David Gilmour raises expectations for his new album with a sensational new claim
By StevieMac
A new David Gilmour album will always be highly anticipated. Fans and music critics alike will be very keen to hear it. Gilmour had previously sent out signals that his first album in nine years was coming soon. The acclaimed guitarist is now really whetting appetites as he shares his sensational thoughts on his new release.
In April this year, he revealed that Luck And Strange would be out on September 6, 2024. It’s been a long wait since his previous album, Rattle And Lock in 2015. A single, “The Piper Calls”, came out in April with the further release of “Between Two Points” in July.
They were both excellent tasters for the new album and full of trademark Gilmour sounds. That set the clock ticking as we all waited for the album. With just a few weeks to go, Gilmour has recently been busy on his social media. He’s been sharing short previews and information about more tracks from the new album.
David Gilmour reveals more of his new album
One clip has him explaining that the title track “Luck and Strange” had its origins a few years ago. To the extent that it features the late, great, and sadly missed Rick Wright on electric piano. The short clip explains more and plays a short extract which sounds excellent.
With five weeks until the Sept 6th release of Luck and Strange - pre-order on CD & vinyl from https://t.co/GmRmAMjL0x - here’s David telling us about the album’s title track, which features electric piano from Rick Wright. pic.twitter.com/9jticWIZWR
— David Gilmour (@davidgilmour) August 2, 2024
Gilmour also revealed that the opening track, “Black Cat”, is an instrumental. He talks of liking to set the mood of an album upfront and how an instrumental does that so well. He’s certainly setting the mood before it even arrives with these previews, short as they are.
With just six weeks until the Sept 6th release of Luck and Strange - pre-order on CD & vinyl from https://t.co/GmRmAMjL0x - David gives us a sneak peak of the album’s opening track, Black Cat. pic.twitter.com/g7szyD1VMw
— David Gilmour (@davidgilmour) July 26, 2024
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Now though Gilmour has ramped all that anticipation up even further with his latest claim. It’s in an article in the printed Prog Magazine, Gilmour has set a high bar indeed for his upcoming album. “It’s over 50 years now since the The Dark Side Of The Moon”. “My feeling is that this album is the best album I’ve made in all those years since 1973 when The Dark Side Of The Moon came out.”
Wow -wait until Roger Waters reads that! It’s some claim to make. Gilmour has had a hand in several great records in his time, The Dark Side Of The Moon follow-up Wish You Were Here and the later The Wall for example. We’ll have to wait to hear the album to see how credible that is. For sure, it’ll have to be a fantastic record to match up to even close to some of his best work.
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