Posted April 21, 2017 by Floydian Slip
Columbia Records has released the first single from Roger Waters‘ new album “Is This the Life We Really Want.”
“Smell the Roses” is available for streaming on Spotify and for sale on the iTunes Music Store.
It has a decidedly “Have a Cigar”-feel, with some passages similar to “Dogs.”
“Is This the Life We Really Want” will be released June 2 (See “New Roger Waters album tracklist; release delayed”.)
Posted April 20, 2017 by Floydian Slip
The release date for “Is This the Life We Really Want?,” the new album from Roger Waters, has been delayed by two weeks. Originally scheduled for May 19, Columbia Records will now release it globally on Friday, June 2.
Pre-orders for the album begin tomorrow in three formats: double 180-gram vinyl LP in a gatefold jacket, four-panel soft pack CD, and digital.
A Columbia press release describes the album as “an unflinching commentary on the modern world and uncertain times” and “a natural successor to classic Pink Floyd albums such as ‘Animals’ and ‘The Wall.'”
It’s produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Beck, U2).
Tracklist for the album is as follows:
Lyrics for “Wait for Her” were written by Waters and inspired by an English translation by an unknown author of “Lesson from the Kama Sutra (Wait for Her)” by Mahmoud Darwish.
Musicians on “Is This the Life We Really Want?” are: Waters (vocals, acoustic, bass), Godrich (arrangement, sound collages, keyboards, guitar), Gus Seyffert (bass, guitar, keyboards), Jonathan Wilson (guitar, keyboards), Joey Waronker (drums), Roger Manning (keyboards), Lee Pardini (keyboards), and Lucius (vocals) with Jessica Wolfe and Holly Proctor.
Waters will launch his North American “Us + Them” tour in Kansas City, MO, on Friday, May 26. The tour runs through Oct. 28, finishing in Vancouver, BC.
See the Roger Waters website for complete and up-to-date concert dates.
Posted April 18, 2017 by Floydian Slip
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Posted April 17, 2017 by Floydian Slip
Have you dreamed of a big star? Do you play a mean guitar? Enter Floydian Slip’s 7th Annual “Surrogate Bands: Pink Floyd Cover Contest!”
Submit your own recording of a Floyd song for a chance to win some great prizes and have your song broadcast on the “Floydian Slip” radio show.
The winner gets $200 in Pink Floyd merchandise from The Official Web Store of Pink Floyd and their recording played the week of June 26 on show #1107 — a special all-covers “Floydian Slip” titled “Surrogate Bands.”
Complete rules and regulations online. Entries must be received by end of day (Eastern time) Thursday, June 22.
Posted April 17, 2017 by Floydian Slip
Register to win Pink Floyd’s “Reverber/ation” CD/DVD/Blu-ray set. One of the boxes found within the massive “Early Years” boxset released in November, it includes rare and unreleased music and video from 1971, along with replica memorabilia from the period.
Prizes courtesy of Legacy Recordings/Pink Floyd Records.
Register to win now. Deadline to enter: end of day Sunday, April 23.
Posted April 17, 2017 by Floydian Slip
Posted April 12, 2017 by Floydian Slip
An Oxford University scientist has named a new species of especially loud shrimp after the band Pink Floyd.
The pistol shrimp — now, officially, Synalpheus pinkfloydi — takes its name from the rock and roll legends due to its ability to frighten prey and bore rock with a stunning clap of its oversized pink claw.
At just one centimeter long, the shrimp can create a sound of 210 decibels. One of the loudest sounds in the ocean — much louder than a gunshot — it can be heard by divers and picked up on ship sonar.
Zoologist Dr. Sammy de Grave, head of research at Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History, says he’s been looking for a worthy creature to name after one of his favorite bands.
“I have been listening to Floyd since The Wall was released in 1979, when I was 14 years old,” he says. “I’ve seen them play live several times since, including the Hyde Park reunion gig for Live8 in 2005.”
Synalpheus pinkfloydi was discovered on the Pacific coast of Panama. A peer-reviewed paper explains the species is “likely more widespread in the tropical eastern Pacific, but unlikely to occur on the Dark Side of the Moon due to a lack of suitable habitat.”
De Grave has named another shrimp species after Mick Jagger: Elephantis jaggerai.
Last summer, scientists named an insect after Floyd’s 1969 album “Ummagumma” (“Insect named after Pink Floyd album,” July 5, 2016).
Posted April 11, 2017 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1096: It’s a special program called “Storm Effect,” remembering long-time Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson on the four-year anniversary of his passing.
Listen for cuts from Peter Frampton, Caravan, Argent and others — all from albums designed by Storm and the team of Hipgnosis.
Posted April 10, 2017 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to winners of Mojo #282, featuring Pink Floyd’s “Animals”:
Posted April 10, 2017 by Floydian Slip
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