Steven Wilson - Index (from Grace for Drowning)

Lasse Hoile's new video for Index, taken from Steven Wilson's second solo album Grace for Drowning.

Grace For Drowning' is the second album released under Wilson's own name, and builds on the artistic inroads he forged with 2009's exceptionally well-received 'Insurgentes.'

A double album ('two 40-45 minute albums in the same package') Wilson has described it as "my biggest project to date".

He continues, "'Insurgentes' was an important step for me into something new. This record takes that as a starting point, but it's more experimental and more eclectic. For me the golden period for music was the late sixties and early seventies, when the album became the primary means of artistic expression, when musicians liberated themselves from the 3 minute pop song format, and started to draw on jazz and classical music especially, combining it with the spirit of psychedelia to create "journeys in sound" I guess you could call them. So without being retro, my album is a kind of homage to that spirit. There's everything from [Ennio] Morricone-esque film themes to choral music to piano ballads to a 23 minute progressive jazz--inspired piece. I've actually used a few jazz musicians this time, which is something I picked up from my work remixing the King Crimson records."

The full tracklist is as follows;

CD1:
1. Grace For Drowning (2.00)
2. Sectarian (8.00)
3. Deform to Form a Star (8.00)
4. No Part of Me (5.45)
5. Postcard (4.30)
6. Raider Prelude (2.30)
7. Remainder the Black Dog (9.15)

CD2:
1. Belle de Jour (3.00)
2. Index (4.45)
3. Track One (4.15)
4. Raider II (23.15)
5. Like Dust I Have Cleared From My Eye (8.00)

gracefordrowning.com

Video by Lasse Hoile lassehoile.com

Category:

Music

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• steven wilson
• insurgentes
• snapper
• kscope
• grace for drowning
• index
• postcard
• track one
• remainder
• porcupine tree
• blackfield
• no-man
• bass communion

[gosk8n]

i also like how this sounds like a musical journey instead of a song. Brilliant!

[nitishdobhal17]

SW is so predictable in his music....its always predictable that his new music is completely different from his previous work ;)

[KinkyOnkel33]

@nitishdobhal17 I actually read a review claiming that Steven Wilson didn't manage to do that (renew his music) and then I thought, "This dude gotta be mistaking Steven Wilson from Nickelback..."

[Rosh1962]

@BadSneakers : don't get me wrong; Love them both very much... but Steven is too much of a Heavensent Divine Musician to deserve your oneliner "This has Massive Attack all over it" ...

[immortalsoloist]

Steven Wilson is a genius!

[BadSneakers]

This has Massive Attack all over it

[stringdriventhing]

@gindjeian Where's your brilliance and genius my friend? Why have you deprived us of your musical abilities? WHY!?!??! I agree I've seen some patterns from PT, IEM surface on his solo work but to call this shit just shows how truly envious and deaf you are. Or just plain stupid. Opinions are valid with REAL arguments go back to school.

[gindjeian]

I think it took SW like 5 minutes to create the whole album. I mean, he took some riff from 'In absentia', some idea from 'Stupid dream', a drum figure from whatever other song / album... put them together and voilá! There you go! An incredibly boring piece of shit that, however, is cashing in from this very recent PT euphoria. Wilson have completely sold out and, in my opinion, has not a cent of credibility anymore.

[Keyspoet27]

@saxnlaniwl Please understand that Wilson, like most artists, has many facets to his personality and creativity, and is not trying to accomplish the same things with Porcupine Tree that he does in his solo work. He considers Porcupine Tree to have a particular sound and stays true to that vision.

His solo work, and his work with Bass Communion, tend more toward the experimental and bizarre, and would not be suited to Porcupine Tree. This detracts from neither - they are simply different.