Roger Waters Prepping ‘Lockdown Periods’ Album

Roger Waters is prepping a full album of fabric compiled throughout his lockdown classes, performed through the peak of the pandemic.

“There will probably be an album popping out. A brand new album known as The Lockdown Periods,” Waters confirmed throughout an look on the Grayzone podcast. “I’ve given all these items away. They’re all on the market, anyone can discover them on the web.”

Starting in Could of 2020 and working by 2022, Waters recorded at-home variations of assorted Pink Floyd classics in addition to his personal solo materials. “Mom,” “Vera” and “Convey the Boys Again House” from 1979’s The Wall, in addition to “Two Suns within the Sundown” and “The Gunners Dream” from The Remaining Lower are among the many songs Waters recorded for the challenge. Every observe was shared with followers through YouTube or social media, however now they’ll be assembled right into a cohesive piece.

The songs have all reportedly been mastered for the album, whereas the lately launched “Comfortably Numb 2022” – a reimagining of Pink Floyd’s famed 1980 single – may also be a part of the LP.

Although a launch date has but to be formally confirmed, Waters posted a mysterious tweet exhibiting footage of a abandoned avenue. The clip’s title mentioned “streaming in all places December ninth,” main many followers to imagine this will probably be The Lockdown Periods’ launch.

Within the Grayzone interview, Waters additionally confirmed he’s engaged on a brand new studio album, constructed round his tune “The Bar,” a piano ballad which additionally originated through the pandemic lockdown. The tune has turn into a current centerpiece of Waters’ live shows, carried out in all however one among his exhibits in 2022.

The previous Pink Floyd rocker is poised to return to the highway in March when his This Is Not a Drill tour resumes in Europe.