I’ve got David Gilmour’s new solo album, On an Island.  Given that this isn’t a Pink Floyd album, it does have several moments on it reminiscent of the last two Floyd albums headed by Gilmour.  It opens with a very mood-setting atmospheric track (Castellorizon), and several of the songs are reminiscent of some of the pre-1973/Dark Side era.  Where we Start in particular could be right off of Meddle, had I not known better.

All in all though, it’s very distinct from anything prior.  It’s Gilmour’s chance to move into a different direction, not one that is predefined by what people expect Pink Floyd to be.  And he does it well, in 51 minutes of an ethereal, new age blusey bliss.

Now the other side of this is that I found out that the release of the Pulse DVD was delayed primarily just so that the release of On an Island and Pulse wouldn’t occur at the same time!  Doh!

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