Steven's Universe

Multi-talented Producer and Instrumentalist Steven Wilson Is Looking at 2017 as His Year, With a Highly Focused New Solo Album on the Way. 

- Alan di Perna

“THIS IS AN EXCITING time for me,” says neo-prog polymath Steven Wilson. “I’ve moved to a new record label, have new management and am working on a new record.”

Due out in September 2017, the forthcoming new release from the guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer will be his first full-length album since 2015’s Hand. Cannot. Erase. and his fifth album overall. Wilson states that the new disc will be different from Hand. Cannot. Erase.

“Different in the sense that it’s a new day and a new direction,” he elaborates. “Of course, it’s still going to sound like one of my records, but it’s a little more song based, a little more contemporary sounding. And I’m playing more guitar myself this time around, which is very different. Because on the last couple of records I had Guthrie Govan doing most of the guitar work. But this time around, I’ve gone for a different approach. I’ve played some solos that I’m really pleased with. It’s nice to be back in the saddle of actually being a guitar player again.”