Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree has announced a new solo album, The Harmony Codex, and has shared the lead single “Economies of Scale” ahead of the LP’s September 29th release date.
The song lets Wilson — a renowned producer in his own right — explore his soulful side, as he builds layers of vocal harmonies around a pitter-pattering electronic rhythm that casts an early-aughts Radiohead vibe.
“I’m happy to announce my seventh album The Harmony Codex,” wrote Wilson on his website. “This one is a real trip, a beautiful and experimental 65-minute labyrinth of a record, with almost every one of its 10 tracks taking a different musical approach.”
Wilson also teased the follow-up single, “Impossible Tightrope,” which will be released next week. Wilson described the song as “completely different” than “Economies of Scale”: a “mostly instrumental 11-minute hybrid of progressive rock, spiritual jazz, and electronica.”
“More songs from the...
The song lets Wilson — a renowned producer in his own right — explore his soulful side, as he builds layers of vocal harmonies around a pitter-pattering electronic rhythm that casts an early-aughts Radiohead vibe.
“I’m happy to announce my seventh album The Harmony Codex,” wrote Wilson on his website. “This one is a real trip, a beautiful and experimental 65-minute labyrinth of a record, with almost every one of its 10 tracks taking a different musical approach.”
Wilson also teased the follow-up single, “Impossible Tightrope,” which will be released next week. Wilson described the song as “completely different” than “Economies of Scale”: a “mostly instrumental 11-minute hybrid of progressive rock, spiritual jazz, and electronica.”
“More songs from the...
- 8/29/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Mikael Åkerfeldt, leader of celebrated Swedish prog-rock outfit Opeth, looks back on the moment he became a metal fan, the time he partied with Abba’s very own Dancing Queen, a song that made him cry, what made him lose faith in contemporary metal, and more in the latest installment of “The First Time.”
The singer-guitarist — whose band ranked on Rolling Stone’s Greatest Metal Albums list and will release its 13th LP, In Cauda Venenum, next month — vividly remembers the moment metal came into his life. He recalls how...
The singer-guitarist — whose band ranked on Rolling Stone’s Greatest Metal Albums list and will release its 13th LP, In Cauda Venenum, next month — vividly remembers the moment metal came into his life. He recalls how...
- 8/22/2019
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
Swedish prog-rock unit Opeth recorded two versions of their upcoming In Cauda Venenum album, which they’ll release in each language on September 27th. To build up hype, they’re releasing one song in both languages as a monster, 17-minute YouTube. The Swedish version, “Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör,” plays first — replete with imagery that plays off the album art — and it’s immediately followed by the English take, “Hand in Heart,” starting at the 8:28 mark.
Against a backdrop of chugging guitars, unpredictable rhythms and ominous melodies, frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt...
Against a backdrop of chugging guitars, unpredictable rhythms and ominous melodies, frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt...
- 7/12/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
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