Upcoming Steven Wilson Album

Even what he is choosing to mix for other bands is more on the electronic front. For example on Anathema's Distant Satellites he mixed/mastered "You're Not Alone" which is very alternative/hip hoppy/electronic pop.

 

For those that like GFD/Lightbulb Sun style, we may have to wait for the restart of Porcupine Tree. On HCE, he is definitely more accessible styled music.

It's certainly better than songs 3 & 4...but it isn't home runs. 

Fair, but I don't think he's ever quite had this level of singer-songwriter style in his music. Even while Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun had it, those albums were still strongly psychedelic in their nature. This sound very much like mature pop rock/alternative rock.

A solid 12 minutes of new music from him. It sound promising, but not amazing. He's definitely moving into the more accessible area of prog.

I think the reason Insurgentes wasn't album of the year (certainly why it didn't rank higher) was because voting for it was split over two years - a lot of people voted for it the year the deluxe and digital releases were out, while others only voted for it the following year when the retail version was out. Needless to say, those who voted for the album in 2008 didn't vote again in 2009, hence the lower rank of that album on both years. Scores aren't available, but it was #6 in 2008 and #19 in 2009.

The Incident was just disappointing, yeah.