Following July’s announcement of The Endless River, Pink Floyds upcoming new album and their first in over 20 years, the band have shared the album’s artwork online and in various locations across the world.
Large images of the sleeve art were displayed in numerous capital cities including, London, Paris, Milan, Berlin, Los Angeles and New York to mark the upcoming release.
The artwork itself, pictured above, was created by 18-year old Egyptian artist Ahmed Emad Eldin. An honorable feat, as The Endless River is just the second album from Pink Floyd that does not feature artwork by the late Storm Thorgerson, the extradonaire responsible for every ‘Floyd album cover besides their 1967 debut, Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
Constructed from over 20 hours of sessions recorded shortly after the release of 1994’s The Divison Bell, by David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright, the album is said to be mainly instrumental, and features 18 tracks. The main force behind the project comes from Gilmour and Mason, revisiting and re-working the 20 year old sessions for release as a tribute to Richard. Head to Pink Floyds website to hear a clip of the album’s first track ‘It’s What We Do’.
The Endless River is due for release November 10th.