Title: Steven Wilson: Hand. Can not. Erase.
Release year: 2015
Genre: Progressive Rock, Electronic Rock
Artist: Steven Wilson - lead vocals, mellotron (tracks 1-10), keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8), guitars (tracks 2-10), bass (tracks 1, 2, and 5 -7), banjo (track 7), hammered dulcimer (track 9), programming (tracks 1-5, 9, and 10), shaker (tracks 3, 5, and 6), effects (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, and 11), Guthrie Govan - guitar (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, and 10), lead guitar (track 5), Nick Beggs - bass (tracks 3 and 10), Chapman Stick (Tracks 4, 6, and 10), backing vocals (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10), Adam Holzman-piano (tracks 1-3, 5-7, and 9-11), Hammond organ (Tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9, and 10), celesta (tracks 3, 5, and 9), Fender Rhodes (tracks 3, 4, 6, and 9), Wurlitzer (track 7), Moog synthesizer Track 7, Marco Minnemann - drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9), Additional: Dave Gregory - guitars (tracks 2, 3, and 10), Chad Wackerman - drums (track 10) , Ninet Tayeb - vocals (tracks 5 and 9), Theo Travis - flute and baritone saxophone (track 9), Katherine Jenkins - the word word (track 4), Leo Blair - solo vocal (track 5), Schola Cantorum Of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School - choir (tracks 5, 10, and 11), London Session Orchestra - strings (tracks 9 and 10 )

Description:

Hand. Can not. Erase. Is the fourth solo album by Steven Wilson. The album was released on February 27, 2015 through Kscope.

The album was recorded in September 2014 at AIR Studios, London, UK. All band members of the previous album are also featured on the new recording. When discussing the lack of the The Travis' input on the record, Steven Wilson described the album to the less "jazzy" compared to the previous album, featuring only a few parts written for flute and saxophones. Wilson also described the album to be more reflective to all of the different material in his back catalog, featuring electronic music elements and straightforward pop songs alongside long progressive-oriented tracks. Alongside Wilson, the album features Ninet Tayeb on vocals, and the music is heavily inflicted by The Dreaming, an album by Kate Bush.

Tracklist:
01. First Regret 2:01
02. 3 Years Older 10:18
03. Hand Can not Erase 4:13
04. Perfect Life 4:46
05. Routine 8:58
06. Home Invasion 6:24
07. Regret # 9 4:55
08. Transience 2:45
09. Ancestral 13:30
10. Happy Returns 6:00
11. Ascendant Here On ... 1:54

Issued: United States | Kscope
Duration: 1:06:03 + 00:29:31 (documentary)