“Once you realise your existence is futile and life is a random gift, you think, ‘I’m going to make the most of it.’ Life is meaningless – so embrace it”: Steven Wilson looks back at Planet Earth

His challenging return-to-prog album The Overview contrasts the collapse of a nebula with a bursting grocery bag in Swindon, all to illustrate that space is “nothingness; it’s scary; it’s death” (LouderSound)