David Gilmour returns today with “Dark and Velvet Nights,” the third preview single from the legendary Pink Floyd guitarist’s forthcoming studio album Luck and Strange. In this latest dispatch from his long-awaited first full-length offering since 2015’s Rattle That Lock, the icon steers into a heavier sound than folk-rooted precursors “The Piper’s Call” and “Between Two Points,” giving a dynamic and affecting vocal and guitar performance reflective of six decades of expertise.
“The music sprang out one day. It was so exciting to have come across this groove,” Gilmour offers in an accompanying statement. “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.”
The resultant release from this creative outpouring is a moody, gritty meditation on love, trust and their counterpoints. Gilmour broods and commands with ripping guitar work and contemplative vocals, bolstering a stark and grooving beat framed always by a dark, abstract and spacious atmosphere. This move boldly contrasts first impressions of the project, subverting and amplifying expectations as the artist has for generations.
Luck and Strange is set to release on September 6 via Sony Music. The project–which he termed the “best album I’ve made” since Dark Side of the Moon in a cover feature for Prog–is available to pre-order on vinyl and CD formats now. To support the album release, Gilmour will plot his first tour since 2016; read more about this highly-anticipated and high-demand excursion here. For tickets and more information, visit davidgilmour.com.
Listen to “Dark and Velvet Nights” below.
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