STEVEN WILSON · Requiem for a Village | BLACK 2LP
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Product information "STEVEN WILSON · Requiem for a Village | BLACK 2LP"
Black double vinyl in gatefold cover.
Background information about 'Requiem for a Village'
There is a particular kind of quiet that Steven Wilson has always known how to find, and on "Requiem for a Village" he lets it breathe across two full sides of vinyl. The man who spent decades bending prog, art rock and ghostly pop into shapes nobody else could imagine turns his attention to memory itself here — to the places we leave behind, the rooms that keep our echoes, the slow disappearance of the ordinary world. It is patient music, but never passive: guitars shimmer and then dissolve, keyboards hover like mist over a field at dawn, and the low end moves with the weight of something much older than a rock record.
What makes this one so rewarding is how unforced it all feels. Steven Wilson has never been afraid of a grand gesture, yet the strength of "Requiem for a Village" lies in restraint — in the space between notes, in melodies that arrive almost apologetically and then refuse to leave your head for days. Fans of his solo work will recognise the craftsmanship instantly, but there is a warmth and a melancholy here that feels newly earned. It rewards headphones, it rewards a quiet room, and it rewards the kind of listener who still plays a record from start to finish without touching the needle. Pressed as a black double LP, this is the way the album was meant to be heard: slowly, and all the way through.
For fans of: Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Anathema, Riverside, No-Man
Placer on the market according to GPSR: Four Flames GmbH & Co. KG, In der Garte 38, 49479 Ibbenbueren, Germany, Contact: fourflames.com
| Artist: | Steven Wilson |
|---|---|
| Color: | Black |
| Label/Manufacturer: | Steven Wilson 2024 |
| Product type: | Vinyl Record |
| Vinyl specification: | Gatefold Sleeve |
| Genre: | Progressive Rock |
| Format: | 12" Double Vinyl, 12" LP |
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