The Overview

AlbumMar 14 / 202512 songs, 1h 24m 8s
Progressive Rock Space Rock
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Steven Wilson might not be the household name his talents indicate he should be but on the UK music scene his name is legendary. Both his solo output from

Modern day progfather Steven Wilson ponders the enhanced perspectives of viewing the Earth from space on latest album, The Overview.

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Steven Wilson - The Overview review: Great concept on paper, mild execution.

Lose yourself in the progfather’s lush guitars, eerie synths and throbbing evocation of the strangeness of space

Steven Wilson’s cinematic concept album The Overview is named for the cognitive shift required of astronauts and others who’ve observed Earth from space and been humbled by both its beauty and its – and their – inconsequentiality. Wilson’s grappling with the existential questions raised by what he calls “cosmic vertigo” evidently inspired him musically. 

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