This afternoon, the months of speculation and rumour come to a close, with the announcement of David Gilmour’s new album, Luck and Strange. It is his first new album in nine years, and those who have been on social media over the last couple of days will have seen movement on his official channels, changing the profile pictures and headers to subtle, rather mysterious images of a figure with their arms out, and rushing water. His official website, too, had undergone a similar change with the same imagery and a sign-up button. The album will be released on September 6th, on Sony Music, on LP, CD, Blu-ray and digital. Deluxe LP and CD boxsets will be announced in the coming weeks. The first track from the album – The Piper’s Call – will be released tomorrow (Thursday, April 25th), following a world exclusive first play on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show. A video for the song will be available to watch from Friday. Full track listings are shown below. Luck and Strange was recorded over five months in Brighton and London and is Gilmour’s first album of new material in nine years. The record was produced by David and Charlie Andrew, best known for his work with ALT-J and Marika Hackman. Of this new working relationship, David says, “We invited Charlie to the house, so he came and listened to some demos, and said things like, “Well, why does there have to be a guitar solo there?” and “Do they all fade out? Can’t some of them just end?”. He has a wonderful lack of knowledge or respect for this past of mine. He’s very direct and not in any way overawed, and I love that. That is just so good for me because the last thing you want is people just deferring to you.” The majority of the album’s lyrics have been composed by Polly Samson, Gilmour’s co-writer and collaborator for the past thirty years. Samson says of the lyrical themes covered on Luck and Strange, “It’s written from the point of view of being older; mortality is the constant.” Gilmour elaborates, “We spent a load of time during and after lockdown talking about and thinking about those kind of things.” Polly has also found the experience of working with Charlie Andrew liberating. “He wants to know what the songs are about, he wants everyone who’s playing on them to have the ideas that are in the lyric informing their playing. I have particularly loved it for that reason.” The album features eight new tracks along with a reworking of The Montgolfier Brothers’ Between Two Points and has artwork and photography by the renowned artist Anton Corbijn. Musicians contributing to the record include Guy Pratt and Tom Herbert on bass, Adam Betts, Steve Gadd and Steve DiStanislao on drums, Rob Gentry and Roger Eno on keyboards with string and choral arrangements by Will Gardner. The title track also features the late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright, recorded in 2007 at a jam in a barn at David’s house.
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Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets Australian tour starts in Melbourne
Well, it’s felt a long time coming, but it has finally started. As we type this, Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets are currently midway through the first half of their opening show on their Australian tour – part of The Echoes Tour – with the band playing the first of a brace of nights at the Forum Melbourne (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2023/september-16th-forum-melbourne-melbourne-victoria-aust.html). There are still a few tickets for tomorrow night’s show, and for some of the other Australian shows – so if you are in or near the cities in question, it really would be worth your while snapping them up before they all go, and enjoying a fabulous gig filled with early Pink Floyd gems! Here are details of all the upcoming shows (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2023/index.php). We welcome all contributions from those going to any of the upcoming shows – please email us at matt@brain-damage.co.uk – and to kick things off, here’s a picture of the band in action a very short time ago, during the first number in Melbourne! Our thanks to John, on the scene at the Forum… if you visit the show page you’ll find more of his pictures (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2023/september-16th-forum-melbourne-melbourne-victoria-aust.html)!
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David Gilmour featured in new Mojo Magazine
November 2024 issue of the UK’s Mojo Magazine (https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-november-2024), announced today and published on September 17th (and available online worldwide through this link (https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-november-2024), has a big focus on David Gilmour and his excellent new album, Luck and Strange. The article finds David chatting with acclaimed author Mark Blake (Pigs Might Fly about Pink Floyd, and other books) about the new album. He also hints at more to come before too long: “I’ve got a trove of stuff already”. Alongside what the magazine are calling “The Definitive Interview”, there are articles looking at Joni Mitchell, the Ramones and much more. The cover mounted CD – Point Me At The Sky, with a suitably 60s design on the cover – holds “15 Flashbacks to the Golden Age of British Psych”, with Soft Machine, The Pretty Things and more. Always a great read, the magazine is due to arrive in UK stores in a week’s time, and will be available in selected locations worldwide as an import, in due course. Alternatively, you can order (worldwide) online through the Great Magazines website which is owned and run by the publishers of Mojo (and will secure you the cover-mounted CD as well!) (https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-november-2024).
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