THE FUTURE BITES

I'm going to call things for what they are. This is a disaster.

I'm pretty sure most people seem have some sort of respect towards Steven Wilson due to his early (and undoubtedly good) early records in bands such as Porcupine Tree, and with his first three solo records. It's clear that he has a solid discography, but for me that's pretty much it. Some people go ahead and call him a god of prog, which is honestly comical. Average vocalist, average guitarist, the thing he was (I repeat, was) truly good at was composition.

But let's ignore for a moment all that, and focus only on this work. This record which is the amalgamation of all the decaying aspects of Steven Wilson of the last couple of years.

First of all, not prog. Not even in the slightest. Steven Wilson is so submerged in the "I can do whatever I want with my music" idea that he doesn't realize he's making poor and mediocre content, almost as if he was his only sense of perspective towards music, in other words, zero musicality. Songs are basically simplistic alternative electronic music, they entirely revolve around having a catchy chorus or beat line, although it definitely fails at those things.

The lyrical content is honestly just funny. A recurring theme of the album is anti-capitalism, which means that either he has an amazing sense of humor and a massively layered irony, or he doesn't realize that he, himself, is a capitalist person, judging by the way he lives. It might sound out of place to mention this, but lyrical content is essential to the record.

In this record, Steven Wilson doesn't play the guitar. You can be totally fine with that, but the excuse he gives for it is so arrogant:

"I don't enjoy guitar music anymore"

A vague description right? Guitar music? What is that supposed to mean? Does that mean that if you play him an Eddie Van Halen solo he's just going to be like "meh"? Does that mean that tons of genres just can't satisfy him anymore?

As much as I am a metalhead, I can still enjoy pop, it's not my favorite thing at all but it's a genre that definitely has its highlights, but this record is on the bad side of pop. I seriously think I would enjoy an average Taylor Swift album more than this boring and stale synth-pop mess.

I don't usually like being harsh on words but this record is terrible and Steven Wilson, to be specific, is an artist I have always found to be slightly overrated in most prog communities. His good music is far behind him.

One star without a doubt. I can't even say it's for fans because even his fans think it's one of his worst works to date. This album bites, but it's not the bite of an attractive french girl, it's the bite of a god damn Megalodon shark.

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