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Pink Floyd have spoken out about their upcoming new album, The Endless River - revealing that it will be their last ever release.
The album is the band's first in 20 years, and features material from late keyboard player Rick Wright - who died in 2008.
Speaking to BBC 6 Music, singer David Gilmour said: "Well, Rick is gone. This is the last thing that’ll be out from us."
Silver fox interviewer Matt Everitt then asked “Definitely?”, before Gilmour replied "Yes, I’m pretty certain there will not be any follow up to this.
"And Polly, my wife, thought that would be a very good lyrical idea to go out on. A way of describing the symbiosis that we have. Or had."
When asked about the legacy of Wright on the band, Gilmour replied: "He has been underestimated by the public, by the media and by us at times I hate to say. I didn’t necessarily always give him his proper due. People have very different attitudes to the way they work and we can become very judgemental and think someone is not quite pulling his weight enough, without realising that theirs is a different weight to pull."
Nick Mason continued: "I think the tendency is that the most attention is played to the songs or the guitar part or whatever, and sad old drummers and keyboard players get left behind. I think it’s been a great opportunity; it is a great opportunity to recognise, remember and maybe give some credit rather late on.
"He was very gentle, very quiet, which doesn’t help if you’re in a band looking to promote yourself of course."
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Further teasing details of the album, guitarist Dave Gilmore recently described The Endless River as an "evocative and emotional" record, and a tribute to multi-instrumentalist Rick Wright, who worked with the group and died in 2008.
Recent headlines have also seen former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters remind fans that he doesn't feature on the record after leaving the group over 20 years ago, posting on Facebook: "I had nothing to do with either of the Pink Floyd studio albums, Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell, nor the Pink Floyd tours of 1987 and 1994, and I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip."
The Endless River is released 10 November.
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