Roger Waters, better known for his career in the legendary band Pink Floyd, has confirmed that he is recording a new album, his first in two decades.
He recorded his last album "Amused to Death" in 1992, and in 2005 he published the opera in three acts "Ça Ira".
Although he did not want to reveal too many details, Waters said that the new album has elements of both music and theater and that it was designed as a radio drama.
The current version of the new, as-yet-untitled album that Waters has finished demoing contains 55 minutes of material, the musician revealed to Rolling Stone magazine.
The announced album will be his fifth solo album, fourth in the rock genre.
Although he did not want to reveal too many details, Waters said that the new album has elements of both music and theater and that it was designed as a radio drama.
"It has characters who talk to each other and has a task. It's about an old man and a child trying to understand why children are being killed," Waters said. He added that he is not sure whether the new album will be accompanied by a tour.
Waters ended his 219-concert "The Wall" tour in September. To the popular music magazine, the 70-year-old musician revealed that he retired after the end of that tour, but also that the fact that he does not have to go out and perform every night is a kind of relief.
"I can't top this tour. You have to accept the fact that I'm not going to live forever," Waters said.
However, he does not rule out the possibility of reviving "The Wall" tour at some point in the future.
"I'm not thinking about it right now. But that doesn't mean I won't. I think there's an audience for it," he added.
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