New Steven Wilson Album confirmed, titled and tour announced!

[keenly]

Steven is somebody who deserves our support. I will always buy the physical product when it comes to his stuff.

 

[peterzach]

For those that like Amazon, its available for preorder their now:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00QW4R01K?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

 

[wavelength]

If you want the deluxe edition you gotta hurry up. From SW facebook page:

"A heads up that 75% of the limited deluxe book edition of Hand. Cannot. Erase. are now accounted for on pre-order. As with previous deluxe editions it is likely to be completely sold out by release date and will not be repressed, once it’s gone it’s gone!"

https://www.facebook.com/StevenWilsonHQ

 

[Robert van Diggele]

it looks like someone has been very busy

http://handcannoterase.com

 

[wavelength]

it looks like someone has been very busy

http://handcannoterase.com

So what is this all about? The woman who is @handcannoterase and authoring the blog
http://handcannoterase.com is also the same woman (at least she looks like the same woman) on http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/hand-cannot-erase-artwork-and-tracklist-revealed/
- if you scroll through the SW site (Previous/Next buttons) you will see background images of the same woman.

That is one hell of a marketing campaign.

 

[Robert van Diggele]

Yes, it looks quite impressive. If I remember correctly from one of the Air Studio interviews, Steven said part of the inspiration came from a story about a woman who died and no one missed her for three years.

Some of the blog entries hint in that direction also. The blog is a good way to keep people interested.

 

[wavelength]

Yes, it looks quite impressive. If I remember correctly from one of the Air Studio interviews, Steven said part of the inspiration came from a story about a woman who died and no one missed her for three years.

Some of the blog entries hint in that direction also. The blog is a good way to keep people interested.

Yeah but don't you think it is written to sound a little bit too real? It's almost like a "ha-ha fooled you".

 

[Robert van Diggele]

That could be. The thing is we know already that the album is coming out. It would have been great from a marketing poitn of view if the blog was created during 2014 and SW would drop a hint only, before the new album was revealed.

Nevertheless, the current way of promoting is good, and interesting to follow.

 

[César]

Well, we also know that the deluxe edition will include the woman's diary. I wonder if the blog entries will be part of the diary or not. In any case, conceptually, this album looks like an step forward

 

[Jeffrey Michael]

I finally pre-ordered my DVD Audio Blu-ray from Amazon with mp3 and flac downloads. Only joking about the DVD-A part. It was listed in the description.

 

[peterzach]

I hadn't checked for updates as to new concert dates as closest for me was Seattle and its a Weds June 17 concert date. 2-3 hour drive and this stage of my life thats a no go as I have to get up for work at 05:30 a.m.
Get a email from a friend yesterday that there was a Vancouver date added and sure enough there it is June 20th so picked up 2 tickets for myself and a friend.
So far only 300 tickets sold for a 1200 seat venue so if anyone else wants to join me in Vancouver let me know. My tickets are centre row 13,seats 19,20.

peter

 

[kap'n krunch]

SW is a sneaky bastage...
Last tour he did NOT have Madrid and he added it at the last minute..too late for me to get decent seats..but I got to see it!!! (Right , César???)

 

[Odys]

So what is this all about? The woman who is @handcannoterase and authoring the blog
http://handcannoterase.com is also the same woman (at least she looks like the same woman) on http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/hand-cannot-erase-artwork-and-tracklist-revealed/
- if you scroll through the SW site (Previous/Next buttons) you will see background images of the same woman.

That is one hell of a marketing campaign.

Anyone know who this woman is?

I just ordered the deluxe set, I'm really looking forward to it.

 

[patrick1]

Just viewed a very informative interview with SW in regards to the "theme" of the project. On YouTube.

 

[MyCuff]

Blu Ray now available for pre-order at importcds for less than big river...

 

[rtbluray]

[video=youtube;gOU_zWdhAoE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOU_zWdhAoE[/video]

No one has posted about this yet, so here it is:

The music video for Steven Wilson's new song "Perfect Life"

Can't say I really care for the song that much, but hopefully it will sound better within the context of the album...

 

[wavelength]

Well, I liked it better the second time I played it so maybe it's a grower.

 

[kvsawilson]

Here's the first review I've seen: http://fdrmx.com/steven-wilson-hand-cannot-erase-album-review/

I'm really looking forward to hearing this one as I was blown away by Raven. From the review it sounds like this one will be different and I would hope so. SW doesn't seem to be one to stick to a formula. I enjoyed the song and hope the album lives up to my expectations, which are pretty high.

K

 

[user 1679]

I've liked both the title track and Perfect Life a lot. I certainly didn't (and don't) expect the whole album to be like those tracks but I like the idea of having at least a couple of tracks like these to break up the heavier and proggier stuff. Looking forward to this album much more than I was The Raven.

 

[Neil Palfreyman]

Has anyone seen the movie, "Dreams of a Life", this is apparently the basis of what Steven wrote about for this new album. Check out following 2 links for information.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news...erase_is_officially_complete.html?no_takeover

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/09/joyce-vincent-death-mystery-documentary

If anyone's interested I found that "Dreams of a Life" is available for (free) stream from the Channel4 web site. Follow the link or use a Film4 player App on android, NowTV etc

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dreams-of-a-life/on-demand

...as you may expect, it's somewhat depressing. You have been warned.