Before drummer Gavin Harrison joined in 2016, Bruce Soord’s fragile, introspective songwriting had established The Pineapple Thief as a solid, if not show-stopping modern progressive rock outfit. With Harrison’s intricate imagination mingling with Soord’s fluid musical landscapes, the band have grown into so much more.
Interestingly, the magic on It Leads To This lies in the record’s tonal ambiguity. If their three previous albums can be compared to the weather then 2016’s Your Wilderness was desert sunshine on a still day, 2018’s Dissolution a cold winter’s night, and 2020’s Versions of the Truth an overcast morning in between showers of rain.
