Great post, Steve, thank you. So much to follow-up on there, including the whole Andy Partridge interview (I wrote about 'English Settlement' a few weeks ago).
Steven Wilson is incredible and has made some intriguing solo albums. Very excited about the new one. It's designed to be heard in spatial audio, and he's been holding listening pa…
Great post, Steve, thank you. So much to follow-up on there, including the whole Andy Partridge interview (I wrote about 'English Settlement' a few weeks ago).
Steven Wilson is incredible and has made some intriguing solo albums. Very excited about the new one. It's designed to be heard in spatial audio, and he's been holding listening parties that are getting very positive reviews. For those of us with just the two speakers, though, I'm sure The Harmony Codex will still sound great - Economies of Scale certainly does. Another track is due to be unveiled tomorrow.
Yeah - I remember reading your English Settlement piece. It inspired me to play it right afterward! Such a fantastic album. Really, for me, all of them are. I suppose I am slightly less fond of Wasp Star (Apple Venus Pt.2), but the bar was so high it makes sense something would feel less than perfect.
Before Substack, I had a blog titled Fuzzy's Warbles, named after both XTC/Andy as well as the original source, Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. My nickname was Fuzzy so it all felt right.
I also am a 2-speaker man, though I do have surround sound for my TV, so if the 5:1 is streamable I may try playing Harmony Codex in my living room! I have a friend who is an audiophile and has played me some of the Wilson mixed XTC discs.
Great post, Steve, thank you. So much to follow-up on there, including the whole Andy Partridge interview (I wrote about 'English Settlement' a few weeks ago).
Steven Wilson is incredible and has made some intriguing solo albums. Very excited about the new one. It's designed to be heard in spatial audio, and he's been holding listening parties that are getting very positive reviews. For those of us with just the two speakers, though, I'm sure The Harmony Codex will still sound great - Economies of Scale certainly does. Another track is due to be unveiled tomorrow.
Yeah - I remember reading your English Settlement piece. It inspired me to play it right afterward! Such a fantastic album. Really, for me, all of them are. I suppose I am slightly less fond of Wasp Star (Apple Venus Pt.2), but the bar was so high it makes sense something would feel less than perfect.
Before Substack, I had a blog titled Fuzzy's Warbles, named after both XTC/Andy as well as the original source, Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. My nickname was Fuzzy so it all felt right.
I also am a 2-speaker man, though I do have surround sound for my TV, so if the 5:1 is streamable I may try playing Harmony Codex in my living room! I have a friend who is an audiophile and has played me some of the Wilson mixed XTC discs.
Thanks for reading my post.
I’m sure the Wilson album will be streamable using Dolby Atmos (certainly it will be on Apple Music). I’d very interested to read what you make of it.