For the past couple of years, Steven Wilson, leader-producer of British progressive rockers Porcupine Tree, has been remixing King Crimson’s catalog. His second solo album is a two-CD trip through loss – the album is dedicated to Wilson’s late father – via the vintage vengeance of Seventies Crimson (the instrumental storm "Sectarian") and the iridescent romanticism of Canterbury-scene bands like Caravan ("Deform to Form a Star"). Wilson is also a determined modernist. "Raider II" is a 23-minute beast of black power chords and fusion whiplash: prog rock wrung dry of nostalgia, perfect not for drowning but immersion.

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“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”