radio Thursday and the opening notes – ringing church bells – recall the closing sounds from The Division Bell‘s “High Hopes.” “We bitch and we fight / Diss each other on sight / But this thing we do,” Gilmour sings over a rhythm reminiscent of a more upbeat “Hey You,” his voice seemingly unchanged from 1994. The band’s new song “Louder Than Words” premiered on U.K. I think the most significant element was really actually hearing what Rick did, because, having lost Rick, it was that thing of… it really brought home what a special player he was.” I think this record is rather a good way of recognizing a lot of what he does. Mason adds, “I think Rick would be thrilled actually. “The only concept is the concept of me, Rick and Nick and I, playing together in a way that we had done way way in the past but had forgotten that we did, and was instantly familiar,” Gilmour said. “There’s a sort of continuum from the Division Bell album to this, and the last phrase but one on The Division Bell is ‘the endless river’: ‘the endless river forever and ever’ at the end of the song ‘High Hopes.'” For their upcoming album, Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason revisited and reworked the Division Bell studio sessions to pay tribute to keyboardist Rick Wright, who passed away in 2008.Ĭhasteness, Soda Pop, and Show Tunes: The Lost Story of the Young Americans and the Choircore Movement “ The Endless River is a continuous flow of music that builds gradually over four separate pieces over the 55-odd minutes,” Gilmour says.
Speaking to BBC 6 Music, Gilmour added, “It’s a shame, but this is the end.” The Endless River arrives on November 10th. I suspect this is it,” Gilmour says of Pink Floyd’s future in the above video interview. “I think we have successfully commandeered the best of what there is. Pink Floyd‘s The Endless River, the legendary band’s first album since 1994’s The Division Bell, will also be the group’s last, David Gilmour confirms in an interview tied to the new LP.
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