‘doom metal’ – that’s well behind them, as you said.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:17:44 +0000

You have a good point there; I think they’ve got a big enough fanbase to go down the self-promotion route.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:12:23 +0000

“A band this good don’t deserve to languish without a record deal.”

Sounds familiar. Self-promotion works wonders in the states for some artists.