Steven Wilson v. To. The. Bone.

[TioJorge]

I have no idea how you get Time Flies from that but it sounds SOOO GOOOOD! Love that sound. I can't wait for this.

[SystematicThought]

I think it was the guitar sound that reminds me of the middle of Time Flies.

[rumborak]

Reminded me of Pink Floyd's "Time" actually. Or is that what you meant?

[RoeDent]

That clip has got me really excited for the album now.

[SystematicThought]

Reminded me of Pink Floyd's "Time" actually. Or is that what you meant?

No, sorry guys. I just heard something and made a connection I thought I heard.

Really looking forward to the new album though. These clips have me pumped

[The Letter M]

Have there been any hints as to what KIND of album SW5 will be? Conceptual (in the loose, thematic sense, or perhaps in the over-arching, 'rock opera' kind?), or just another collection of songs?

I suspect another album of 5-7 songs, all in the 6-12 minute range.

...yeah, that's pretty vague.

-Marc.

[BlackInk]

Reminded me of Pink Floyd's "Time" actually. Or is that what you meant?

No, sorry guys. I just heard something and made a connection I thought I heard.

I get it. You mean the middle section of Time Flies, the solo section.

[TioJorge]

I really would like another regular album. Even if it's one of those concept albums that is more thematic than story focused, it'd be a nice change of pace.

Also the older I get the less inclined towards concept album I am. I suppose chalking it up to less time to sit and listen, but I know it's also my own tastes changing.

[rumborak]

The only problem I see with concept albums is when it's a shitty concept that can bring down the album. But, I trust Steven to know when he's sitting on something good or whether to scrap it.

[SystematicThought]

I get it. You mean the middle section of Time Flies, the solo section.

Bingo. That's what I was thinking of

[RoeDent]

I'll be excited for it whatever he does, but a 'normal' collection of unrelated songs would be more of a change of pace than a thematic concept album. The album before last (Raven) was that. HCE was a story-based concept, but a loose story, more like Marillion's Brave than DT's The Astonishing. He hasn't done a non-concept album since Grace for Drowning.

[?]

For those interested, I reviewed the new album by The Mute Gods, which features Nick and Marco from SW's band. It's a pretty solid record and a few songs have a SW/PT vibe, so I recommend it!

[SoundscapeMN]

signs with Major Label

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSgE4MZAOeM/

stevenwilsonhqVery happy to announce that I have signed a new worldwide record deal with Caroline International, part of the Universal Music Group. Caroline is also home to some of the most respected artists in the industry, including Peter Gabriel, Iggy Pop, Underworld, Van Morrison, and Thurston Moore, among others. The new album is almost finished, lots more news soon!

[RoeDent]

I can already hear certain types among our prog community moaning at this. Who cares what label he's on. We know the music's gonna be amazing! We should have no doubts about that now.

[Nick]

I can already hear certain types among our prog community moaning at this. Who cares what label he's on. We know the music's gonna be amazing! We should have no doubts about that now.

Yeah, it's not like he's someone that you have to worry about. I'm sure any deal he signs keeps him in control of everything he wants to be in control of, which is typically most everything.

[Mladen]

As long as the label doesn't force a certain style on a performer, it's fine. And that doesn't happen too often in the prog sphere, so I can't see there being any problems with this.

[XB0BX]

I see SW as the absolute last person on earth to change for the label. In 2017 at least.

[Zantera]

Well I mean he has done it before. But I think the problem is that people make a bigger deal out of it than it really is. At most you'll probably see a label have some ideas or suggestions but the notion that a label forms the output of a band/artist in 2017 doesn't really ring true. And SW especially has worked himself up to a point where he doesn't need to take input from anyone.

[TioJorge]

People love to blow shit out of proportion.

I think it's pretty clear from anyone that knows the man even through interviews, watching and hearing him, reading about him (or even briefly speaking to him), it's more than likely that he wouldn't have signed in the first place if he thought he'd be pressured into anything by the label.

[?]

Creative freedom + more publicity = win-win, and it's not like SW has never flirted with the mainstream before.

