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David Gilmour: Luck and Strange – new album announced!

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.

Limited blue vinyl 2LP of Pink Floyd’s The Division Bell for 25th anniversary

Pink Floyd’s The Division Bell, a limited release of the album in translucent blue, heavyweight vinyl as a 2LP set, is coming on June 7th, 2019 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07QJ5WRF1/braindamage-21). It echoes the original limited blue vinyl release by Columbia Records in 1994. It will be joining the other albums released by the band’s new label – Pink Floyd Records – and will bear catalogue number PFRLP 31. Featuring the 2014 master by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and the late Doug Sax of the Mastering Lab, California, it comes as a double LP (as did the 2014 black vinyl release) to ensure all the songs are presented in full. The original 1994 single vinyl release required the songs to be edited to fit. As expected, the packaging is of high quality again; the records are housed in a gatefold sleeve with four different images of specially-created heads, and two full-colour lyric/image inner bags. On its original release, the album debuted at number 1 in the UK, US, Australian and New Zealand album charts, reaching the top spot in six other countries, and to date has sold over 12 million copies. At the time, David Gilmour said: The three of us went into Britannia Row Studios, and improvised for two weeks. Playing together and starting from scratch was interesting and exciting, it kick-started the album and the process was very good, it was collaborative and felt more cohesive. Ordering links: We’re sure it’s going to be one that many of you won’t want to miss out on. If you do want to add this to your collection, please use these direct links to help support the running of Brain Damage: Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07QJ5WRF1/braindamage-21), Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07QCQPW6Z/braindamage-20), Amazon Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07QCQPW6Z/braindamageon-20), Amazon France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07QJ5WRF1/braindamageon-21), Amazon Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07QJ5WRF1/braindamage0f-21), Amazon Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B07QJ5WRF1/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 tag=braidama01-21 linkCode=as2 camp=3626 creative=24822 creativeASIN=B07QJ5WRF1) and Amazon Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B07QJ5WRF1/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3370 creative=24114 creativeASIN=B07QJ5WRF1 linkCode=as2 tag=bradamonl-21). Not all the ordering pages are live, but should be very shortly.

Alex Frew releases poignant and thought-provoking new single ‘Something To Hold Onto’

There’s a profound message and unique perspective that can be found in Canadian singer-songwriter Alex Frew’s latest single, ‘Something To Hold Onto’. Having made a name for himself releasing honest, introspective and relatable, teen-centric pop songs, Alex Frew continues to showcase his skill as a songwriter with his latest release; a thought-provoking and poignant song …

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