The Overview (album)

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The Overview
The Overview Steven Wilson.jpg
Studio album by
Steven Wilson
Released14 March 2025
Length41:44
Label Fiction Records
Steven Wilson chronology
The Harmony Codex
(2023)		The Overview
(2025)

The Overview is the upcoming eighth studio album by English progressive rock musician Steven Wilson, slated to be released on 14 March 2025 via Fiction Records. Featuring only two 20-minute tracks, it is expected to return to a progressive rock sound after Wilson had previously moved into more electronic territory with recent releases.

Contents

Background

The record is a concept album about the Overview effect, a cognitive shift caused by viewing the Earth from space. This concept was utilized as a starting point for the sound of the record, which was described by Wilson as being similar to acts such as Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, and Vangelis in "a modern context". [1] Wilson has stated that the album is going to be considerably more progressive rock influenced than much of his recent work, stating that he felt the concept geared itself well to the genre. [1]

On 25 February 2025, the record premiered at the BFI IMAX alongside a commissioned film by Miles Skarin. [2] Alongside the main album, a deluxe edition titled The Alterview, featuring an additional hour of music, will be released. [3] A tour will also start in promotion of the record on 1 May 2025, his first headlining solo tour in over seven years. [1] [4]

Track listing

The Overview tracklist [5]
No.TitleLength
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"
23:17
2."The Overview"
  • "Perspective"
  • "A Beautiful Infinity I"
  • "Borrowed Atoms"
  • "A Beautiful Infinity II"
  • "Infinity Measured in Moments"
  • "Permanence"
18:27
Total length:41:44

References

  1. 1 2 3 Everleypublished, Dave (2024-12-20). ""I've gone back to a more progressive style." Steven Wilson will release new album The Overview in March". louder. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  2. ↑ SW (2025-01-23). "The Overview Album + Film Preview Events". Steven Wilson. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  3. ↑ "Steven Wilson / The Overview – SuperDeluxeEdition". 2025-01-09. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  4. ↑ Blabbermouth (2025-01-27). "STEVEN WILSON Announces North American Leg Of 'The Overview' Tour". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  5. ↑ "Steven Wilson - The Overview CD". Steven Wilson HQ. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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