Steve Hackett’s The Circus And The Nightwhale is his first full-blown concept album since 1975 solo debut The Voyage Of The Acolyte. Arriving on February 16 via InsideOutMusic, the narrative is based on the rites of passage and adventures of a character named Travla – but to all intents and purposes it’s autobiographical.
“It starts off in 1950 and then it’s a travel through time and personal experiences,” Hackett explains.“Lyrically it’s a description of my first impressions of the world, and then certain characters that I met. But then it moves into more and more fantastic and imagined situations.”
