The song is taken from his first new album in nine years
“Dark And Velvet Nights” is the new single from David Gilmour’s forthcoming album, Luck and Strange, which will be released on September 6th via Sony Music.
The single is available to stream and the music video, directed by Gavin Elder, will be premiered at 12:15 pm ET today (Fri, Aug 9th) by Julia Soboleva with animation by Levan Kvan.
Written by David Gilmour and Polly Samson, the song came from a poem Polly had written.
“The music sprang out one day. It was so exciting to have come across this groove. 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,” Gilmour shares.
Luck and Strange was recorded over five months in Brighton and London and is Gilmour’s first album of new material in nine years. The record was produced by David and Charlie Andrew, best known for his work with alt-J and Marika Hackman. The album features nine tracks, including the beautiful reworking of The Montgolfier Brothers’ 1999 song, “Between Two Points” which features 22-year-old Romany Gilmour on vocals and harp, the lead-off track from the album, The Piper’s Call and the title track which features the late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright, recorded in 2007 at a jam in a barn at David’s house. The album features artwork and photography by the renowned artist Anton Corbijn.
David Gilmour will be performing live this fall in Rome, London, Los Angeles, and New York the live band features Guy Pratt on bass, Greg Phillinganes, and Rob Gentry on keyboards, Adam Betts on drums, Ben Worsley on guitar, and Louise Marshall with Hattie and Charley Webb on vocals.
