Steven Wilson has announced today’s premiere of an apocalyptic new song. “Eminent Sleaze” is available now for streaming and download; an official video directed by Miles Skarin is streaming now at YouTube and can be heard below. “Eminent Sleaze” is a wholly unethical life lesson strapped to a piece of grimy, low-slung funk, and as much a departure from Steven’s previous records as its immediate predecessor. The song heralds Wilson’s eagerly awaited sixth solo album, The Future Bites due to arrive via Arts & Crafts on January 29, 2021, following a delay caused by the initial onset of COVID-19 and a subsequent revision. A striking trailer previewing the album’s provocative themes of high-concept consumerism and post-internet evolution is streaming now via YouTube and can be seen below,
The Future Bites will be available on all digital platforms, along with vinyl, CD and a limited edition deluxe box set that contains CDs of the album, an instrumental version of the album, bonus material (including six additional songs and several reworked versions of album tracks, among them a 19-minute extended mix of “Personal Shopper”), a cassette of demos, and a Blu-Ray featuring videos, Wilson’s own 5.1 surround sound and Dolby Atmos versions of the album (marking The Future Bites as the first contemporary album to be mixed and released in Dolby Atmos). The Future Bites was first revealed earlier this year with the premiere of the epic first single, “Personal Shopper,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services.
Co-produced in London by Wilson with David Kosten (Bat For Lashes, Everything Everything), The Future Bites sees Wilson exploring contemporary addiction and the lasting effect of ever-increasing technology on our daily lives. The album marks his most inventive and far-reaching musical construction to date, spanning soaring acoustics, lush electronica, relentless bass-driven grooves, murky funk, and so much more, all linked through powerfully focused songcraft and this one-of-a-kind artist’s always unique creative vision.
