Gettin' Physical. . . with Music

On 04/22/2015 at 02:34 AM by KnightDriver

I've been getting into current things in my media this week and music was no exception. I was collecting prog rock music from 1970, but I decided to look and what what has come out this year in that genre. I found three titles and picked up one today. This is Steven Wilson's Hand. Cannot. Erase. . See the pic below.

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Steven Wilson is the guitarist and songwriter for Porcupine Tree, a prog band I'd like to get into. This is his solo album released this year. I'm just now putting it on my iPod, so I haven't listened to it, but I hope it's good. I payed about $12 for it at Barnes & Noble after my member discount and a coupon. It was originally $16.

$12 is about right for a new CD, I feel. Over $15 seems like a lot to me unless it's a special edition or something.

I'm still looking for two other titles in the prog rock genre released this year and hopefully there will be more before the year's out. I'll post when I pick them up. It's really just an excuse to take a pic and blab about it.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

04/22/2015 at 06:33 PM

I still haven't picked this up. I've been a fan of Wilson since high school when I got into Porcupine, which lead me to getting into Opeth and Orphaned Land (which he produced). In fact, I'd say he was responsible for me getting into metal. I've heard good things about that album too.

KnightDriver

04/23/2015 at 01:42 AM

I've listened to about half of it and it's pretty good. The first track that really jumped out at me was "Home Invasion" probably because it's the heaviest track so far.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

04/23/2015 at 03:15 AM

I gotta listen to more Moody Blues.

04/23/2015 at 04:36 PM

I really like their album In Search of the Lost Chord. I wonder if it's a play on the title of the book by Proust, translated as In Search of Lost Time. It would fit the kind of over-the-top pretensions of the album's lyrics.

goaztecs

04/24/2015 at 12:23 PM

How is that Barnes & Noble membership? Is it worth the price? I always get asked to join it but I don't go into B&N enough to justify buying it.

Yeah over $15 for a CD is a bit much unless it offers something more than a regular CD.

04/25/2015 at 03:19 AM

It's like $25 a year. If you don't go in there much, it's not worth it, but it gives you 10% off everything, even the coffee shop.

Alex-C25

04/24/2015 at 08:06 PM

Man, I need to hear more stuff of Porcupine Tree and Steve Wilson. Loce the stuff i've heard of them.

04/25/2015 at 03:32 AM

I'm liking this Steve Wilson album, but today, I went back to my 1970 prog playlist. There's something raw and special about the music from that time. Modern music can be overly slick and a little too virtuosic. Like Wilson totally nails some of the prog sound with the dueling Hammond B3 organ and Les Paul guitar stuff, but it's a little bit too good, if you get me. I'd like for him to take that sound and do something totally weird and different with it, not just tug on my nostalgia tentacles.

NSonic79

05/01/2015 at 02:09 PM

i will have to admit that my music interests have waned these past couple of years. Not sure if I'd get into this kind of music. I have to feel nostaglic enough to be interested. Now now i'm just trying to find more music that atleast sounds good for my phone's ringtones.

05/02/2015 at 03:00 AM

I was kind of disinterested for a while too, but recently I've got back into it.

PixlBit