Steven Wilson – Grace For Drowning
Originally released in 2011, the double studio album ‘Grace For Drowning’ was the second album released under Wilson’s own name. A more experimental and more eclectic record it builds on the artistic inroads he forged with 2009’s exceptionally well-received ‘Insurgentes’.
‘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”.
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’ – Steven Wilson
‘this is a magnificent step up; he simply can't stopped.’ – Prog