”At this time in my life I want to make records that are astonishing, difficult, ambitious and pretentious,” Steven Wilson told Prog of his third solo album, The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) ahead of its release in 2013. Inspired musically by King Crimson and Frank Zappa, technically by Alan Parsons (who engineered the record) and thematically by Edgar Allan Poe, MR James and spooky 70s kids’ TV including Children Of The Stones, Wilson delivered a collection of ghost stories that reflected his fascination with mortality. He discussed each of the six pieces that appeared on his last fully prog album until 2025’s The Overview.
