As the release of Steven Wilson’s new album To The Bone becomes imminent, the Prog world holds its breath. The man that has perhaps done the most for reinstating post Progressive Rock credibility in the 21st century, looks like he may be flirting with….Pop! Agggh! This is to Prog fans what Dylan going electric was […]
As I leave Stockholm today for Berlin, I leave you with another track from the upcoming Steven Wilson album To The Bone. So far the reaction to these new songs has been mixed. I leave it to Steven Wilson to do the talking and present his case as to why he has chosen this direction […]
In 2015 Steven Wilson released his fourth solo album, Hand. Cannot. Erase., leaving Porcupine Tree behind and relegating that band to a future side project. It makes me weep for ex-Japan keyboard player Richard Barbieri, bassist Colin Edwin and drummer Gavin Harrison as Wilson made the decision to move away from his main band, hire different […]
Steven Wilson is the kind of artist you don’t tell people about – they already know. He’s the kind of artist that you don’t have to explain his music – you are either there with it or you’re not interested. You don’t convince people about his qualities – you see them immediately or you don’t […]
Steven Wilson returns with the first video from his fourth solo album – Hand. Cannot. Erase. The song is called Perfect Life but it’s not a single, it’s more an aspect of his latest concept album inspired by the tragic story of Joyce Carol Vincent (see link below). The rather sad video is directed by Youssef Nassar and as Steven […]
Storm Corrosion was/is a collaboration between Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson and Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt. Wilson had collaborated with Opeth previously, producing and playing on their albums, Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Damnation. This creepy animation is ‘executed’ in the style of Steven Wilson video’s from his last solo album The Raven That Refused To Sing – the animator is […]