Dark and Velvet Nights Music Video, David Gilmour

Dark and Velvet Nights Music Video below is the new single from David Gilmour’s forthcoming album, ‘Luck and Strange’. I am excited for its release on 6th September on Sony Music. The music video of the single is available to stream below. Gavin Elder directed it and was premiered at 5.15pm BST today.

Backstory to Dark and Velvet Nights

I really like the still image below by Julia Soboleva with animation by Levan Kvan as it is quite unusual. It is from Dark and Velvet Nights Music Video. 

Written by David Gilmour and Polly Samson, ‘Dark And Velvet Nights’ came from a poem Polly had written. David Gilmour ‘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.” 

Promotional Photos of David Gilmour – High Resolution

David Gilmour’s PR people shared some excellent high resolution photos with me which I really like. Lovely photos to go with Dark and Velvet Nights Music Video. Click to view the full quality high resolution photography.

Recording Luck and Strange

‘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 Tour

David Gilmour will be performing live this Autumn 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.

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