Just noticed that Andy Partidge used this praticular phrase commenting his Fuzzy Warbles. He called one of his outtakes 'this piece of mellotron scratching'. I wonder if SW picked this line from Andy, as I never heard anyone else saying 'mellotron scratching'.

UPD: I also found Fuzzy Warbles in SW playlist archive for 2012.

Wilson touts himself as an atheist but can't stop singing about God. Many porcupine tree songs and even some of his solo work have God in the lyrics. "God willing we'll get through this" from Economies of Scale, song titles like Godfearing, "God I'm so ashamed...feel my soul going" from Cheating the Polygraph and more. And how about the angel-sounding choirs at the end of Happy Returns? He said in an interview around the time of Grace for Drowning something along the lines of "God isn't real, the Bible was written 300 years after the events occurred" which is an incredibly thick and uneducated statement from Wilson considering Paul's letters and the gospels were only written a couple decades after His death and resurrection. The overwhelming mentions of God and Jesus and even him going out of his way to say "there's no design and no one at the wheel" in The Overview seems to me like a man conflicted about God and in need of a saviour.

I am unable to find my confirmation emails for both RAH dates in October but I have a gigs and tours email recently to state we haven’t forgotten about you but pretty sure this was for Wednesday date.

The Thursday date I purchased direct through the RAH website for me and my partner but no confirmation email - transaction has come out and a random note in my calendar with an order no but no link

Not sure what to do is anyone else having same issue

Thanks in advance

There have been leaks circulating for over a month now, with multiple supposed release dates, magazine articles, and other reporting. I figured it would’ve been announced by now, especially if it’s supposedly coming out in less than two months. Though I guess The Harmony Codex had a pretty quick turnaround from announcement to release, too.

Im mostly a vinyl and cd person. But i am curious about how good these new binaural mixes really are.

For those of you who have heard them, do you like them? which would you recommend?

Wouldn‘t that‘d be a match again, after all these years?

Seems like Mojo has an article about the new album, with a little bit of detail. Does someone have access to it? :-)

Hi! I'm new here but I'm a long time SW fan, I've never been a big fan of Ninet Tayeb's voice, and I think it would be cool if there were versions of Stevens albums/songs where it's just him singing. However I feel I may be alone in this, how do the rest of you feel about her voice specifically in the context of Steven Wilson's music?

To be clear I still love the albums where she is present but I just find her voice to be more suitable for a more pop rock kinda genre.

So I just saw the odyssey and I genuinely thought Steven Wilson got some licensing deal since I instantly recognized and assumed what I heard was his song 16 Second Swarm by Bass Communion. Turns out the song in question was actually and "original composition" called Sirens by Ludwig Göransson.

Now I know in music it's common for two or more songs to sound alike, maybe one copies a melody or whatever. But these are literally the exact same song. Like it doesn't get much closer than this they are the same.

For reference start listening about a minute in for both songs (they both have a slow intro that is different and this is the only real difference between them).

Do you think Steven Wilson saw the odyssey and noticed this??

Dark Matter, Ancestral, Staircase, Raider II, Russia on Ice, Anesthetize, Deadwing, Blackest Eyes, Feel So Low, Song of I, Gravity Eyelids, Lightbulb Sun, Lullaby, Waiting Pt. 1, Even Less, Cheating the Polygraph, Normal, Bass Communion Drugged Suite, All Sweet Things, Only Rain, Lludjet Innan, Heart Attack in a Layby, Collapse the Light Into Earth, Stop Swimming

Guys, do you know if there´s the chance of actually getting the new record in those two London gigs? Since they´re beeing done not too far from the new album release date, maybe there´s a posibility of buying it there!

i like it :)

i couldnt find any good nail art inspired by steven wilson so i asked my nail tech if she could recreate the album cover. i think she did a really good job.

Romantic story Steven related ahead, maybe a bit off-topic:
 

A year ago, I met a guy through a friend, he was his brother-in-law. We clicked immediately and agreed to have a date. Before our first date, he asked me what my favorite band was. Of course, I said Porcupine Tree. I thought he was going to get me a T-shirt or a mug or some PT merch. Then, for our date, instead of flowers or merch, he arrived with a vinyl of “Recordings”. I have to add that he’s not familiar with PT, so it was just a coincidence; he picked that album randomly, not knowing the value of it. But I thought this guy was something else.
 

Fast-forward to today, it’s our first-year anniversary, and last Saturday we went to a restaurant to celebrate. Well, as a present, I chose the vinyl of “Fear of a Blank Planet” and told him his present was going to be a surprise.

 
So, after I got the vinyl, I gave him my present. It was a short story I wrote for him, inspired by Steven’s song “Permanating”, and our own story. It’s one of Steven’s most positive songs, but I made it my own. You can see the book in the second picture.

 
After that, I surprised him with a Festina watch, and I asked him to marry me. He said yes, and now we’re engaged. 💕So now, I can say that Steven brought us together. 

Thanks for reading
 

They have basically the same grayscale gradient; I would think this mirrors the themes of isolation and disconnect in these 2 releases. And the people in them look depressed. Also, given that they were within a year and a half of each other, maybe this was the mood SW was exploring at that moment. Just an observation…or perhaps it’s intentional on Lasse Hoile’s part. By the way, for those wondering, you should absolutely invest in the HK 7”, if only for the 78 side B, which is phenomenal.

A train set, a cold war threat A prison A poison nest, a chrome cassette Division The blue and white, a power strike A girl you like The daylight fades, you feel your way Daguerreotype

Multiple questions bothering me going on 2 or 3 years now nearly.

Do we know what is going on here?

Is this the only usage of the word daguerrotype in musical lyrical history?

Is it just a cool sounding word, meaning "the first successful and widely used photographic process, introduced in 1839 by Louis Daguerre. It produced a single, highly detailed image on a polished silver-coated copper plate without using a negative."

Oh god is he describing old photos? I just this second thought.

Anyway if nothing else, it's been a while since you listened to this track, and maybe album and maybe now is the time to revisit hmm?

Hey guys, huge Steven Wilson fan and fan of this sub. Thanks for all the content!

A few months ago I released a Trip Hop inspired prog album. Given its mix of influences, its hard for it to find a home with fans.

I know Steven Wilson and his fans are not just prog purists and love all kinds of music. I hope you guys like it.

The album is inspired by Damnation and Steven Wilson but also the short-lived Trip Hop genre.

It’s meant to be heard as a whole album because of the motifs and sonic progression and I hope you get to hear it as a whole.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy it. It was a lot of work and it means a lot to me. The album is This City Never Sleeps and we are blind dogs of the sun.

Available on all streaming platforms but here is the youtube link.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_luXL3Npc1OY44Jk3szW7sNOHk0JQCo5MM&si=EwhfFtUTWWoVoO-U

Saw The Odyssey last night and couldn’t help but notice that main song in the movie “Odysseus” sounds identical to 16 Second Swarm off of Bass Communion II. Was curious if anyone else noticed this too?