Steven Wilson is to launch a double-vinyl tenth anniversary version of his acclaimed 2015 album Hand. Can’t. Erase. in pink and purple splatter vinyl, by means of the Transmission label on August 15.
The brand new model options new audio that has been remastered at half-speed at Abbey Street Studios.
Hand. Can’t. Erase. was Wilson’s fourth solo album, and together with its predecessor, 2013’s The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Different Tales), stays one in every of his hottest idea albums, impressed by impressed by Carol Morley’s acclaimed 2011 documentary Desires Of A Life which instructed the true story of Joyce Carol Vincent – a younger girl who died unnoticed in her London flat and wasn’t found for over two years.
“The fundamental story, or idea of the document – it’s a couple of girl rising up, who goes to dwell within the metropolis, very remoted, and she or he disappears in the future and nobody notices,” Wilson explains. “There’s extra to it than that. Now, what’s actually attention-grabbing about this story is that your preliminary response… is, ‘Ah, little outdated bag woman that nobody notices, nobody cares about.’ She wasn’t like that. She was younger, she was widespread, she was engaging, she had many associates, she had household, however for no matter motive, no person missed her for 3 years.”
Hand. Can’t. Erase. was Wilson’s most profitable solo album to that time, reaching No. 13 within the UK album charts. On the time Prog mentioned of the album, “Hand. Can’t. Erase. is as expansive as Wilson might need ever been and extra concise than he’s ever been earlier than.”
Hand. Can’t. Erase. was recorded at London’s AIR Studios with a stellar lineup of musicians: Guthrie Govan (guitar), Adam Holzman (keyboards), Nick Beggs (bass/stick), and Marco Minnemann (drums).
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