Steven Wilson Announces Ambitious New Solo Album ‘The Overview’

Steven Wilson detailed a new solo album, The Overview, due out via Fiction Records on March 14. The Porcupine Tree founder shared a 30-second teaser video for the 42-minute LP consisting of two tracks.

The Overview follows Wilson’s 2023 album, The Harmony Codex. Written, produced and mixed by Wilson at his home studio, the Grammy-nominated artist assembled a cadre of familiar musicians to help him record The Overview, including drummer Craig Blundell, keyboardist Adam Holzman and guitarist Randy McStine. XTC’s Andy Partridge provided lyrics for the first of two tracks, “Objects Outlive Us.”

While The Overview consists of just two tracks, each is divided into distinct, named movements which “flow from one to the next, playing out as unique and continuous pieces,” as per a press release. “Wilson’s resolutely expansive music incorporates everything from glistening electronics to post-rock and beyond, pushing forward the singular sound and vision that has long defined his wildly ambitious body of work for more than three decades.”

Wilson detailed The Overview:

“The Overview is a 42-minute long journey based on the reported ‘overview effect,’ whereby astronauts seeing the Earth from space undergo a transformative cognitive shift, most often experiencing an overwhelming appreciation and perception of beauty, and an increased sense of connection to other people and the Earth as a whole. However, not all experiences are positive; some see the Earth truly for what it is, insignificant and lost in the vastness of space, and the human race as a troubled species. As a reflection of that, the album presents images and stories of life on Earth, both good and bad.”

Watch the preview video for The Overview below:

Steven Wilson is set to embark on his first solo tour in five years around The Overview, taking place in the UK and Europe in Spring 2025. Scroll down for Wilson’s itinerary and ticket info.

The Overview Tracklist:

1. Objects Outlive Us
• No Monkey’s Paw
• The Buddha Of The Modern Age
• Objects: Meanwhile *
• The Cicerones
• Ark
• Cosmic Sons Of Toil
• No Ghost On The Moor
• Heat Death Of The Universe
2. The Overview
• Perspective
• A Beautiful Infinity I
• Borrowed Atoms
• A Beautiful Infinity II
• Infinity Measured In Moments
• Permanence

* Lyrics by Andy Partridge.