Men of Wood (3:35)

Mixing the sparser Karma-era psychedelic pop like Small Fish and The Joke’s On You with a heavier Krautrock attack, this song’s been a perennial runner-up in Porcupine Tree history. Originally recorded by Steven for Up The Downstair, it didn’t fit the developing mood of the album and was shelved. This version - recorded for The Sky Moves Sideways, with Chris adding real drums - suffered the same fate (making it onto promo cassettes but cut for the album release), and a proposed single release never happened. Steven: “It was almost a throwback to Linton Samuel Dawson/Juper Island psychedelic pop, and that wasn’t quite right - it was a context thing.” Stars Die - The Delerium Yers 1991-1997 was its first appearance on record.

Steven Wilson - vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, programming and samples; Chris Maitland - drums.