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The Future Bites

Solo // Studio Album
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Released: 29 January, 2021
Record Label: Caroline International
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About The Future Bites

“The Future Bites” deals with two recurring themes of my musical output, identity and technology. It picks apart our 21st century utopia, while also allowing for moments of personal growth and optimism. It’s less a bleak vision of an approaching dystopia, more a curious reading of the here and now” – Steven Wilson

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This song was a casualty of COVID-19. It was originally the closing song on THE FUTURE BITES, the album was even mastered and cut with it in place, but the delay in releasing the album gave me the chance to re-evaluate and I decided to replace it with the more laid back and atmospheric COUNT OF UNEASE. I still love this song though. Lyrically it’s about how it’s now possible to present to the world a version of yourself via social media that may have no bearing on reality - photos of yourself in places you’ve never been, hanging out with friends you’ve never met. It’s becoming more important to create the illusion of a desirable life on social media than it is to actually live it. Steven Wilson - synthesisers, piano, hammond organ, acoustic guitar, bass, vocals David Kosten - programming Fyfe Dangerfield - vocals Michael Spearman - drums String arrangement by SW, performed by the London Session Orchestra conducted by Guy Protheroe https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/TheFutureBites https://stevenwilsonhq.com https://facebook.com/stevenwilsonhq https://twitter.com/stevenwilsonhq https://instagram.com/stevenwilsonhq 3:54
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Steven Wilson - ANYONE BUT ME (Official Audio)

https://StevenWilson.lnk.to/PSRemix "You can probably tell from PERSONAL SHOPPER that I grew up hearing a lot of disco music played in the Wilson house, including the classic Chic masterpieces, so it’s an absolute thrill to have Nile stamp his legendary signature sound on the track." - SW Video produced by Crystal Spotlight - https://crystalspotlight.com Buy/stream THE FUTURE BITES - https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/TheFutureBites 3:28
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Steven Wilson - PERSONAL SHOPPER Nile Rodgers Remix (Official Video)

THE FUTURE BITES, out now: https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/TheFutureBites Video directed by Miles Skarin, produced by Crystal Spotlight: https://crystalspotlight.com "SELF is about our new age of narcissism and self-obsession, one in which a human race that used to look out with curiosity at the world and the stars now spends much of its time gazing at a little screen to see themselves reflected back in the mirror of social media. In that sense everyone now can take part in the notion of celebrity, and has the potential to share their life with an invisible mass of people they will never meet. The video takes things further by exploring the idea that anyone can now project a version or “self” that has no bearing on reality, and by using only well known faces the deception is made transparent." - Steven Wilson "In our early discussions about the Self video, we were talking about the concept of identity in the digital age, how your face is not only your key to a lot of the media you consume, it represents who you are - or who you pretend to be in your online personas. One of the most intriguing new developments in recent years have been the ability to create deepfakes, where a computer runs a machine learning algorithm to predict what one face would look like in another’s pose. Anyone with the right tools and ability can now turn themselves into anyone else, so what does that mean for identity?" - Miles Skarin, Director 3:05
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Steven Wilson - SELF (Official Video)

"MAN OF THE PEOPLE is about the person who stands behind the disgraced politician, the religious leader that’s been caught in a sex scandal. The wife, the girlfriend, the husband, the partner, whoever is the family, the children—the people that stand behind these figures that are disgraceful. The collateral damage. I pity these people sometimes." - SW Lyrics: Trust, you know how to take it Love, you know how to fake it And I will be there beside you The camera eye, the drug is just to be near you Hey, well I can take rejection Hey, what does it take to get your attention? Cos you’re a man of the people A man of the people And I’m just part of the plan I lie here like a dog And think of all I would undo Anyone would go But I got nowhere to go to And what is left of us? Now there’s only the cinders Ambition froze me out Like a demonic winter Hey, well I can take rejection Hey, what does it take to get your attention? Cos you’re a man of the people A man of the people And I’m just part of the plan Hush now, the winter gets you Hush now, the winter gets you down Video produced by Crystal Spotlight - https://crystalspotlight.com PRE-ORDER THE NEW ALBUM 'THE FUTURE BITES' - https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/TheFutureBites 4:42
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Steven Wilson - MAN OF THE PEOPLE (Official Lyric Video)

