Author Topic: Steven Wilson v. To. The. Bone. (Read 370542 times)

King Postwhore · « **Reply #1400 on:** March 29, 2015, 08:38:54 AM »

Jimmy, there is nothing generic about a Steven Wilson album cover. Everything is done with a purpose. It may not be your cup of tea but it's far from generic.

Zantera · « **Reply #1401 on:** March 29, 2015, 09:55:20 AM »

A lot of mediocre things are done with a purpose.

And obviously it's just an opinion anyways. Even some of the worst ideas ever originates from someone somewhere doing something they think is right and they do it with a purpose. Now with SW, I think in most cases the artwork is awesome, but with the last few albums he has chosen probably the worst picture out of 100 (?) in the whole package to have as the album front cover.

I don't mind it too much though, an album cover is JUST an album cover. SW and PT has a few great ones, a few ok ones, a few terrible ones and overall it's just separate from the music. Signify is my second favorite PT album but I would say the front cover is one of the worst in the PT catalog.

BRGM · « **Reply #1402 on:** March 29, 2015, 10:47:33 AM »

I've been thinking, Leo the chorist, is he singing any lyrics during Routine?

425 · « **Reply #1403 on:** March 29, 2015, 01:11:46 PM »

I'm pretty much with Zantera on the HCE album cover. Not really a huge fan of this one. Most SW/PT album covers for me are just okay, though. The only one I outright love is Deadwing, which is an absolutely great album cover.

LieLowTheWantedMan · « **Reply #1404 on:** March 29, 2015, 01:48:33 PM »

Signify is my favourite of his.

RoeDent · « **Reply #1405 on:** March 29, 2015, 01:51:57 PM »

I do notice he (or whoever he uses as art director) has done similar things for different album covers. Grace for Drowning could pretty much be Deadwing zoomed out.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #1406 on:** March 29, 2015, 02:07:31 PM »

Compared to so many bands out there, his album and the art that comes with it is well thought out. Like it or not it is not Generic. That was my point. I get if some may not like it but that was a bad description for his album art.

bout to crash · « **Reply #1407 on:** March 29, 2015, 02:13:51 PM »

Agreed.

Sacul · « **Reply #1408 on:** March 29, 2015, 04:38:48 PM »

Today I was wondering if Ninet was as gorgeous as her voice, since I never saw pictures of her, so...

bout to crash · « **Reply #1409 on:** March 29, 2015, 05:36:59 PM »

Daaaamn.

seasonsinthesky · « **Reply #1410 on:** March 29, 2015, 05:43:36 PM »

Quote from: Sacul on March 29, 2015, 04:38:48 PM

Today I was wondering if Ninet was as gorgeous as her voice, since I never saw pictures of her, so...

i don't really understand wanting to see the face of the voice. it usually comes off really misogynistic, though i didn't really get that vibe from you necessarily, Sacul – your post just reminded me of a friend who i got into Anathema. he loves Lee Douglas' vocals mightily, but expressed disappointment to me when he saw a photo of her (and watched Universal which i gifted). to this day, he says, "i would (this and that) her voice..." like it's disconnected from her because he considers her less than beautiful compared to her voice.

i hate when i can see what the band looks like, though, so i'm biased either way.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #1411 on:** March 29, 2015, 05:47:57 PM »

You can never look again then. I'll keep staring.

bout to crash · « **Reply #1412 on:** March 29, 2015, 06:11:45 PM »

seasons, I agree with what you're saying on the misogyny end of things, but I also agree with wanting to see the face behind a voice, no matter who it is. For me it's just sort of an added bonus when I find out a singer is attractive, but your friend's response was sort of lame.

Nearmyth · « **Reply #1413 on:** March 29, 2015, 06:37:51 PM »

The cover is good, but it could have been better. I do like the face being "erased," but it doesn't always fit the music.

All other SW album covers are perfect to me and fit the music incredibly well: the noisiness and soundscapes in Insurgentes, the subtlety and beauty in Grace, and the wrenching emotion in Raven

Which brings me to another point, I never thought the PT covers were all that great

The artwork is always phenomenal though

Sacul · « **Reply #1414 on:** March 29, 2015, 09:40:18 PM »

I always thought SD to FOABP all had great covers, specially the last one and In Absentia

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mikemangioy · « **Reply #1415 on:** March 29, 2015, 11:14:45 PM »

SW solo covers are not bad. Insurgentes especially, it has some kind of mystic creepy power. The great PT covers IMO are TSMS and Deadwing. The rest are ok, and the incident one is hideous.

Xanthul · « **Reply #1416 on:** March 30, 2015, 05:42:40 AM »

Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia and Insurgentes are my favorite 3 probably.

I don't particularly care for Deadwing or GfD style covers, they just seem vague and undefined to me.

Zantera · « **Reply #1417 on:** March 30, 2015, 05:51:27 AM »

I like GfD and Deadwing, but I also like the vagueness. Sometimes I think the color on the artwork really adds to the music, and it really does on Deadwing. My only problem with it would be the font used for Deadwing which I'm not overly fond of. But it's a neat artwork.

