Watch: The Calls Premiere "Breathe" (Pink Floyd Cover)

Leeds indie/psych trio The Calls have premiered a new video performing their fantastic cover version of Pink Floyd's classic "Breathe".

Enjoy it below.

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Listen: Pink Floyd Unreleased Song 'Vegetable Man' Written by Syd Barrett

Pink Floyd's unreleased/rare song "Vegetable Man," premiered earlier today on BBC Radio 6. 

The song, originally recorded in 1965, was written by Syd Barrett, and It’s been given a new mix for the upcoming massive The Early Years 1965-1972 box set, set to be released next Friday (November 11).

The collection contains 27 discs, broken down into seven distinct periods, comprising the band’s work from before the global success of The Dark Side of the Moon — from the release of the “Arnold Layne” single to Obscured by Clouds and the historic Pompeii concert. 

Listen to the track here (scroll over to the 50:15 mark).

Watch: Pink Floyd Reveal Music Video For "Louder Than Words"

British music heavyweights Pink Floyd have revealed the music video for "Louder Than Words". 

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their just released new album 'The Endless River'. Get your copy here.

In an interview, guitarist David Gilmour explained that the song is likely the last the band will ever record. "I don't see how to could be otherwise," he said. "Anything of value is on The Endless River. Trying to do it again would mean using second best stuff. That's not good enough for me."

Directed by P Powell, the video features beautiful landscape footage from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan near the Aral Sea, interspersing footage of the band recording with a live action reference to the album's cover image.

Check out below.

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Pink Floyd Tease New Album 'The Endless River' With Two 30-Second Clips

British music heavyweights Pink Floyd have revealed two 30-second teaser clips from their forthcoming album 'The Endless River', which will be out on November 10.

It is the band's fifteenth album and their first new release in twenty years. Pre-order your copy here.

In a statement, producer David Gilmour said: "The Endless River has as its starting point the music that came from the 1993 Division Bell sessions. We listened to over 30 hours of the three of us playing together and selected the music we wanted to work for the new album."

Mason added, "The Endless River is a tribute to Rick. I think this record is a good way of recognizing a lot of what he does and how his playing was at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. Listening back to the sessions, it really brought home to me what a special player he was."

The 30-second clips should give fans a tiny taste of what is to come. Check out below.

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Pink Floyd Reveal New Album 'The Endless River' Details

British music heavyweights Pink Floyd have revealed full details of their upcoming album 'The Endless River', the band's first record in 20 years.

The band told in an interview that the album will feature "more atmospheric and digressive aspects of Pink Floyd and includes snippets of conversation". It will be out on November 10 and you can pre-order your copy here right now.

According to the press release: 

"The Endless River is a tribute to Rick Wright, whose keyboards are at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. It is a mainly instrumental album with one song, ‘Louder Than Words’, (with new lyrics by Polly Samson), arranged across four sides and produced by David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Youth and Andy Jackson."

Tracklist:

SIDE 1
Things Left Unsaid
It’s What We Do
Ebb and Flow

SIDE 2
Sum
Skins
Unsung
Anisina

SIDE 3
The Lost Art of Conversation
On Noodle Street
Night Light
Allons-y (1)
Autumn ’68
Allons-y (2)
Talkin’ Hawkin’

SIDE 4
Calling
Eyes to Pearls
Surfacing
Louder Than Words

More info: pinkfloyd.com/theendlessriver

Pink Floyd To Release 'The Endless River', Their First Record in 20 Years

British music heavyweights Pink Floyd are set to release a new record called 'The Endless River' in October.

According to a tweet from Polly Samson, the wife of singer-guitarist David Gilmour, the follow up to their last full length 'The Division Bell', is based on a 1994 recording session with the late Richard Wright, which began during sessions for The Division Bell. A representative for Gilmour confirmed the release of the album to Rolling Stone.

The record, which will not involved Roger Waters, who left the band after 1983's The Final Cut, will consist entirely of previously unreleased tracks, though a tracklist has not yet been announced.   

The news has been also confirmed in a Facebook post by backing singer Durga McBroom-Hudson, who has toured with the band.

"YES. THERE IS A NEW PINK FLOYD ALBUM COMING OUT. AND I'M ON IT. And there was much rejoicing," she wrote.

Pink Floyd To Release The Division Bell: 20th Anniversary Edition

British music heavyweights Pink Floyd have announced the re-release of their fourteenth and final studio album 'The Division Bell' to mark its 20th anniversary.

The UK number one album was the second produced without the band's original bassist Roger Waters and was originally released on March 28, 1994. 

The special deluxe anniversary collector's box set will be released in June 30, and will feature a new 2-LP vinyl edition of the chart-topping album, remastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab from the original analogue tapes, including all the full length tracks in a gatefold sleeve designed by Hipgnosis/StormStudios.

There will also be five other discs, consisting of a red 7” vinyl replica of single 'Take It Back', a clear 7” vinyl replica of 'High Hopes', a 12” blue vinyl replica of 'High Hopes' with reverse laser etched design, the 2011 Discovery remaster of The Division Bell. Plus, a Blu-ray disc and for the first time a 5.1 version of the album, mixed and mastered by Andy Jackson and Damon Iddins.

The Blu-ray disc features a new video for 'Marooned', directed by Aubrey Powell at Hipgnosis. Watch it below. 

Find the tracklist and more details on the band's special website for the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Division Bell.

Pink Floyd Announce Three New Releases

As part of deal with EMI...

British music heavyweights Pink Floyd have announced they will be re-issuing remastered versions of their 14 studio albums starting on September 26th and running through to February next year.

The 'Why Pink Floyd?...' releases form part of the bands' recent agreement with EMI and will include CDs, DVDs and a brand-new single-album ‘Best Of’ collection.

Roger Faxon, CEO of EMI Group, said: ”This is a unique collaboration between EMI and one of the most creative and influential bands in history.”

The legendary band, who are still one of the most successful and iconic artists of all time, recently signed an agreement with EMI which has allowed the development of a multi-format programme of packages, many containing archive material that has been collated during an extensive process between EMI and Pink Floyd for a range of media formats

The first release will be an expanded deluxe and special edition version of Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' on September 26.

On November 7, the band will release the new retrospective 'A Foot In The Door - The Best of Pink Floyd'.

And on February 27, 2012 'The Wall' - ‘Immersion’ and ‘Experience’ editions, Vinyl LP and digital editions will be released.

In January, Pink Floyd signed a new deal with EMI after ending a legal battle with their record company.

Further info about the releases can be found at the site whypinkfloyd.com where you can also pre-order the albums.