STEVEN WILSON: The Overview

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STEVEN WILSON Talks Returning To Prog Territory On His New Album - "The Idea I Had Immediately Suggested Something More Long-Form And Conceptual"​

"... Porcupine Tree frontman-turned-solo-artist, Steven Wilson, will release his eighth solo album, The Overview, via Fiction Records on March 14 – and it marks his long-awaited return to prog territory. He recently spoke with Prog about the new record. Following is an excerpt from the interview.

The Overview is a 42-minute concept album features just two epic songs; the 23-minute Objects Outlive Us, and the 18-and-a-half minute title track.

Wilson:

To pre-empt questions about why I’ve gone back to a more progressive style, it’s because that’s what the theme suggested. Objects Outlive Us is more of a human story. Basically these little soap operas and stories about what we’re doing to the planet, set against what’s going on on the other side of the universe. The Overview is more the story of space – about being lost in space, about being on the other side of the universe, about the sheer size of it all.

Wilson recently guested on the Gas Masks & Hand Grenades podcast alongside Tim Bowness to discuss their project, No-Man. During the chat, found below, Wilson offered some information on his next solo album, due out in 2025.

Wilson:

The follow up (to The Harmony Codex) is almost finished, can you believe. Bear in mind The Harmony Codex was finished in December 2022, so it's been over a year since that, and I've almost finished the follow-up. It's very different again. I work very quickly and I'm still excited by making music. This is just two 20-minute long tracks, so it's very conceptual, and I think that'll be finished and ready to come out early next year.

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STEVEN WILSON To Release The Overview Album In March; Teaser Video Streaming​

 

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Steven Wilson announces screening and shares trailer for new movie for The Overview​