{"id":7040893,"date":"2026-08-17T15:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/paul-draper-f-steven-wilson\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:08:34","slug":"paul-draper-f-steven-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7040893","title":{"rendered":"Paul Draper f\/ Steven Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"


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There\u2019s a bunch of videos out there. Some of them are good. Some of them are a cut above. I like to think my picks for Video of The Day are a cut (or two) above.<\/i><\/p>\n

This year there’s been incalculable loss, and far too many endings. In the current climate, these losses can feel even more acute, even harder to process and move forward from.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paul Draper’s latest single, “Omega Man,” takes loose inspiration from Richard Matheson’s 1950s horror title I Am Legend<\/i>, which was subsequently adapted cinematically in the movie Omega Man. What’s with all this Omega talk, you ask? Well, it’s quite simple really: The Greek alphabet ends with Omega. It’s the end, the last letter, the point of finality.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Draper’s “Omega Man” is much more of a personal reflection than a treatise on Matheson’s terrifying post-apocalyptic landscape; though the song’s video definitely takes the latter concept and runs with it. Or, rather, strolls with it – the sublimely-shot clip follows Draper walking moodily through the shudder-inducing landscape of nuclear nightmare city Prypyat, interspersed with fuzzy, static-laden shots of Steven Wilson. Even nature seems to have been in on it, lending an appropriate gloom to the Ukrainian skies. It’s a video that works in perfect harmony with the song it was made for, amplifying the bleakness of each and every note.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As for the song, it’s full of decadent despair and also has serious earworm potential. Is there anything better than a heartbreak song that’s hard to get out of your head? Wilson’s guest turn is spot on. The duo’s voices work well together in inducing peak levels of forlorn reflection; both Wilson’s ethereal lilt and Draper’s dark purr evoke spectral shades of the sadness, despair, and heartache that comes with the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Omega Man” can be found on Paul Draper’s second solo record, Cult Leader Tactics<\/a><\/i>, due out on Kscope Records next month.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n