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