Mladen · « **Reply #1418 on:** March 30, 2015, 08:03:29 AM »

I love the Raven cover, it's weird that there isn't that much appreciation for it. As for the Porcupine Tree covers.... I don't know, none of them really grab me.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #1419 on:** March 30, 2015, 08:32:25 AM »

I do to. So much so that the cover of TRTRTS will be my next tattoo.

Rob801 · « **Reply #1420 on:** March 30, 2015, 08:56:03 AM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on March 28, 2015, 04:46:25 AM

Quote from: Rob801 on March 28, 2015, 03:14:20 AM
I've been a member for years but just don't post much and it can seem a little daunting when I see all these big hitters with 5000-20000 post in here ...
Don't let that hold you back. Get in there and participate.

Trust me, it's not that I don't want to but I just have a tendency to enjoy reading what others are talking about then to jump in with my own two cents... especially if it's been a long day, and since I've been remodelling my house for the last two year there have been a lot of those

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Unfortunately the next thing I'll probably end up posting about is my less than stellar experience with Burning Shed as I still have not received my HCE Deluxe Box after more than four weeks

... but more on that later.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #1421 on:** March 30, 2015, 08:59:59 AM »

I buy so few actual albums these days that the covers are almost meaningless to me. Since SW is not an "autobuy" artist for me, it's digital only.

That said, this album is easily his best, most focused, and possibly the most diverse album he's made as a solo artist. I don't always like his output. In fact, I dislike more of his music than I actually like, but when we makes stuff that I DO like he almost always hits a home run and this album is a home run in my book. 4 stars is a lock. The decision to make next is whether or not it rises above that 4 star level over time. I own about 1200 albums and I think I've given maybe 10 or 12 of them more than 4 stars. It's that good.

erwinrafael · « **Reply #1422 on:** April 02, 2015, 12:31:54 AM »

As I said before, I am a new convert to Steven Wilson because of DTF. so the past week, I listened to his previous solo albums. I have discovered that much of the elements in Hand.Cannot.Erase are already in his previous music. But I found that it is only in Hand.Cannot.Erase that he produced music that is deserving of K Scope's pretentious label of post prog. SW's previous albums still sound prog to me, but this current one deserves to be called post prog. It acknowledges its prog roots but it uses these same elements to turn prog music on its head.

Zantera · « **Reply #1423 on:** April 02, 2015, 01:09:19 AM »

HCE is kinda like a better executed Incident 2.0. It has elements from earlier SW albums but combines them into something new and fairly fresh.

mike099 · « **Reply #1424 on:** April 02, 2015, 11:32:19 AM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on March 30, 2015, 08:32:25 AM

I do to. So much so that the cover of TRTRTS will be my next tattoo.

I love it also. Would be cool if the tattoo glowed in the dark like the tshirt

Nick · « **Reply #1425 on:** April 02, 2015, 12:40:39 PM »

FYI, for anyone who missed out, they just released a limited stock of the HCE deluxe editions.

XB0BX · « **Reply #1426 on:** April 02, 2015, 06:09:44 PM »

What's Steven's connection to Israel?

Nick · « **Reply #1427 on:** April 02, 2015, 06:10:38 PM »

I'm almost annoyed by how much this album has grown on me. So many albums later and still able to be surprised how much things can change from an initial impression. First spin I was wondering if this would even make my top 10 at the end of the year, and now I just bought the deluxe edition. Damn you Wilson, damn you.

Nick · « **Reply #1428 on:** April 02, 2015, 06:11:22 PM »

Quote from: XB0BX on April 02, 2015, 06:09:44 PM

What's Steven's connection to Israel?

The main dude in Blackfield is Israeli.

XB0BX · « **Reply #1429 on:** April 02, 2015, 06:54:14 PM »

Quote from: Nick on April 02, 2015, 06:11:22 PM

Quote from: XB0BX on April 02, 2015, 06:09:44 PM
What's Steven's connection to Israel?

The main dude in Blackfield is Israeli.

Does Steven himself have any family from Israel? It seemed from the Insurgentes movie that Israel has played a big part in his life.

Sacul · « **Reply #1430 on:** April 02, 2015, 06:57:50 PM »

He lived for some years in Tel Aviv.

Zantera · « **Reply #1431 on:** April 02, 2015, 07:45:08 PM »

He was in Blackfield for years with Aviv Geffen who wrote most of their music and he was Israeli, and he also moved to, and lived in Tel Aviv for several years.

XB0BX · « **Reply #1432 on:** April 02, 2015, 07:50:25 PM »

It seems so odd for a British guy to live in Tel Aviv. Must have discovered it through Blackfield and loved it so he stayed.

rumborak · « **Reply #1433 on:** April 02, 2015, 08:16:02 PM »

Why is living in a different country for a while weird? Lots of people do it, just for the experience of it. And Israel is a fascinating country.

bout to crash · « **Reply #1434 on:** April 02, 2015, 10:53:41 PM »

Yeah, in Insurgentes he says he's been there a ton, and he likes that nobody there has iPods

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Author Topic: Steven Wilson v. To. The. Bone. (Read 370542 times)