The music was originally released on cassette tapes in 1989-91, then compiled and reissued as a limited CD in 1994, and later on vinyl with one track substituted. This new CD edition stays with the revised 1999 vinyl track listing, and contains over 75 minutes of music. Because of the increasing demand for out of print early Porcupine Tree releases, a decision was made to make this new edition available exclusively from Headphone Dust, and SW has freshly remastered it from the original sources. All the same please lower your sonic and musical expectations for these very early experiments!

This new release of ‘Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape‘ features new artwork and design by Carl Glover. The disc comes in a 6 panel digipack and also includes a booklet with sleeve notes and information about the original cassette releases. No specific release date has been announced for the reissue but Headphone Dust states that shipping will begin in June.

Details and ticket links of Steven Wilson’s ongoing tour can be found here. Steven’s tour dates page was recently updated with two sections for upcoming and past dates.

Also appearing on the first day are Kscope label mates The Pineapple Thief, and the excellent new band Sanguine Hum. Opeth are headlining on the second day, with The Devin Townsend Project, Caravan and more supporting. Single day, camping and weekend tickets for the festival can be purchased here.

A tremendous thank you to all those that came to the first European leg of The Raven that Refused To Sing tour, I can’t remember ever having had such a positive reaction to a new album before, so thank you everyone for continuing to follow my music as it continues on it’s merry and unpredictable way!

Next week we head to the USA to rehearse with our new drummer Chad Wackerman, and then to embark on 5 weeks of shows in North and South America. We’re also setting up daytime record store signing sessions in several cities (and once again there will be a special release in support of Record Store Day on 20th April, more about that shortly), so looking forward to meeting many of you out there.

We will also confirm and announce all of the European Summer festival appearances very soon.

You can see some of his great shots in the gallery below. Head over to Killershots.de for the full photo gallery.

In the 30-minute interview, Steven discusses his intentions for the new album, the great response all around the globe to his solowork, adding guitarist Guthrie Govan to the lineup, working with legendary Alan Parsons, remixing 70′s rock records, the burden of aging, film score ambitions and more.

Steven’s new solo album ‘The Raven That Refused To Sing (and other stories)‘ reached number 3 in Germany in it’s week of release. Fan sites like Anesthetize.de have certainly helped to increase Steven’s musical profile online.

You can pre-order ‘Afterthoughts‘, due for release on 6th May, from Burning Shed here.