Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour has shared the official music video for his brand new single, the up-tempo “Dark And Velvet Nights,” taken from upcoming album “Luck And Strange,” which he releases through Sony Music on September 06, 2024. It’s Gilmour‘s first album of new material in nine years. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
“Dark and Velvet Nights” hear it now: https://davidgilmour.lnk.to/DarkandVelvetNights
“The music sprang out one day,” Gilmour explains of the new single. “It was so exciting to have come across this groove. Polly had given me a beautiful poem for our wedding anniversary, which was sitting on the desk right next to me, so I picked it up and sang it on the track, to hear what it would sound like with words. I played it to Polly, and she said, “Lovely, great, I’ll need to fiddle with it a bit. So she added a couple of verses, and there it was – very serendipitous.“
“Luck And Strange” was recorded in both Brighton and London over a five month period and has been produced by Gilmour and Charlie Andrew, who has previously worked with ALT-J and Marika Hackman.
“Luck And Strange” will be available on black vinyl, gatefold sleeve and booklet with photography and design by Anton Corbijn, on CD with two bonus tracks and with Corbijn-designed digipak and booklet and Blu-ray.
The album features eight new tracks along with a beautiful 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 & Tom Herbert on bass, Adam Betts, Steve Gadd and Steve DiStanislao on drums, Rob Gentry & 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.
Some contributions emerged from the live streams that Gilmour and family performed to a global audience during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021; Romany Gilmour sings, plays the harp and appears on lead vocals on “Between Two Points.” Gabriel Gilmour also sings backing vocals.
The album’s cover image, photographed and designed by Anton Corbijn, is inspired by a lyric written by Charlie Gilmour for the album’s final song “Scattered.” Of working with his family on “Luck and Strange,” David says: “Polly and I have been writing together for over thirty years and the Von Trapped live streams showed the great blend of Romany’s voice and harp-playing and that led us into a feeling of discarding some of the past that I’d felt bound to and that I could throw those rules out and do whatever I felt like doing, and that has been such a joy.”
Gilmour will be performing live this Autumn in Rome, London, Los Angeles, and New York. His new live band features Guy Pratt on bass, Greg Phillinganes and Rob Gentry on keyboards, Adam Betts on drums, Ben Worsley on guitar and Louise Marshall with Hattie and Charley Webb on vocals.
David Gilmour: 2024 Tour Dates:
Sep 27: Rome Circus Maximus, Italy
Sep 28: Rome Circus Maximus, Italy
Sep 29: Rome Circus Maximus, Italy
Oct 01: Rome Circus Maximus, Italy
Oct 02: Rome Circus Maximus, Italy
Oct 03: Rome Circus Maximus, Italy
Oct 09: London Royal Albert Hall, UK
Oct 10: London Royal Albert Hall, UK
Oct 11: London Royal Albert Hall, UK
Oct 12: London Royal Albert Hall, UK
Oct 14: London Royal Albert Hall, UK
Oct 25: Los Angeles Intuit Dome, CA
Oct 29: Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, CA
Oct 30: Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, CA
Oct 31: Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, CA
Nov 04: New York Madison Square Garden, NY
Nov 05: New York Madison Square Garden, NY
Nov 06: New York Madison Square Garden, NY
Nov 09: New York Madison Square Garden, NY
Nov 10: New York Madison Square Garden, NY
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