Unsurprisingly, Steven Wilson has confirmed what most Porcupine Tree fans already suspected by now and became apparent for quite some time: his solo band is his priority at the moment and Porcupine Tree will have to wait until he has time to break out of their inactive state. The band is not over but at this time there are no plans to revive it.

He discussed his other projects with Something Else Reviews: "Blackfield has made a new record, though I'm not as involved with it as much as I once was ? for reasons which are obvious and apparent. Aviv, my partner in Blackfield, wrote all of the songs on this new record, but I still helped him to produce and record the album, and I sung on a few songs. They have some other great guest singers that have come in and sang on some of the other songs, too. So, Blackfield is certainly moving forward. The last thing I want to be doing is holding other people back."

About Porcupine Tree, he states: "I think it's slightly more complex with Porcupine Tree, which can't really happen without me instigating it and being the main writer and director of that situation ? so, that's more problematic. I don't have time in my life to do that, and what I'm doing now. So, I guess I have made the decision, right now, to concentrate on the solo career. But that's not to say that the band has broken up or anything like that. It's always conceivable that we could get back together in a year or five years, or 10 years. I really can't say. There are no plans at the moment."

Porcupine Tree's latest release was the live album Octane Twisted last year.

Source:	progrockmag.com
Band profile:	Porcupine Tree