I wonder if the way Kscope delayed Blackfield V by three months had anything to do with the change of label.

[Zantera]

I would say SW definitely flirted with the mainstream when PT was starting to build momentum. Like In Absentia and Deadwing. There's definitely songs on both, Shallow being a good example which definitely has that "written to be a single"-vibe and SW has even acknowledged as much. And I know he kinda hates Shallow and has expressed negative feelings towards some other songs for similar reasons, but funny enough those are some of the most popular albums so it's not like the fans have had a problem with it. So even with the few occasions where SW could be blamed for selling out or trying to appeal to the masses, even the fans ended up happy with the result and it was only really himself who became disappointed.

But SW back then and now is such a difference, and he has also accepted his role as king of prog rather than trying to make it into the mainstream, so I really doubt we'll ever hear him try to write songs adjusted for the radio again.

[King Postwhore]

That was Steven's choice. Not the record label. 

[KevShmev]

SW is one guy I trust that would never sign away any kind of creative control just to be on a label. 

[King Postwhore]

It's all about promotion and distribution.

[The Letter M]

https://www.progrock.co.uk/Mobile/MBSCProduct.asp?pdtid=23255544

TO THE BONE
Coming out August 18th

1. To The Bone
2. Nowhere Now
3. Pariah
4. The Same Asylum As Before
5. Refuge
6. Permanating
7. Blank Tapes
8. People Who Eat Darkness
9. Song Of I
10. Detonation
11. Song Of Unborn

-Marc.

[Nihil-Morari]

Cool! I'm getting a sort of autobiographical vibe from it. I wonder if there's a concept at all, though I doubt SW can write an album without a concept whatsoever 

[Prog Snob]

Looking forward to that...of course. He never disappoints.

This always makes me laugh no matter how many times I see it.

[BlackInk]

Awesome news!

[ReaperKK]

I'll check it out, I'm sure with most Steve Wilson solo output I'll find a couple of great songs.

[Samsara]

I'll always check it out, but him solo just isn't something I regularly listen to. I bought HCE, and while obviously good, I just don't get into his solo stuff as much as I did PT.

[Mladen]

HCE was the album of 2015 and one of the overall highlights of his rich and encompassing career, and the two albums before it were also remarkable. I'm really looking forward to this.

[ReaperKK]

I'm interested even though disappointed Guthrie won't be on this album.

[Mladen]

The link doesn't work for me, though. I wonder what else it featured, did we get the cover art or anything else cool? There isn't any official info out there yet, though, I just checked Steven's FaceBook page.

[Nekov]

The link died, but this is what they had

[?]

https://metalwani.com/2017/05/steven-wilson-reveal-tracklisting-release-date-for-new-album.html

Fusing driving futurist rock and spectral electronics to elegiac hyper-space ambience and dizzying, squalling guitars, ‘To The Bone’ is Steven Wilson’s hat-tip to the hugely ambitious progressive pop records of his youth (think Peter Gabriel’s So, Talk Talk’s Colour of Spring, Tears for Fears Seeds of Love).

Lyrically, the album’s eleven tracks veer from the paranoid chaos of the post-truth era and the creeping self-loathing of the technology age to steely fly-on-the-wall observations of the everyday lives of religious fundamentalists with a welcome shot or two of wide-eyed escapism. Sonically and melodically stunning, To The Bone is a high definition snapshot of the disconcerting times we live in. The album will release on August 18, 2017.

It’s been over two and a half years years since the release of Steven Wilson’s last album Hand. Cannot. Erase., a major conceptual project involving the creation of a whole back story for the main character through the blog and the most elaborate deluxe edition to date. The album sold very well, reaching the top 5 in Germany, The Netherlands and Finland, number 13 in the UK and number 38 in the US Billboard top 200. The subsequent tour consisted of 150 shows, including 2 special sold out shows at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

All of Steven’s 4 albums have been very different in character from each other, and once again this latest album will be a step into something quite different, as well as on a new label.

As a fan of Peter Gabriel and Tears for Fears I'm stoked to hear about the 80s influence, but the cover looks a little cheesy with him posing on it.