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An Amusing Coincidence

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Topic: An Amusing Coincidence

Posted By: Sunburst
Subject: An Amusing Coincidence
Date Posted: March 03 2025 at 19:12

Has anyone noticed something odd about Steven Wilson's "Hand. Cannot. Erase." and Soft Machine's "Seven"?

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Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: March 03 2025 at 19:36

Ideas are everywhere! Wilson’s sure looks a lot better to me.

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Posted By: meAsoi
Date Posted: March 03 2025 at 20:03

While both covers may look similar at first glance, both are representing different music genres and eras—Seven is embracing a bold abstraction characteristic of the vitality to be discovered in the colourful '70s jazz rock, and the other a minimalism that underscores awfully overrated yet boring alt-rock pseudo-intellectualism of the '10s. Normally, I prefer Seven, both music and art.

Posted By: Sunburst
Date Posted: March 03 2025 at 20:04

Sort of like the difference between a rough draft and the final product.

Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 00:21

meAsoi wrote:

While both covers may look similar at first glance, both are representing different music genres and eras—Seven is embracing a bold abstraction characteristic of the vitality to be discovered in the colourful '70s jazz rock, and the other a minimalism that underscores awfully overrated yet boring alt-rock pseudo-intellectualism of the '10s. Normally, I prefer Seven, both music and art.

Ah, there's nothing like coming back to the PA forum to read something interesting, only to stumble upon a nasty fart by an arrogant prog snob LOL

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Posted By: meAsoi
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 00:30

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Ah, there's nothing like coming back to the PA forum to read something interesting, only to stumble upon a nasty fart by an arrogant prog snob LOL

Thanks for noticing! I was just trying to elevate the conversation beyond 'basic.' But hey, we all have our strengths LOL

Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 00:50

^ mission accomplished! But of course this was bound to happen, as this thread pits old versus new. I can sort of see your point except for the "intellectualism" part, don't hear that on HCE. But the upcoming SW release is all about that, so you should have a field day with it!

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Posted By: meAsoi
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 00:58

Sunburst wrote:

Sort of like the difference between a rough draft and the final product.

Tormato, for instance, has a better sleeve design that features a damaged cover photo than HCE.

Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 03:38

This statement, for some reason, reminds me of the kind of blanket word salads LLM AI bots would barf out. xD

Anyway, this "bust facing sideways" type of cover is one of the biggest clichés not only in prog but in rock in general.

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Posted By: meAsoi
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 04:20

Hrychu wrote:

Oh wow, thanks for your incredibly valuable input! I'll make sure to file it right under ‘Ignored’ in my imaginary filing cabinet.