Steven Wilson to release new “The Overview” album in March

Six-time Grammy Award-nominated musician, songwriter, and producer Steven Wilson has announced what may be the most audacious work of his already visionary career. “The Overview” will be released via Fiction Records on Friday, March 14, in multiple formats including digital, CD, LP, Blu-ray, D2C exclusive boxset, D2C exclusive red vinyl LP (with poster), and retail exclusive mint color LP.

A 30-second album teaser video is available below.

Written, produced, and mixed by Wilson at his home studio between December 2023 and August 2024, “The Overview” sees the world-renowned artist once again expanding the boundaries of progressive music, a genre he has helped redefine through both his groundbreaking solo career and landmark work with Porcupine Tree. The 42-minute collection consists of just two epic tracks, “Objects Outlive Us” and “The Overview“, each composed of distinctive musical sections that flow continuously. Wilson’s expansive music incorporates everything from glistening electronics to post-rock and beyond, advancing the singular sound and vision that has defined his wildly ambitious body of work for over three decades.

“‘The Overview’ is a 42-minute journey based on the reported ‘overview effect,‘” explains Steven Wilson, “whereby astronauts seeing the Earth from space undergo a transformative cognitive shift, most often experiencing an overwhelming appreciation and perception of beauty, and an increased sense of connection to other people and the Earth as a whole. However, not all experiences are positive; some see the Earth truly for what it is, insignificant and lost in the vastness of space, and the human race as a troubled species. As a reflection of that, the album presents images and stories of life on Earth, both good and bad.“

“The Overview” track listing:

“Objects Outlive Us” (23:17)

– No Monkey’s Paw
– The Buddha Of The Modern Age
– Objects: Meanwhile *
– The Cicerones
– Ark
– Cosmic Sons Of Toil
– No Ghost On The Moor
– Heat Death Of The Universe

“The Overview” (18:27)