Steven Wilson - 4½ [EP]
Tracklist
01. My Book Of Regrets02. Year Of The Plague
03. Happiness III
04. Sunday Rain Sets In
05. Vermillioncore
06. Don't Hate Me [Porcupine Tree cover]
Line-up
Steven John Wilson - vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, samplers, sound design
Session musicians
Ninet Tayeb - vocals on Don't Hate Me
Adam Holzman - keyboards, hammond organ, moog, piano
Guthrie Govan - guitars on Happiness III
Theo Travis - clarinet, flute, saxophone
Chad Wackerman - drums
Marco Minnemann - drums on Happiness III
Craig Blundell - drums
Nick Beggs - bass, chapman stick, backing vocals
Steven John Wilson - vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, samplers, sound design
Session musicians
Ninet Tayeb - vocals on Don't Hate Me
Adam Holzman - keyboards, hammond organ, moog, piano
Guthrie Govan - guitars on Happiness III
Theo Travis - clarinet, flute, saxophone
Chad Wackerman - drums
Marco Minnemann - drums on Happiness III
Craig Blundell - drums
Nick Beggs - bass, chapman stick, backing vocals
Additional info
22nd January will see the release of a new Steven Wilson album "4 ½", so titled because it forms an interim release between Steven's recently released fourth album Hand. Cannot. Erase. and the next studio album.4 ½ comprises 6 tracks with a total running time of 37 minutes. 4 of the songs originated during the sessions for Hand. Cannot. Erase., and one from the recording sessions for the previous album The Raven that Refused to Sing. The final track is a version of Don't Hate Me, a song originally recorded by Porcupine Tree in 1998, and is based on a live recording made on the recent tour of Europe with additional recording later done in the studio. The vocals on this new version are sung as a duet between Steven and Ninet Tayeb.
Also appearing on the album are members of Steven's band over the last few years; Adam Holzman, Nick Beggs, Guthrie Govan, Dave Kilminster, Craig Blundell, Marco Minnemann, Chad Wackerman, and Theo Travis.
4 ½ will be released by Kscope on CD, 180 gram vinyl, and blu-ray, with all formats housed in a beautiful die-cut sleeve photographed by Lasse Hoile and designed by Carl Glover. The blu-ray (audio only) edition includes high res stereo, a 5.1 mix of the album, and a bonus 5.1 mix of the new version of Lazarus (recently included on the Transience vinyl compilation). The vinyl edition will include a download code for the album in a choice of FLAC or mp3. The album will also be available digitally on 22nd January from iTunes, Amazon, Google Play & Apple Music.
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Posts: 447 Written by MrEdu3 on 06.11.2015 at 06:49 What a surprise!!!!!!!!!! but it's a Rare/B-side/EP/Compilation kinda release but still COOL.
---- Stop seeing things and people in a binary way. Everything has its own spectrum and complexity. Be patient and learn about the world.
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I think I prefer Steven Wilson singing the chorus of 'Don't Hate Me'
---- Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking One day there will be no heart at all?
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From the correspondence between Gavin Harrison and Steven Wilson: Gavin: "So, you're covering a Porcupine Tree song without me?" Steven: "Yeah, Don't Hate Me. You did a whole album of PT covers without me!"
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Posts: 227 Written by Last Cigarette on 26.01.2016 at 01:13 No.
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I know there was a lot of love for Hand. Cannot. Erase., but I preferred The Raven...; I think this EP might fall somewhere in between the two releases.
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It's a leftover album so Nothing really great. Still, some good chops-
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Great tracks here. I understand that they might not have fit in thematically with the other records, but I'm glad we at least get to hear them here.
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