08-09-2024, 00:43
i purchased it on friday (release day) and listened in the car on the way home...
from that little opening instrumental bit 'black cat' to the final closer i have to say that it was brilliant.
the often sparse yet well placed guitar notes do their job, he still has that sound/tone that one would expect from him...
like you said Ruby, theres nothing groundbreaking,
i think it oozes a man who is happy in his comfort zone, (he has done all the experimenting and blistering solos he needs to do so why repeat himself) when he can simply be at ease and peace with himself and his legacy...
the album sounds like he is, for want of a better phrase, coming to terms with his own eventual mortality without being mournful or sombre about it.
he is happy within his own skin and mind and not disgracing himself at all, standing tall and proud of all of his achievements while letting another un-named former member of his previous band remaining a grumpy old sod and embarrassing himself.
finally, Gilmour is one of a handful of guitarists who have a signature sound, Clapton, Rea and Knopfler spring to mind immediately so it always sounds like a 'long lost friend' has returned when i hear anything new by them, and warm and familiar sounds are instantly embraced.
i do own all of David's solo albums and this one appears after one weekend of listening to slot nicely alongside the other albums.
great stuff from DM
from that little opening instrumental bit 'black cat' to the final closer i have to say that it was brilliant.
the often sparse yet well placed guitar notes do their job, he still has that sound/tone that one would expect from him...
like you said Ruby, theres nothing groundbreaking,
i think it oozes a man who is happy in his comfort zone, (he has done all the experimenting and blistering solos he needs to do so why repeat himself) when he can simply be at ease and peace with himself and his legacy...
the album sounds like he is, for want of a better phrase, coming to terms with his own eventual mortality without being mournful or sombre about it.
he is happy within his own skin and mind and not disgracing himself at all, standing tall and proud of all of his achievements while letting another un-named former member of his previous band remaining a grumpy old sod and embarrassing himself.
finally, Gilmour is one of a handful of guitarists who have a signature sound, Clapton, Rea and Knopfler spring to mind immediately so it always sounds like a 'long lost friend' has returned when i hear anything new by them, and warm and familiar sounds are instantly embraced.
i do own all of David's solo albums and this one appears after one weekend of listening to slot nicely alongside the other albums.
great stuff from DM
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.