Category: STEVEN WILSON

STEVEN WILSON built a cult following with 2013’s The Raven That Refused to Sing and 2015’s Hand. Cannot. Erase. by offering a modern take on classic progressive rock, heavily alluding to the past without sounding too retro. But for all of the diverse sounds and influences that his music has synthesized to date, he possesses a particularly strong pop sensibility.
That’s the case even more than before with his upcoming album “The Future Bites” with the melodic poppy elements pushed even further to the forefront. Gone are the lengthy solos, extended instrumental sections and multi-part suites, and in their place are concise songs, radio-ready refrains, still unique in its craft.

”The Future Bites” is the upcoming sixth studio album by British STEVEN WILSON initially set for release on 12 June 2020, but later pushed back to 29 January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the marketing and production related to the album.
However, Wilson is releasing today “12 Things I Forgot“, and advance from the album pressed on a limited collectors vinyl.
Co-produced by Wilson and David Kosten, the record deals with “two recurring themes” of Wilson’s musical output, identity and technology, with a….

* Featuring songs recorded between 2003-2015, “Transience” is a personally curated vinyl only introduction to the more accessible side of STEVEN WILSON’s output, just released in UK to coincide with the second leg of the Hand. Cannot. Erase. tour. Steven says: “In the past I mostly resisted requests from record labels to compile or anthologise, but this time I enjoyed...

* Steven Wilson is one of the most prolific and talented rock musicians active today.The frontman and driving engine for modern progressive rock icons Porcupine Tree and collaborator in the melancholy rock group Blackfield, is also developing a strong solo career and even found time recently to remix five vintage King Crimson albums for their deluxe reissue editions.Indeed, in the...