The eight and so far latest album from this artist from Great Britain.
Steven Wilson did percussion, bass, guitars, keyboards, sampler, programming and vocals here.
He got help from numerous guests who added drums, bass, guitars, violin, chapmann stick, organ, piano, mellotron, keyboards, synths, programming, woodwinds, voices and vocals.
Steven Wilson is one of the biggest profiles in today's prog scene... and surely one of the biggest profiles in the history of prog rock. That is both stating the facts and a compliment.
The previous album The Future Bites (2021) saw him strike out in another direction than progressive rock.
The Harmony Codex is not as big diversion from progressive rock than The Future Bites was.
The music on this just over one hour long album is a mix of electronica, cinematic rock, psych rock and some more ambient meditations.
Parts of this album, the best parts of this album, sounds like the final two Pink Floyd albums. Floating psych rock, in other words.
Other parts of this album is pretty pedestrian and rather uninteresting.
This album still has Steven Wilson's and some Porcupine Tree DNAs all over it. It sounds modern. But it is still not a good album. It is just not there.
Steven Wilson is said to be releasing a prog rock album this winter. I am looking forward to that album.
2.5 points
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