Steven Wilson Announces New Album, Unleashes Single “Requiem for a Village”: Stream

Steven Wilson has announced his ninth solo studio album, Requiem for a Village, due out November 6th via Fiction Records. The Porcupine Tree frontman has also released the title track as its lead single along with an accompanying performance video. Get Steven Wilson Tickets Here “Requiem for a Village” is a heavily groove-driven prog track. The backbone is a very King Crimson guitar riff paired against a drum part that alternates between IDM-influenced ghost note-heavy busy grooves and more accented heavy hits. Around this, additional guitars and synths have a field day, providing washes of color and glitchy effects, countermelodies and almost funky pocket. That tight focus on a solid propulsive groove makes its constant and frequent twists and turns thrilling rather than frustrating as the piece builds up and tears down layers in unpredictable ways. David Tennant provides narration for the album, which is set in a village beyond time and space. Wilson is accompanied by XTC’s Andy Partridge, who penned the narration and some lyrics, as well as multi-instrumentalist Randy McStine, Caroline Polachek’s current drummer Russell Holzman, and vocalist Katherine Priddy. Wilson said of his ...