Editing Porcupine Tree (section)

===The Lava years (2002–2005)===

====''In Absentia''====
In February 2002, Porcupine Tree's first line-up change occurred when drummer Chris Maitland was dismissed after eight years with the band. The band welcomed drummer and longtime acquaintance Gavin Harrison as his replacement. In March 2002, a [[box set]] of the band's early work was released, ''[[Stars Die: The Delerium Years 1991–1997]]'', and the band commenced recording their first major label album, drawing from a pool of thirty new songs written by Wilson in the previous two years. Recording sessions took place at [[Avatar Studios]] in New York<ref name="Free Williamsburg">{{cite web|url=http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/september_2002/porcupine.html|title=Porcupine Tree interview|date=September 2002|publisher=Free Williamsburg|first=Alexander|last=Laurence|access-date=13 April 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504013339/http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/september_2002/porcupine.html|archive-date=4 May 2008}}</ref> and London, with veteran audio engineer [[Paul Northfield]] and string arranger Dave Gregory also playing major roles in the making of the record. The album was mixed in Los Angeles in May with [[Tim Palmer (record producer)|Tim Palmer]].

The resulting album, ''[[In Absentia]]'', was released by [[Lava Records]] in September 2002. The band also released a [[Surround sound|5.1 surround-sound]] version of the album, mixed by [[Grammy Award]]-winning producer [[Elliot Scheiner]]. The surround-sound version of the album won the award for best 5.1 mix at the 2004 Surround Sound Music awards in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highfidelityreview.com/news/news.asp?newsnumber=10783423 |title=2004 Surround Music Award Winners and Exclusive Report |access-date=5 September 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050315232926/http://www.highfidelityreview.com/news/news.asp?newsnumber=10783423 |archive-date=15 March 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Porcupine Tree @ Poznan, Poland 2007 10 - John Wesley.jpg|left|thumb|231x231px|Touring guitarist and backing vocalist John Wesley performing with the band in Poland, 2007]]
To promote the album, the band undertook four tours of Europe and North America, including one with acclaimed Swedish [[heavy metal music|metal]] band [[Opeth]]. On tour, the new line-up of the band was further augmented by additional touring vocalist/guitarist [[John Wesley (guitarist)|John Wesley]]. During these tours, the visual element of the band's performance was taken to new heights with the involvement of filmmaker and photographer [[Lasse Hoile]], who had created the cover art for ''In Absentia'' and now went on to create a dark and [[Surrealism|surreal]] visual to Porcupine Tree's music. The long promotional campaign for ''In Absentia'' ended on 30 November 2003, as the band played a homecoming show to a sold-out [[London Astoria]].<ref name="Porcupine Tree Gig"/>

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 | title2       = "Lazarus"
 | description2 = from ''Deadwing'', is a ballad that was chosen for the European single. It features some voice harmonies by [[Mikael Åkerfeldt]] from [[Opeth]]. The whole song develops over a minimalist piano melody.
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During 2003, Porcupine Tree set up their own label, Transmission, with an online store hosted by Burning Shed record label. The first release on the Transmission label was a studio session recorded for [[XM Satellite Radio|XM Radio]] in Washington, DC, followed in 2004 by a recording from Polish radio in 2001. The band used the label to issue supplemental content, such as EPs, demos, and live recordings. Additionally, a reissue/remaster campaign also began in 2003, with many of the early albums expanded to double CDs. These reissues included re-recorded/remixed double-CD versions of the ''Up the Downstair'', ''The Sky Moves Sideways'', and ''Signify'' albums, and the reissue of ''Stupid Dream'' and ''Lightbulb Sun'', both consisting of a CD with a new stereo mix of the album plus a [[DVD-Audio]] with a 5.1 surround mix.

====''Deadwing''====
In early 2004, the band embarked on the recording sessions for their next record, ''[[Deadwing]]'', their second for Lava/Atlantic. The album takes its inspiration from a film script written by Wilson with his filmmaker friend Mike Bennion. The album sessions completed in November 2004, and ''Deadwing'' was released in Europe and the US during the spring of 2005 as both a stereo and 5.1 surround-sound album, preceded by the release of two singles, "[[Shallow (Porcupine Tree song)|Shallow]]" in the US and "[[Lazarus (Porcupine Tree song)|Lazarus]]" in Europe. The album benefited from guest appearances by [[Adrian Belew]] from [[King Crimson]] and Opeth's [[Mikael Åkerfeldt]], and was a commercial success, due in part to "Shallow" receiving airplay, peaking at number 26 on ''[[Billboard Charts|Billboard]]'s'' [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]].<ref name="Billboard Peak Position of 'Shallow'">{{cite magazine|url= http://billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=141384&model.vnuAlbumId=785460|title= Billboard Peak Position of 'Shallow'|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| access-date= 7 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411075011/http://billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=141384&model.vnuAlbumId=785460 |archive-date= 11 April 2008}}</ref> Additionally, "Lazarus" entered the German singles Top 100 at number 91.<ref name="Germany Singles Top 100">{{cite web|url= http://acharts.us/song/4541|title= Porcupine Tree – Lazarus – Music Charts|publisher= αCharts.us|access-date= 21 January 2007|url-status= live|archive-url= http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110630004757/http://acharts.us/song/4541|archive-date= 30 June 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The song "Shallow" was also featured in the soundtrack for the film ''[[Four Brothers (film)|Four Brothers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430105/soundtrack|title=Four Brothers (2005) – Soundtracks|website=[[The Internet Movie Database]]|access-date=2 April 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026175441/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430105/soundtrack|archive-date=26 October 2007}}</ref>

The album won the Surround Music Awards for "Best Made-For-Surround Title" the same year of its release<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surroundexpo.com/awards.shtml |title=Surround Expo 2005 |date=15 December 2005 |access-date=15 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214183245/http://www.surroundexpo.com/awards.shtml |archive-date=14 December 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and was voted number-two album of 2005 in ''[[Sound and Vision (magazine)|Sound & Vision]]'', the most widely distributed US magazine in the field of home electronics and entertainment.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article/sv-2005-entertainment-awards |title= S&V 2005 Entertainment Awards |date= 4 February 2006 |access-date= 3 September 2012 |archive-date= 5 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210305193439/https://www.soundandvision.com/content/sv-2005-entertainment-awards |url-status= dead }}</ref> Porcupine Tree released ''Deadwing'' in Japan on 22 March 2006, the first album by the band to be released in that country.

The tour to promote the album commenced in the UK at the end of March, and continued throughout the year. Mike Bennion created a [[Myspace]] page dedicated to the prospective ''Deadwing'' film, in which he posted the first 15 pages of the script and included a [[trailer (film)|trailer]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.myspace.com/deadwing|title= MySpace.com – deadwing – UK – www.myspace.com/deadwing|access-date= 15 July 2008|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080707014445/http://www.myspace.com/deadwing|archive-date= 7 July 2008|df= dmy-all}}</ref> However, whilst the scripts are finished, the project is still on hiatus due to lack of budget.