THE ENDLESS RIVER

Pink Floyd is a band I like more than I appreciate and "The Endless River" is an album I appreciate more than I like. I have not really wanted to get into this band's music of some reasons. Perhaps it's because they are so popular by average people. However, Pink Floyd is a perfect reserve I know I should love if I wanted. I am also quite sure it will be a day like that! Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Dark side of the moon and Wish you were here are magical masterpieces and they are also the only records of them I have heard. Now have the band though quit with "The Endless River" which becomes their fifteenth studio album. Even the cover shouts out farewell.

The music is almost entirely instrumental and was recorded some years ago and features David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright together with a bunch of talented guests. Eighteen tracks amongst which the majority are short and atmospheric. On a harmonic and lovely keyboard sound wall are put the confident drums and the typical lyrical guitar which this band is so famous for. The music is slow and it doesn't happen a lot but I must confess it's really pleasant to listen to. Many tracks are a bit too ambient for me but it's still very nice to hear the typical Pink Floyd sound on a 2014 release. My favourite parts are "Louder than words"(10/10) the only song with vocals, and how I wish all songs would have been as good as this. The last song from this band could be one of the classic songs as well. The song has similarities with "Wish you were here" for example. "Sum", "Anisina" and "Allons-y2"(8/10) are amazing tracks with wonderful melodies and fine guitars. "Surfacing"(7/19) is a great opening act for the final track and "Allons-y1"(7/10) makes me feel very satisfied too. All of the other tracks would I rate 5-6/10 and I could easily say that this album is decent from the beginning to the end.

This farewell from this great band thought contains too few masterworks and too many fillers, even if the fillers are quite good. I appreciate that the band made this conclusion and think that the future will give it a more fair judgement. My rating ends at 3.19 which meens three stars. Best song: "Louder than words"