OFFICIAL: David Glamour Officially announce his First Solo Album In 9 years After

David Gilmour announces first album in 9 years, ‘Luck and Strange’.

David Gilmour has announced Luck and Strange, his first solo album in nine years, which will be out September 6 via Sony Music. He made it with producer Charlie Andrew, who is best known for working with alt-J. “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?,” Gilmour says. “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.”

 

The album features contributions from Guy Pratt and Tom Herbert on bass, Adam Betts, Steve Gadd and Steve DiStanislao on drums, and Rob Gentry and Roger Eno on keyboards, with string and choral arrangements by Will Gardner. Polly Samson, Gilmour’s co-writer for the past 30 years, contributed most of the lyrics. The title track, which is a bonus on the CD edition, features late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright, recorded in 2007 during a ‘Barn Jam’ at David’s house.

Luck and Strange includes eight new originals plus a cover of “Between Two Points” by late-’90s/early-’00s group The Montgolfier Brothers. The first single from the album is “The Piper’s Call” which is out now, with the official video premiering on Friday, April 26. Listen below.