This is a bit of a premature take on this album as a whole, but I checked out the 1st 3 tracks the other day per YouTube and really liked a lot of this.
Ninet or Ninet Tayeb (I believe) is the singer whose appeared on the last couple of Steven Wilson albums and the new live one. She has a great voice certainly, but the songwriting on those 3 tracks really impressed me.
Heavier rock, melodic and layered.
I've been checking a lot of new stuff of late, some for the end of year albums list that is pending but almost done, some not, but I think Ninet may be one of my new favorites depending on how the rest of this album is and maybe her back catalog.
Steven Wilson maybe had a bit to do with some of this either indirect or directly?
Also Ninet is from Israel I believe, but I thought I noticed her now living in, or at least this may have been recorded in LA. Just a side note.
1. Paper Parachute 04:00
2. Child 03:48
3. Superstar 03:21
4. Subservient 04:41
5. Elinor 03:53
6. Vague 04:42
7.Temporary Satisfaction 04:01
8. Ocean 04:47
9. She's Lost Control 04:21
Per the below link, the title is To the Bone and will be released on August 18th.
The image below I don't believe is a confirmed cover art, but who knows, maybe it'll end up being the cover or in the artwork for the album.
The video below is for "Pariah" and as noted, features Ninet Tayeb whose been working with Steven now for a few years (and was on Hand.Cannot.Erase if I recall).
There's also a little clip linked below from Facebook that show the track list.
5/9/17 10:30AM
Also among other details about this album (progressive pop in the vein of Peter Gabriel's So as noted in the link below), Andy Partridge of XTC (who recently wrote a great tune "You Bring the Summer" for The Monkees last album), co-wrote 2 songs I guess on this album. Which the description of "progressive pop" seems fitting in a lot of ways.
"progressive Pop" when done well, is actually one of my favorites kinds of music; and Steven has good history in that style with many songs from Porcupine Tree, Blackfield and his Solo records at times.
Also the title. It's odd how there's a lyric I recall in the new Pain of Salvation album that uses that? and also years ago, Oceansize used that phrase on Everyone into Position I recall. Common phrase, I know, but those 2 come to mind.
1. To the Bone
2. Nowhere Now
3. Pariah
4. The Same Asylum As Before
5. Refuge
6. Permanating
7. Blank Tapes
8. People Who Eat Darkness
9. Song of I
10. Detonation
11. Song of Unborn
I actually haven't finished the entire thing, but a lot of it. And and I'm up against the clock. But I'll try and include a few points:
-New album..will include more electronic elements, but still be Rock. Also feature the female vocalist Ninet Tayeb? from HCE and 4 1/2 (+ at many live shows)
-he doesn't hate Auto-Tune, just how it's used, lol.
-he doesn't foresee a SW cruise, but also he might be up for a 1-off festival of all his projects and bands.
-there may be another Storm Corrosion album, but maybe not. Him and Mikael may work together again but may never share what they do, while hanging out, drinking wine and making some kind of music.
-He would like to look into doing music for movies, perhaps after the current record he's making right now.....Deadwing movie? (a question I would love to pose to him, although his answer probably wouldn't be all that different than what he says in this video).
