Up the Downstair feels noticeably different in tone from On the Sunday of Life -- the humor is nearly invisible, if present at all, and the focus is more explicitly up to date in keeping with Steven Wilson's long-stated belief that progressive music means incorporating the now instead of rehashing what progressive was. His singing is now more accomplished in turn -- it sounds like he might have been taking a lesson or two from his No-Man partner Tim Bowness, but he has his own dreamy approach. His already accomplished studio work seems to have turned even more so with time, and the end result is a delicate, complex, and remarkable effort.

Track Listing
1 What Are You Listening To...
2 Synesthesia
3 Monuments Burn into Moments
4 Always Never
5 Up the Downstair
6 Not Beautiful Anymore
7 Siren
8 Small Fish
9 Burning Sky
10 Fadeaway