Porcupine Tree bassist Edwin says: "We chose the name 'Endless Tapes' since it reflects the many possibilities of the music. Given the cyclic elements in a lot of the compositions, I prefer to think of these recordings on Brilliant Waves as snapshots of particular decisions we made at the time. Playing the music in a live environment before we recorded really opened up a lot of the tunes - we could have gone in a number of directions."