Steven Wilson's new album "Hand. Cannot. Erase." out tomorrow
Tomorrow sees the UK release of Hand. Cannot. Erase. and Steven will be appearing at record stores in England this week to sign copies, details are posted below.
MONDAY 2ND MARCH
5.30-8pm
101 Collectors Records 101 West St, Farnham GU9 7EN
TUESDAY 3RD MARCH
6-8pm
Empire Records Heritage Close, High St, St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4EB
WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH
6-8pm
Music's Not Dead 71 Devonshire Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussex TN40 1BD
THURSDAY 5TH MARCH
6-8pm
Sister Ray 75 Berwick Street LONDON W1F 8TG
UK magazine Record Collector award the album 5/5 and describe it as having "spellbinding poignancy and aching beauty”.
John Kelman at US website All About Jazz also awards the album the maximum 5/5 noting "It would have been easy for Wilson to take the easy route and pump out a Raven, Part II, but instead he has taken an almost complete 180 degree flip with Hand. Cannot. Erase.” (there is also an interview with Steven on the site, here).
Elsewhere Belgian’s main newspaper De Morgen proclaim the album is ‘… a fascinating musical journey…’ 4/5, and US website The Musical Melting Pot award the album a 97% rating, describing it as "Box-negating, limit-ignoring, and utterly fantastic.”.
Photo credit - Hajo Mueller