Steven Wilson’s ninth solo album Requiem For A Village welcomes the weird

Steven Wilson’s ninth solo album, *Requiem For A Village*, takes a dark, uncanny turn, blending Gothic folk, doom and progressive rock. Set in an imagined British village haunted by its past, the record extends Wilson’s genre-hopping career and builds its atmosphere around longing for places or times that may never have existed.

The album features narration written by XTC’s Andy Partridge and performed by David Tennant, with contributions from regular collaborator Randy McStine, drummer Russell Holzman and vocalist Katherine Priddy. Its songs range from the heavy title track and patient “On Chapel Slope” to the 11-minute closing suite, combining organic-sounding performances, eerie chants and church bells.