I got mine in the mail this Tuesday- it's Friday now. I haven't had time to sit down at home and listen to the surround version, only the stereo CD in my car, but sometimes traffic is a good thing, I went through the whole thing and a little more during my morning commute. It's quite a treat! If you like his previous work, you will love this. It's somewhat like Grace for Drowning, but jazzier, and better thought out, at times it sounds to me quite cinematic (I thought the same about Storm Corrosion). This has been said by a lot of fans and is quite the cliche, but he does keep getting better. Right now, after only a week of listening, I'd give it a 9/10. Time will tell.
I wish Wilson got to write music for a movie, a Christopher Nolan or Darren Aronofsky movie.
Does anybody know if Porcupine Tree is officially defunct?