He's said he's not writing any material for Blackfield any more, but will continue to sing and play on the records. Alan Parsons is involved this time, so SW might have been tempted to stick around more to learn from that big tree.
Since they haven't come down to my surprise, here are the videos from the New York show in March where Steven was too ill to sing some and Ninet took over
Some interesting news about the next Blackfield record was released on Facebook this morning. It would appear to be that Steven is more in the driver's seat than he was on the last two albums.
BLACKFIELD V will be released on 18th November by Kscope, and sees a return to the full partnership that made the first two albums such firm favourites with fans. Written and recorded over a period of 18 months in both Israel and England, Blackfield V contains 13 linked songs that form a flowing 45 minute ocean themed song cycle. With the pair expertly handling vocals, guitars, and keyboards, Tomer Z from the Blackfield band on drums, and string arrangements performed by the London Session Orchestra, the album is a powerful journey through catchy melodies, lush arrangements, and stunning production. Legendary producer / engineer Alan Parsons produced three of the album’s key tracks.
Both musicians consider Blackfield V to be their best collaboration to date. The album will be released by Kscope as a Digipack CD with a 16 page booklet, CD/Blu Ray with high resolution audio, and double vinyl.
Cover photography by Lasse Hoile.
Wow. An ocean-themed song cycle plus the original reason Blackfield was good at all? Potential to be their best album.
I'm having difficulty finding a more underrated band than Porcupine Tree. "Time Flies" is a fucking masterpiece.
Tim Bowness's November solo concerts in Poland have been postponed to 2017 with promises of a "very very special guest" joining the lineup. Wonder who this might be?
Tracklisting for Blackfield V
1. A Drop In The Ocean (01:23)
2. Family Man (03:37)
3. How Was Your Ride? (03:58)
4. We'll Never Be Apart (02:54)
5. Sorrys (02:58)
6. Life Is An Ocean (03:26)
7. Lately (03:24)
8. October (03:31)
9. The Jackal (03:56)
10. Salt Water (02:39)
11. Undercover Heart (04:02)
12. Lonely Soul (03:42)
13. From 44 To 48 (04:31)
And the Blu-ray will contain a 5.1 mix for those curious.
Last edited by onthewall2983; 09-15-2016 at 05:55 AM.
so the "fear of a blank planet" vinyl i had pre-ordered from amazon hadn't arrived yet despite the fact that it came out on the 9th. i went to my amazon account to check, and it had the "we need more time to give you a delivery estimate" message and the product page says "temporarily out of stock." now, i feel like amazon shouldn't be able to accept a pre-order for a product on which it can't guarantee delivery, so that's pretty shitty.
thankfully, i found it for less money including shipping on the importcds website and cancelled my amazon order, but it's still really annoying that i had to go through that process.
good news and bad news:
good - the vinyl arrived from import CDs in great shape, and turned out to be the translucent blue vinyl, which looks gorgeous
bad - it's the version of the album WITHOUT the incorporation of the Nil Recurring EP, which i was really looking forward to, so now i have to buy that separately, which pisses me off :/
I thought all previous versions had NR incorporated...?
That's too bad. It's a much better record with all 10 songs together. Steven has a point about not wanting to fill up an entire CD with music for it's own sake, but this case is certainly an exception.
So how is the tracklist distributed? Is the fourth side blank?
Side one
- "Fear of a Blank Planet" – 7:28
- "My Ashes" (Wilson - Barbieri) - 5:07
- "Cheating the Polygraph" (Harrison/Wilson)– 7:10
Side two
- "Anesthetize" – 17:46
Side three
- "Sentimental" – 5:26
- "Way Out of Here" (Wilson/Barbieri/Edwin/Harrison) – 7:37
- "Sleep Together" – 7:28
Side four
- "Nil Recurring" (Harrison/Edwin/Barbieri/Wilson)– 6:08
- "Normal" – 7:09
- "What Happens Now?" (Wilson, Barbieri, Edwin, Harrison) – 8:23
and this new version that i now own is as follows:
A1 Fear Of A Blank Planet
A2 My Ashes
B1 Anesthetize
C1 Sentimental
C2 Way Out Of Here
D1 Sleep Together
: /
Wow, a whole 7 minute side D. Sounds great, I'm sure...
Blackfield V is only 42-43 minutes long, but is on two vinyl discs.
I kind of knew that, but not that specifically I guess. Thank you.
Ugh, damn it.Unfortunately the release of the new Blackfield album has been delayed, and Kscope have rescheduled it for 20th January. We apologise profusely for this, but it is due to circumstances beyond our control. Frustrating though it is, hopefully when you hear the album you will agree it was worth the wait! In the meantime we hope to bring you more audio and video preview material from the finished album soon.
Well, that sucks! I'm sure it'll be worth the wait though.
New interview with Rolling Stone India. Says he has 19 songs written and plans on recording #5 in December.
currently listening to nil recurring on vinyl, listened to FOABP the other day. both sound incredible, despite being separated.
180g blue vinyl
180g clear vinyl