10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF STEVEN WILSON’S LEGENDARY FOURTH SOLO ALBUM – SET FOR RELEASE ON THE TRANSMISSION LABEL (15th August 2025)
DOUBLE LP ON NEON PINK & PURPLE SPLATTER VINYL - HALF-SPEED REMASTER (2025, ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS), GATEFOLD SLEEVE
“Hand.
Cannot. Erase. is an album rooted in sonic and spiritual modernity… an
inventive blend of bleak and brooding industrial soundscapes” ★★★★★ The Guardian
PRE-ORDER HAND CANNOT ERASE (15th August 2025)
Steven
Wilson - six-time Grammy nominee, multi-instrumentalist, producer,
remixer and founding member of the influential progressive rock band
Porcupine Tree - released his critically acclaimed fourth solo album Hand. Cannot. Erase. in
2015. Recorded at London’s AIR Studios, the album saw Wilson reuniting
with a stellar lineup of musicians: Guthrie Govan (guitar), Adam Holzman
(keyboards), Nick Beggs (bass/stick), and Marco Minnemann (drums).
Now, Transmission will be celebrating the album’s 10th anniversary
with a double LP ‘pink and purple splatter vinyl’ edition which
includes new audio that has been remastered at half-speed at Abbey Road
Studios, set for release on 15th August.
Hand. Cannot. Erase. received
widespread critical acclaim on its release, with Classic Rock
describing it as “a tour de force of experimental music making” and The
Guardian awarding the album five-stars in their review. Commercially,
the album performed strongly, reaching #13 on the UK Albums Chart, and
landing in the top 15 across Europe - including #2 in the Netherlands,
#3 in Germany, #4 in Finland, #10 in Poland, #11 in Norway, and #12 in
Austria.
Since the release of Hand. Cannot. Erase., Wilson has continued to push creative boundaries. His subsequent solo albums, To The Bone (2017) , The Future Bites (2021)
and The Harmony Codex (2023) all charted in the top five in the UK and
internationally and further solidified his reputation as one of modern
progressive music’s most innovative artists. His most recent studio
album, The Overview (2025) marks yet another ambitious leap
forward - a sweeping, conceptual work that contemplates humanity’s place
in the universe. Hailed by critics as one of his most expansive and
thought-provoking albums date, The Overview ( # 3 UK, #1 Germany, #2 NL)) is supported by an extensive worldwide tour.
At the heart of Hand. Cannot. Erase.
lies a haunting concept inspired by the true story of Joyce Carol
Vincent - a young woman who died unnoticed in her London flat and wasn’t
discovered for over two years. As Wilson explained:
“The
basic story, or concept of the record – it’s about a woman growing up,
who goes to live in the city, very isolated, and she disappears one day
and no one notices. There’s more to it than that. Now, what’s really
interesting about this story is that your initial reaction... is, ‘Ah,
little old bag lady that no one notices, no one cares about.’ She wasn’t
like that. She was young, she was popular, she was attractive, she had
many friends, she had family, but for whatever reason, nobody missed her
for three years.”
This special 10th anniversary edition of Hand. Cannot. Erase. is
presented as a double LP, pressed on neon pink & purple splatter
vinyl. Housed in a gatefold sleeve, the album features brand-new
half-speed remastered audio, completed in 2025 at Abbey Road Studios. Pre-order here.
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