NEW PETER GABRIEL TRACK OUT NOW
A track from Peter Gabriel’s new album is out now. ‘Till Your Mind Is Shining’ is the fourth track to be taken from the forthcoming album o\i. Released this month to coincide with the pink full moon, the track is a warm, rhythmic composition with a soothing vocal element. “To my ears it’s the closest I get to a pop song on this record” says Gabriel, commenting on the new release.
“It takes me back to my schooldays, in some ways, because before there was Genesis we were effectively trying to be songwriters more than musicians – pop songs or soul / R&B songs. I think this song connects me back to some of those roots and the sort of thing that I was working on then and trying to master.”
Written and produced by Peter Gabriel, the Dark-Side Mix by Tchad Blake is the first version of ‘Till Your Mind Is Shining’ to be released.
“Some elements of this are a few years old, I mean pretty much most things I work on take a while to mature. I leave songs for a while and go and do something else and when I come back to them and they smell alive, I will want to complete them. I really enjoyed singing this one, particularly the end, and I think the band had a good time playing it too. You can hear some wonderful performances from all the band. It was really a fun thing to create.”
“I’ve always been fascinated by explorations of consciousness and attempts to understand from where it originated, along with all the recent investigations into animal and plant sentience.”
“In some ways it’s about opening up the mind and stepping inside to understand a little more of ourselves and the world we live in with the hope that we respond a little more responsibly and compassionately.’
Till Your Mind Is Shining’ is out now via Real World Music and Sony. The Mark ‘Spike’ Stent’s Bright-Side Mix of ‘Till Your Mind Is Shining’ will be released later in the month, on the new moon.
Photo: Nadav Kander