A man admires a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop guitar belonging to David Gilmour of Pink Floyd (R) and a sunburst Fender Stratocaster formerly owned by Jimi Hendrix (C) at the 'Travelling Guitars' exhibition at the Cite de la Musique in Paris Octo
A man admires a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop guitar belonging to David Gilmour of Pink Floyd (R) and a sunburst Fender Stratocaster formerly owned by Jimi Hendrix (C) at the 'Travelling Guitars' exhibition at the Cite de la Musique in Paris October 10, 2006. Hendrix burned the Stratocaster on stage at the London Astoria in 1967. It was then given to Frank Zappa during his tour with Hendrix at the Miami Pop Festival in 1968. Zappa decided to restore the guitar to working order in 1978. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

There is a lovely "teaser" video for the Pink Floyd fans. So far the band has shared just one song from their last album, "The Endless River," which is titled "Louder Than Words." Even now their video does not show an entire track but just some golden nuggets of many songs that have not been released. But they also include some tantalising bits about their album, how they wanted to avoid the orginal 20-year-old sessions and finally decided to keep making new ones included in a stereogum.

However, this is still the last album, says David Gilmour, who is clear that he has got fed up of the rock-star life, as the entire thing was "becoming bigger than he liked," according to Rolling Stones. He said he did not enjoy not getting emotionally connected with the audience after his band shot up in the box-office record when it toured 1994's "The Division Bell." He has tried to put Pink Floyd behind him in the past 20 years.

If you still want to persuade him, try doing it on his Facebook page. After all, the singer-guitarist had turned to his family and cut a solo album sometimes. Founder and chief songwriter Roger Waters had parted ways for nearly a decade. But the band still went on to make 20 hours of tapes for a music to be included with "The Division Bell." They gave up on their idea, yet, when Gilmour got the tapes two years ago, he was pleasantly surprised, and decided to tweak out something from it.

Finally, Gilmour decided to retrieve it, and made new parts with drummer Nick Mason, making over everything. The instrumental record, "The Endless River," which is due on Nov. 10, would be his last, because he says that "anything of value" is in that album, and it would not help to redo the same album again.

Moreover, in an interview to bankrate, he admitted that both drummer Mason and Wright were "fantastically important," though Wright was no longer with them. Fans can forget that they may go on a tour during "The Endless River" as keyboardist Rick Wright died of cancer in 2008. Morever, pursuing it for the sake of causes makes him "break out in a cold sweat." He says that in many ways, "The Endless River" is a tribute to Wright even without vocals. His organ comes to the foreground of nearly every track.

The music throws you back to classic Floyd, as it features passages from "Welcome to the Machine," "Echoes," "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and many of their music numbers from the 1960s and early 1970s, especially the drumbeats, which you realize is familiar and comfortable.

Only one song with lyrics is "Louder Than Words," written by Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson, a novelist who also wrote the lyrics of "The Division Bell." This sounds like a swan song for Pink Floyd, featuring most of the internal tensions in the band. "We bitch and we fight," sings Gilmour. "Diss each other on sight/But this thing we do . . . it's louder than words."

It reminds you of Roger Waters, the inevitable catchword in every interview, who gets buried again. Gilmour was 30 when Waters left, but even after turning 68, Gilmour says that he never considered bringing Waters back to work on the album. His stricture is that Roger Waters would not be "good" at any kind of democratic band, and he has nothing in common with Waters, who wanted to be "the sole power" in his career.

The point is raised again and again due to the innumerable reunions with Waters in many recent charity shows. For instance, the band came together at the Live 8 charity concert in 2005 and also in a 2010 charity show. With Mason the band played at a Waters' gig. Gilmour admits that he cannot go beyond a little charity show. However, Gilmour's solo record may also come out in the following year. He wants to do "an old man's" number, not a "200-date sort of thing," he confirms.

Mason, though, would love to go on tour. He jokes that if he gets the chance, he would just go on and play the drum parts of "The Dark Side of the Moon." He always hopes that Gilmour would change his mind someday, according to Rolling Stones. After death, he hopes that his tombstone will read: 'I'm not entirely sure the band's over."

Source: YouTube/Dave HAL