Blackfield - Blackfield

After having been 'invited' to play in Israel by Aviv Geffen with Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson and Aviv hooked up on an on-and-off basis to create Blackfield. This debut self titled outing is very well presented, although sadly the comparisons to any other Wilson related output ends here. Blackfield seems to be an outlet for a more simplistic pop rock and after having seen them live; many of the quieter, less eventful tracks don't transfer very well into the live setting. A few of these tracks Aviv actually wrote himself including the powerful and moving Cloudy Now which was written about his native Israel. As well as this highlight, the title ...  Read the complete review

Steven Wilson (front man of British progressive rock band "Porcupine Tree") and Aviv Geffen (a close friend of Wilson's and something of a star in his homeland of Israel) team up to create the rock band "Blackfield". Wilson commented in an interview that his vision for Blackfield was to produce a set of true "songs" on this album. Porcupine Tree, his lead project, are known (and championed) by their fans for writing extremely complex and often lengthy tracks - not so radio friendly, but great fun for the keen progressive rock listener! Wilson's voice dominates in this album - slightly thin, slightly reedy, but oh so ...  Read the complete review

Blackfield pretends to be a collaboration between Steve Wilson of popular English modern progressive rock band Porcupine Tree and Israeli singer Aviv Geffen, though in reality the multinational flavour and presence of two vocalists is merely a cunning disguise for Wilson to embark on a more pop-oriented solo project away from the demands of prog fans. In truth, Geffen is hardly present on this recording at all, only taking lead vocal duties in a couple of songs (such as 'Pain') and otherwise being confined to backing singing in the choruses. It's also unlikely that he contributed very much to the songwriting, considering it sounds exactly like Porcupine Tree's more ...  Read the complete review