Is anyone excited about the new Pink Floyd album?

What!?!?! Are you kidding me Nick!??? I thought you'd know this beauty:

The best thing I've heard from any of the ol' buggers is the collab Gilmour did with The Orb from 2010. That was definitely a keeper!

There was a time in my life in which I would have been very excited. But, PF in general has lost my attention. Hopefully it'll be good, but I'm not expecting much. Don't think I'll even take the time to click back two pages to click on the YouTube album preview.

Curious, but not expecting much

If it shows up on streaming I'll give it one listen.  I did that with Yes - Fly From Here.  It just didn't turn me on enough to get a copy.  The album cover looked cool.

Well,I suppose I am game for some new output by the band as long as Waters doesn't sing on any of it. His 'Hitch Hiking and Amused to Death albums were practically unlistenable because of this. Maybe a spoken word album from the remaining trio would be in order, perhaps on the life cycle of the larch.

Sinful wrote: Any output from the band is welcome news, mostly I look forward to seeing the live show .

Most likely there won't be any concerts after this, even less likely a tour. I believe the most we can hope for is Gilmour solo shows... and I don't think he would go out of Europe.

moshkito wrote: Hi,   If you have editing facilities and a really good DAW, one of these days, take 3 PF albums, and SEPARATE the keyboards from the rest of the band and lyrics.   You will be totally surprised and amazed at what you hear, which is usually very different, and not rock, pop, jazz or anything else music related many many many times ... they are a sort of ambient, weird, strange and sometimes amazing sound that floats through.   I, sincerely, DOUBT that any of these things will ever be heard by anyone that is a "FAN" of the band, and find the incredible individuality that the band had from its 4 members, which made it the special band that it was. You can even take some of the moments from his solo albums, and you know that he left behind 100's of those moments that might be used, and might never be used!   I appreciate Dave putting these out and such, but in the end, I much more miss the "space" that Rick added to the PF music that is not always appreciated because all we can think is of a rock song!

I'm curious as all-hell. I'm sure it will be something special.
.........and I do hope it will be a winner, and all the nay-sayers can eat their words. I can't, for the life of me, believe that Gilmour and Co. would release inferior product. If it ends up resembling the instrumental work of On An Island, I'll be in Heaven.

If the River maintains the level of competence of the AMLOR and Division Bell, I'll definitely buy it. I just hope it's no longer than 45 minutes (had the Bell not dragged on for 67 minutes, it would have been a lot  easier album to absorb and enjoy in one sitting).  

The lyrics is probably going to be a problem nonetheless. Anyone would find it very hard to step into Waters' shoes, even the best lyricists out there, much less a Polly Samson. I therefore hope they'll stick to instrumentals as much as possible to avoid degrading the overall experience with trite poetic imagery and stumbling flow of rhyme and rhythm.  

Edited by Argonaught - August 05 2014 at 04:45