Little Fish

'Weltschmerz' is the much anticipated new and final double studio album from Fish that is being acclaimed as the finest work of his long and illustrious career. Co written with long term collaborators Steve Vantsis and Robin Boult with contributions from John Mitchell (Garden of Remembrance) and Foss Paterson it has been over 3 years in the making and as such is an exceptional piece of work produced by Calum Malcolm (Blue Nile, Fish 'Feast of Consequences' and '13th Star') and Steve Vantsis…

'Weltschmerz' is the much anticipated new and final double studio album from Fish that is being acclaimed as the finest work of his long and illustrious career. Co written with long term collaborators Steve Vantsis and Robin Boult with contributions from John Mitchell (Garden of Remembrance) and Foss Paterson it has been over 3 years in the making and as such is an exceptional piece of work produced by Calum Malcolm (Blue Nile, Fish 'Feast of Consequences' and '13th Star') and Steve Vantsis.

Derek William Dick (aka Fish) was the dramatic lead vocalist for prog rock band Marillion until beginning a solo career in 1988.
"The Last Straw" was recorded on multitrack at the final show of the "Clutching at Straws/Weltschmerz" tour in the O2 in Glasgow on 13th December 2018. Mixed and produced by Steve Vantsis and mastered by Calum Malcolm this double CD features the entire performance of the "Clutching at Straws" album, Fish's last with his former band Marillion and acknowledged as his favourite of that period in his career. "The Last Straw" also features the debut performances of 4 of the songs from his latest album "Weltschmerz" including the award winning "Man with a Stick" and the epic "Waverley Steps".

It's a comparison that has dogged Fish throughout his professional career, but it's hard to listen to his music - either his work with Marillion or his solo albums - and not be reminded of prime-period Genesis, when Peter Gabriel was fronting the band. It's not only because his voice uncannily recalls Gabriel's and that the musical approach is heavily influenced by Selling England By the Pound and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, but it's also because Gabriel has stopped recording the kind of fruity, pompous prog-rock that dominates Fish's second full-fledged solo album, Internal Exile. That might sound like a harsh criticism, but it's meant as a compliment, simply because in 1991 - or for that matter, the '90s - nobody does classic British prog as well as Fish…