London, Sept. 4 -- Guitar legend David Gilmour - best known as the vocalist and lead guitarist of the renowned progressive rock icons Pink Floyd - says he hopes to have a new album out "within the next year or two".
The 79-year-old rock icon, renowned for his blues-tinged, psychedelic guitar work, focuses heavily on emotional expression, has a strong solo career and has released five studio albums so far, with a sixth one already in the works.
"I'm slowly building up towards a new album," Gilmour told Rolling Stone, "and I have quite a bit of material that is in some sort of formative stage. That's what's keeping me busy at the moment," reports Metal Hammer.
When asked about the frequent long gaps between his releases, the guitarist repl...