"The song PERSONAL SHOPPER sits somewhere between being a love-letter to shopping (which I love to do!) and the uneasiness I feel about the more insidious side of modern consumerism. Lucrecia’s blackly comic video captures that dilemma perfectly." - Steven Wilson Pre-order the new album 'THE FUTURE BITES' - https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/TheFutureBites Stream/buy 'PERSONAL SHOPPER': https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/PersonalShopper “The track is a social criticism of consumerism and how we fill our lives with unnecessary goods to feel important, special or loved. But the truth is, the feeling of unhappiness won't go away with the next pair of sick trainers. Those feelings will only go away when we look within, and if we don't... well, then we're going to end up with a lot of stuff around us, but still pretty empty. Luckily the track being 6 minutes gave me the opportunity to develop an interesting narrative. I wanted to create a fictional world in which people buy goods and the transaction would not only be money but also a part of their body, alluding to the concept of the more you look for answers outside, the more you disappear on the inside.” Lucrecia Taormina, Director Director: Lucrecia Taormina Executive producer: Luke Tierney Production company: FRIEND Producer: Joseph Goldman Casting Agency: Lane Casting Casting Director: Hannah Ashby Ward Cast: The Consumer: Robert Lane Cash Lady: Paula Benson Shop Owner 1: Jill Buchanan Shop Owner 2: Stephen Wale Shop Owner 3: Amy Gallagher Worshipper 1: Ocean Navarro Worshipper 2: Karlu Solomon The Thief: Romano Solano The Shopper: Steven Wilson Director of Photography: Pieter Snyman Editor: Meg Thorne SFX: Natasha Lawes Grade: Richard Fearon Production Designer: Oliver Hogan Movement Director: Simon Donnellon Styling: Flora Huddart Wigs, Hair & Nails Artist: Natasha Lawes Makeup Artist: Andrea Gomez Anzola TFB Product Rendering: Miles Skarin, Crystal Spotlight VFX Artists: Kelvin Chim, Steve Hawken, Rob Chandler, Abi Tomasiewicz Crew: Production Manager: Hugo Holford Production Coordinator: Ash Teague First Assistant Director: Ty Hack Second Assistant Director: Heini Susanne Steadicam Operator: Doug Walshe Focus Puller: Phil Heron Grip: Charlie Wyldeck - Flowers Clapper Loader: Rob Hawkins Camera Trainee: Jack Plumbridge Gaffer: Peter Bishop Sparks: James Leech, Matt Simmons Spark 1st Day - Simona Pran Spark 2nd Day - Greg Probert Lighting Trainee - Josh Wood SFX Prosthetics Assistant - Jess Heath SFX Prosthetics Trainee - Alice Platts Art Department Assistants: James Middleton, Rupert Wilson Stylist Assistant: Molly Robinson Runners: Joe Coulson, Tara Sadeghi, Tom Stuart Location Manager: Dean Whittaker Edit House: Cut + Run Edit Producer: Maggie McDermott Edit Assistant: Rob McGuire Post House: Black Kite Post Producer: Polly Durance Commissioned by Natalia Maus 6:42
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Steven Wilson - PERSONAL SHOPPER (Official Video)

PRE-ORDER THE NEW ALBUM 'THE FUTURE BITES' - https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/TheFutureBites Lyrics: I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS THAT I WAS THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I HAD SOME AMBITION NOW I JUST SEEM TO HAVE INHIBITIONS FORGET WHAT I SAID ‘BOUT ACTING ON ALL THE PLANS THAT I MADE NOW I JUST SIT IN THE CORNER COMPLAINING MAKING OUT THINGS WERE BEST IN THE 80’S COS I FORGOT THERE’S SO MANY THINGS THAT I PRETEND TO YOU I’M NOT SOMETHING I LOST AND I KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU I KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU WHAT I SAID TO YOU IS CROSSING THE LINE AND YOU’LL NEVER BEGIN TO FORGET I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS THAT I’M NOT YOU CAN PROTEST THAT I CAN’T MAKE COMMITMENTS BUT IT DON’T SEEM TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE FORGET WHAT I’VE DONE TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE ME THEIR LOVE WELL I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH SLEEPING AT NIGHT I’VE DONE WRONG BUT I JUST DON’T REMEMBER COS I FORGOT THERE’S SO MANY THINGS THAT I PRETEND TO YOU I’M NOT SOMETHING I LOST AND I KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU I KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU WHAT I SAID TO YOU IS CROSSING THE LINE AND YOU’LL NEVER BEGIN TO FORGET 12 THINGS I FORGOT development team: Steven Wilson - acoustic and electric guitars, piano, fender rhodes, synthesisers, bass, autoharp, vocals David Kosten - programming Michael Spearman - drums Blaine Harrison, Jack Flanagan (courtesy of @MysteryJetss) - vocals 4:43
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Steven Wilson - 12 THINGS I FORGOT (Official Audio)

THE FUTURE BITES is out now, get your copy here: https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/TheFutureBites http://stevenwilsonhq.com https://thefuturebites.com https://facebook.com/stevenwilsonhq https://twitter.com/stevenwilsonhq https://instagram.com/stevenwilsonhq 0:20
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Steven Wilson - THE FUTURE BITES (TV Ad)

