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Release Date Friday 13th December 2024
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
THIRD STUDIO ALBUM FROM STEVEN WILSON IS AVAILABLE ON
TRANSMISSION FOR THE FIRST TIME
"This album shows Wilson to be one of modern rock's most cunning & soulful
protagonists" - The Guardian 5/5, UK
"A progressive masterpiece" - Classic Rock, UK
"The Raven That Refused To Sing is, aptly, magic" - Metal Hammer 9/10, UK
'The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)', originally released in February
2013, is the third studio album from the Grammy- nominated writer, producer, &
Porcupine Tree founder member Steven Wilson. Featuring a stellar line- up of
musicians including: lead guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Nick Beggs, Marco
Minnemann on the drums, Theo Travis playing saxophone/fute & Adam Holzman on
keyboards.
His band, Porcupine Tree, most recently released 'CLOSURE // CONTINUATION' which
debuted at #2 in the Ofcial Album Charts & #1 in Netherlands / Germany and
Switzerland Album Charts.
Steven Wilson's solo efforts are no less impressive with 2017's 'To The Bone' & 2021's
'The Future Bites' being top 5 albums around the world.
Alan Parsons, who had previously been involved in the creation of Pink Floyd's 'The
Dark Side Of The Moon', was responsible for engineering the album.
Rapturously received by critics, each track on the album is based on a story of the
supernatural.
"The title track explores the story of an old man at the end of his life who is waiting to
die. He thinks back to a time in his childhood when he was incredibly close to his
older sister. She was everything to him & he was everything to her. Unfortunately, she
died when they were both very young. The man becomes convinced that a raven, who
visits the man's garden, is something of a symbol or a manifestation of his sister. The
thing is, his sister would sing to him whenever he was afraid or insecure & it was a
calming infuence on him. In his ignorance, he decides that if he can get the raven to
sing to him, it will be the fnal proof that this is, in fact, his sister who has come back
to take him with her to the next life." Steven Wilson
'The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)' is available in gatefold double
LP via Transmission.
LP (2LP) Tracks: Luminol ( 12:10 ) / Drive Home ( 07:33 ) / The Holy Drinker ( 10:14 ) /
The Pin Drop ( 05:01 ) / The Watchmaker ( 11:42 ) / The Raven That Refused To Sing
( 07:57 )
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