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Steven Wilson talks about the songwriting process behind ‘To The Bone’

15th August 2017

Steven Wilson talks about the songwriting process behind new album ‘To The Bone’ in a video premiered on The Telegraph today, which you can watch below. “My fifth record is in many ways inspired by the hugely ambitious progressive pop records that I loved in my youth. I grew up listening to a lot of very smart pop records by artists like Kate Bush, Talk Talk, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, The The. It struck me that there aren’t too many albums made like that these days: quite accessible on the surface, but if you choose to engage with them on a deeper level, you can find layers in the production, musicianship and some thoughtful lyrics. I wanted to try to create a modern equivalent.”