Porcupine Tree have unveiled a video for Rats Return, a track from their new album Closure / Continuation: "Long time fans will appreciate the adventurous rhythm changes and mood swings, a hybrid of their early prog days with their metal phase leanings on top of it. Also: the lyrics are dark and rightly so. There is no wisdom in crowds, only copy cat behavior. And people who claim to take of things only take care of themselves".
Steven Wilson offered this explanation: "This song is about those who claim to have the interests of the people at heart, but when it comes down to it there is only ego and self-interest. I find myself reflecting on what sort of person would actually be so driven as to want to rule over a whole nation, and aren’t these people by definition the very last people that should be allowed to do so? The rats will always save themselves first".
Closure / Continuation will be released in a wealth of formats on 24th June 2022. They will be doing four intimate Q&A sessions at UK record stores in support of the release of their new album Closure / Continuation. Tickets include a copy of the album. Participating stores:
- 06/24 All Saints Church, Kingston Upon Thames
- 06/25 Rough Trade East, London
- 06/26 Crash Records, Brudenell, Leeds
- 06/27 HMV Vault, Birmingham
- 09/10 Toronto, ON @ Meridian Hall
- 09/12 Laval, QC @ Place Bell
- 09/14 Cambridge MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
- 09/16 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
- 09/17 Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
- 09/18 Washington, DC @ The Anthem
- 09/20 Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theater
- 09/23 Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
- 09/25 Denver, CO @ Bellco Theatre
- 09/28 San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
- 09/30 Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
- 10/04 Mexico City, Mexico @ Pepsi Center
- 10/07 Santiago, Chile @ Movistar Arena
- 10/21 Berlin, Germany @ Max-Schmeling-Halle
- 10/23 Wien, Austria @ Gasometer
- 10/24 Milan, Italy @ Mediolanum Forum
- 10/27 Stockholm, Sweden @ Ericsson Globe
- 10/28 Frederiksberg, Denmark @ Falkoner Center
- 10/30 Katowice, Poland @ Spodek
- 11/02 Paris, France @ Zénith de Paris
- 11/04 Stuttgart, Germany @ Porsche Arena
- 11/06 Oberhausen, Germany @ König-Pilsener-Arena
- 11/07 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
- 11/09 Zürich, Switzerland @ Halle 622
- 11/11 London, United Kingdom @ The SSE Arena, Wembley
