This has a super pretentious air about it, which is a big relief because I'm certain that means no more "pop".

It's Steven Wilson alright.

This guy has made two albums which I'd consider amongst my favourites of all time, but I haven't enjoyed much of his music since Hand Cannot Erase. Nevertheless, I don't want to undermine this album - it isn't perfect but has plenty of great sections reminiscent of his best stuff.

An almost very good album, my least favourite Steven Wilson's solo album.
7.5/10

Stop this returning to the "Prog" thing, it will act as a destructive hype and eventually harm the album!

Let's be fair about music and judge it by its quality not genre/style. A great pop song is a great pop song and a great prog song is a great prog song. People should stop rating stuff based on their personal preferences or beloved genre!

The recent negative reaction of fans in the last few years towards Steven Wilson's venture on electronic/pop genres, is the actual cause that this album isn't strong, because Steven's mind and feelings aren't completely align with the Prog and fans are asking and asking... Stop it!
We should be more open-minded, we're Prog fans!

This is the perfect album for a first listening on vinyl. One song per side. As such, I will wait until I receive my record to give it a spin. I’m intrigued. I also haven’t much resonated with anything since HCE.

Love the first 10 minutes of Objects Outlive Us. Being that I’m a huge space nerd I have those exact same kind of thoughts regularly so it feels like he gets me on the other hand, there’s really nothing remarkable about any of it and I agree with LeKiwi that this is an extra pretentious work, even for Wilson. I enjoy the existentialism here a bit but I don’t think it’s worth listening more than once or twice. Unless you really want to memorize the diameter of the Virgo Supercluster, I suppose.

I love it and think it's one of his best albums. Gets better with each listen. Can't wait to seem him live this year.

His new albums never click with me until I see them live. Worked with HCE and To The Bone at least. Pretty sure this one would, too. But not at this moment

Some moments sound like Aphex Twin.

This sounds more like a tribute than Steven’s usual flavour of prog rock, though to which band or era I cannot say. Nothing special here, though it is an enjoyable experience overall. The sample (or whatever those voices are in the 2nd track) kind of ruin that song for me.

Written by LeKiwi on 17.03.2025 at 16:56

This sounds more like a tribute than Steven’s usual flavour of prog rock, though to which band or era I cannot say. Nothing special here, though it is an enjoyable experience overall. The sample (or whatever those voices are in the 2nd track) kind of ruin that song for me.

Pink Floyd. It’s always Pink Floyd. I agree the sample is pretty annoying even though I get the existential feeling he’s going for. Nothing on this feels fully fleshed out imo.

I'm curious whether Steven Wilson will be pissed off if people generally enjoy this album more thaan his last few, nothing like a fanbase not embracing change. But I personally enjoyed this more than anything since at least To The Bone, and more than the latest Porcupine Tree album tbh, just some very solid heavy prog rock

Written by musclassia on 18.03.2025 at 10:45

I'm curious whether Steven Wilson will be pissed off if people generally enjoy this album more thaan his last few, nothing like a fanbase not embracing change. But I personally enjoyed this more than anything since at least To The Bone, and more than the latest Porcupine Tree album tbh, just some very solid heavy prog rock

He's doing his own thing, always did, i don't think he cares what reaction his music gets, whether positive or negative. I can respect that (even when his music does not do much for me).