' is an EP by British musician Steven Wilson. It was released on 22 January 2016. It collects songs that were written during the sessions for Wilson's previous two studio albums, ''

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''. The closing track is a new version of "Don't Hate Me", originally recorded by Porcupine Tree on the album ''

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'', sung as a duet with Israeli singer Ninet Tayeb. The title ' indicates the EP serves as an interim release between Wilson's fourth solo album ''Hand. Cannot. Erase.'' and his fifth full-length studio album '' To the Bone''.http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/new-steven-wilson-album-4-%C2%BD-coming-in-january-2016/

Recording

* "My Book of Regrets" was written in late 2013 and finished in June 2015. Main recording took place from 28 June 2015 in Montreal, with additional recording at No Man's Land. * "Year of the Plague" was written and recorded during sessions of ''

'' in 2012–2013. * "Happiness III" was written in 2003 and recorded during the ''

'' sessions at Air Studio in September 2014. * "Sunday Rain Sets In" was recorded during the ''Hand. Cannot. Erase.'' sessions at Air Studios, East West and Spin Studios in 2014. * "Vermillioncore" was partly written in late 2013, finished in June 2015 and recorded in October 2015. * "Don't Hate Me" was written in 1998 and originally released by Wilson's band, Porcupine Tree, on their 1999 album ''

''. This version of the track was taken from a live concert in Europe in September 2015, with additional recording at No Man's Land.

Track listing

Personnel

* Steven Wilson – lead vocals, guitars,

autoharp An autoharp or chord zither is a string instrument belonging to the zither family. It uses a series of bars individually configured to mute all strings other than those needed for the intended chord. The term ''autoharp'' was once a trademark of ...

Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

, piano, percussion, virtual instruments

Guitarists

Dave Kilminster David Kilminster (born 25 January 1962) is a British guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer and music teacher, who has toured as a sideman to several prestigious musicians, including progressive rock artists Steven Wilson and Roger Waters. ...

(tracks 1 and 6) *

Guthrie Govan Guthrie Govan (; born 27 December 1971) is an English guitarist and guitar teacher, known for his work with the bands the Aristocrats, Asia, GPS, the Young Punx and the Fellowship, as well as his solo project Erotic Cakes. More recently, he ha ...

(track 3)

Drummers

* Craig Blundell (tracks 1, 5, and 6) * Marco Minnemann (track 3) * Chad Wackerman (track 4)

Additional personnel

* Nick Beggs – bass guitar, Chapman Stick, backing vocals * Adam Holzman – Wurlitzer,

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

Minimoog The Minimoog is an analog synthesizer first manufactured by Moog Music between 1970 and 1981. Designed as a more affordable, portable version of the modular Moog synthesizer, it was the first synthesizer sold in retail stores. It was first popul ...

Rhodes piano The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...

* Theo Travis – reed (tracks 4 and 6) * Ninet Tayeb – co-vocals (track 6)

Charts

References

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