David Gilmour

Rattle That Lock COLUMBIA, 2015

With The Endless River, David Gilmour and Nick Mason drew a line under Pink Floyd. Coming less than a year later, the guitarist’s fourth solo album was the sound of a man freed from the burden of expectation.

A loose day-in-the-life concept threads throughout the album, and it’s hard to see how the overarching lyrical themes of time and mortality weren’t inspired by the death of Rick Wright (the keyboard player is the subject of the graceful tribute A Boat Lies Waiting).

However, the common denominator throughout Rattle That Lock is Gilmour’s evocative guitar, even if it ebbs and flows where it once soared.