Released: 2015

Genres: Progressive Rock, Alternative Rock, Art Rock

The Musiquarium’s Transience Review Score: 8 out of 10

Primarily featuring his singles (Harmony Korine, Postcard, ), deep cuts (Index), other pop-leaning songs (Hand Cannot Erase, Happy Returns, Drive Home, The Pin Drop, Deform to Form a Star, and a re-recording of the Porcupine Tree song, Lazarus), and a cover of Alanis Morissette’s Thank You, Transience is aimed at attracting the more casual listener, instead of providing a more comprehensive snapshot of Steven Wilson’s entire body of work.

Because of Transience focusing on Wilson’s shorter, more accessible songs, there are some key tracks that are missing, such as Raider II, Luminol and 3 Years Older, but those lengthier, more progressive recordings would not work in the context of such a collection, nor would they fit on a single disc. Otherwise, Transience includes most of the definitive pop songs from Wilson’s solo career thus far and is a fairly successful attempt at what this disc is aiming to do.

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Written by Brett Nippard