Steven Wilson – The Overview (LP)

Steven Wilson’s eighth studio album, The Overview, sees him return to the genre that made him famous, Progressive Rock (although his 21st century version updates the musical palette to incorporate everything from glistening electronics to monumental post rock).

Containing two wildly ambitious twenty minute tracks, there are nods to the expansive, sky-bound sound of classic Porcupine Tree, the intricate storytelling of The Raven That Refused To Sing and the forward thinking electronics of his most recent solo releases. The overall effect is both resolutely singular to this release and yet instantly recognisably as Steven Wilson.

The album’s tracks, Objects Outlive Us (including a movement with lyrics by Andy Partridge) and The Overview, are made up of distinctive musical sections that flow from one to the other to play as their own continuous pieces. Headphones and a wide open mind recommended.

Vinyl
Side 1

OBJECTS OUTLIVE US (23.17)

● No Monkey’s Paw
● The Buddha Of The Modern Age
● Objects: Meanwhile
● The Cicerones
● Ark
● Cosmic Sons Of Toil
● No Ghost On The Moor
● Heat Death Of The Universe

Side 2

THE OVERVIEW (18.21)

● Perspective
● A Beautiful Infinity I
● Borrowed Atoms
● A Beautiful Infinity II
● Infinity Measured In Moments
● Permanence