David Gilmour: Baby Boomers grew up in a “fortunate moment” but we’re now in a “darker time”
David Gilmour has given some context to his new album title Luck and Strange. According to the Pink Floyd guitarist, it explores how the Baby Boomer generation grew up in a “fortunate moment” but we are now in a “darker time”.
The new solo record is due to land on 6 September. So far, he has already released two tracks from the album – The Piper’s Call and Between Two Points, the latter of which features his daughter Romany Gilmour.
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Speaking to Prog for its new print issue, Gilmour says of the record’s title, “It’s the luck of the very strange moment, that me, and baby boomers in general, have had such a fortunate moment with so many positive ideas that one thought was moving us forward but we’re back in a much darker time. This is normality. What was before the lucky strange moment isn’t the norm.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Gilmour says the album is the best he’s made “in all those years since 1973 when The Dark Side of the Moon came out”. He’s also planning to work on more music “straight away” after its release.
“Our plan is just to get this one out and run it and then do another one straight away. I will be working with all these people again. I’ve had this problem in the past, of wanting to throw myself in the studio with a few people and just kick stuff around, but not knowing who those people should be. And that is now a pressure that’s evaporated, because I’ve got these phone numbers. It feels like a team and I love being in a team – I didn’t choose to be a solo artist,” he says.
David Gilmour’s new album, Luck and Strange, is available to pre-order now.
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