Steven Wilson releases new single On Chapel Slope

Steven Wilson has released a new track from his forthcoming ninth album. On Chapel Slope is out today (2nd October 2026) and comes from Requiem For A Village, due for release on Fiction on 6th November 2026.

Starting with a one-note scratch from a lone violin, On Chapel Slope floats in on a guitar line that melts like an invite to a seance, a vocal that moves through life, death and rebirth and a chant that threatens to envelope everything around it. An atmospheric, enveloping companion to the recently released title track’s fervent introduction to the village itself, On Chapel Slope sits right at the beating heart of Steven Wilson’s phenomenal forthcoming album.

Steven Wilson’s new album is due in November and takes a very different path from his 2025 classic The Overview. Set in a Wicker Man landscape where the paintings of Stanley Spencer hang in the local art gallery, the stories of M. R. James and Algernon Blackwood sit on the shelves of the public library, and the children of the stones play in the market square, Requiem For A Village is a sepia-toned snapshot of a hidden neverland, and a 54-minute piece of cinema for the ears.

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Requiem For A Village - track listing:

1. Swirl In A Lark’s Eye

2. Requiem For A Village

3. The Same River Twice

4. Now Departing

5. Hiraeth

6. On Chapel Slope

7. Murmuration

8. Cursus Fingerprint

9. A Basket Of Bees

10. Great Green Map

11. Wheel

12. The Old God Is Buried

Requiem For A Village will be available on CD, Blu-Ray, 140g two 12” black vinyl, oxblood coloured two 12” vinyl and as a boxset featuring 2 CDs, Blu-Ray disc packaged in a 96 page hardback book box. Limited amounts of signed CDs will be available through Amazon, and CDs with exclusive packaging will be available through HMV. For full format details, click here.

LIVE

Steven Wilson will play two sold-out shows at the Royal Albert Hall (28th and 29th October) accompanied by his band, the Parallax Orchestra & Sansara choir conducted by Tom Richards. The shows mark the closure of one album cycle and an introduction to the next, as the musicians will play newly created orchestral arrangements of The Overview as well as tracks from the soon-to-be-released Requiem For A Village.