*NOW SOLD OUT* THE FUTURE BITES ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA LIMITED EDITION OF ONE £10,000. All proceeds to Music Venue Trust. In addition, new single 12 THINGS I FORGOT from THE FUTURE BITES is online everywhere now! https://StevenWilson.lnk.to/12TIFSo The ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA bespoke box includes the already announced deluxe box set of the album, and a plethora of additional exclusive music and artwork, hand-written lyrics, video props, and items of personal ephemera from Steven Wilson’s archive. A truly incredible and unique collector’s piece for one single collector! Full contents are: - A one sided 7 inch single containing the track THE TASTEMAKER, a song from the album sessions that will never be released anywhere else. Only ONE copy of this single has been pressed! - Unique designer laptop bag as used in EMINENT SLEAZE video - THE FUTURE BITES album test pressing - EMINENT SLEAZE 12 inch single test pressing (with b-sides EYEWITNESS / IN FLORAL GREEN) - 12 THINGS I FORGOT 12 inch single test pressing (with b-sides MOVE LIKE A FEVER / KING GHOST - TANGERINE DREAM REMIX) - Hand-made CDR of a one-off 2016 soundcheck performance by the SW band of a cover version never otherwise performed live - Steven's Grammy nomination certificate and medal from 2011 for Grace For Drowning, which was nominated for best surround sound mix - Printed materials used in the EMINENT SLEAZE video - 6 x laminated AAA passes for various tours between 2011-18 - Polaroids taken during THE FUTURE BITES cover shoot photo session - An original drawing of Steven Wilson by German artist Hajo Mueller - Original lyric sheets for various songs written between 1996-2020. These are the actual sheets Steven used when recording the songs and they contain his corrections, notes and rejected lines. Included are Count of Unease, Follower, Eminent Sleaze, Salvaging, Veneno Para Las Hadas, Personal Shopper, The Raven that Refused to Sing, and Dark Matter. All items are housed in their own bespoke folders and packaging, created especially for this single copy edition. “The ultra edition of THE FUTURE BITES takes the whole notion of deluxe limited editions to its logical and extreme conclusion, by being just a premium priced single copy. This approach is more analogous with the world of art, where only one person can own the actual painting with the artist’s brush strokes on it. Many of the contents are things that in reality are impossible for me to put a price on. With regard to the 2 exclusive audio items included, it’s entirely up to the purchaser as to whether they decide to share, or keep them to themselves. Do they want to exhibit ‘the painting’, or put it on ‘display’ for everyone else?” - SW All proceeds from the sale of ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA will go directly to the Music Venue Trust to help save grassroots venues across the UK affected by COVID 19. Many of these are venues that Steven spent his formative years performing in. “The first Porcupine Tree show was in a small club called The Nag’s Head in High Wycombe, in fact for the first ten years the band gigged solely in that subterranean world of clubs and pub venues. As someone who has never really been a part of the mainstream I can safely say I wouldn’t even be here without these venues and the people who run them. Live music is an inspiration and magical thing for so many people, so it’s essential we work now to save these places for future generations of both artists and fans.” - SW Beverley Whitrick, Strategic Director, Music Venue Trust adds, “Artists and grassroots music venues are intrinsically linked and MVT has been delighted by the many and varied ways in which artists have responded to our calls for support. Steven's project is thought-provoking and unique. We are grateful for being involved.” PRE-ORDER THE NEW ALBUM 'THE FUTURE BITES' - https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/TheFutureBites #StevenWilson #TheFutureBites Video produced by Crystal Spotlight - https://crystalspotlight.com 1:52
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ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA LIMITED EDITION OF ONE £10,000

STREAM/DOWNLOAD "KING GHOST" - https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/KingGhostSo PRE-ORDER THE NEW ALBUM 'THE FUTURE BITES' - https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/TheFutureBites WILL YOU HELP ME GATHER MY THOUGHTS? WILL YOU HELP ME FIND TRANSITIONS I FORGOT? CAN YOU BE ME FOR A MOMENT? LIVE INSIDE ME AND SEE THE WORLD THE WAY IT ALWAYS LOOKS TO ME WHEN YOU’RE MOVING THROUGH A PHOTOGRAPH YOU’RE FASTER THAN MOST YOU’RE BLOODY KING GHOST BUT YOU’RE KIND OF WASTED AND I WISH I’D WAITED FOR YOU TO COME TO KING GHOST HOLD ME LIKE I WAS YOUR ONLY MEMORY SEE THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT YOU CAN WASH AWAY THE DIRT BUT YOU CAN’T WASH AWAY THE FAILURE YOU’D BETTER TAKE YOU MEDS GET OUT OF BED AND PAY ME SOME ATTENTION KING GHOST HOLD ME LIKE I WAS YOUR ONLY MEMORY KING GHOST DEVELOPMENT TEAM: STEVEN WILSON - SYNTHESISERS, SHORTWAVE RADIO, VOCALS. DAVID KOSTEN - PROGRAMMING, SYNTHESISERS. JASON COOPER (COURTESY OF THE CURE) - CYMBALS, PERCUSSION. MICHAEL SPEARMAN - HI-HAT. 4:52
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Steven Wilson - KING GHOST (Official Video)