Throughout his three-decade career, Steven Wilson has remained a resolutely independent artist. This has made him probably the most successful British artist you’ve never heard of.

Now he is back, after a two-year break, with his fifth album, To the Bone.

The follow-up to 2015’s Hand. Cannot. Erase. , To the Bone is a snapshot of the disconcerting times we live in.

Fusing driving futurist rock, spectral electronics, hyperspace ambience and squalling guitars, it is also Wilson way of giving a nod to the songs he listened to growing up.

"My fifth record is in many ways inspired by the hugely ambitious progressive pop records that I loved in my youth," explains Wilson.

"I grew up listening to a lot of very smart pop records by artists like Kate Bush, Talk Talk, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, The The.

"It struck me that there aren't too many albums made like that these days: quite accessible on the surface, but if you choose to engage with them on a deeper level, you can find layers in the production, musicianship and some thoughtful lyrics. I wanted to try to create a modern equivalent."