This is not to be confused with his 2023 release, I/O.
Two disks in three years! He hasn't been that quick in output since the early '80s. And assuming this is like I/O, it will have two versions - the "light side" and the "dark side". Same songs. Different mixes.
Like I/O, he seems to be doing the same thing with O\I - releasing one song on every full moon. Or one song per month. When all songs are released, then comes the album release. It's an interesting concept but not sure how that impacts "record" sales at all.
"Put the Bucket Down" is his new song, which came out yesterday - with the February full moon. I totally missed his January release, "Been Done".
While Gabriel continues his sound of world music, "Put the Bucket Down" is very accessible. I mean, not radio accessible per se, but it's a good and interesting almost seven minutes. The percussion is just spectacular.
I have always admired Gabriel. He is a perfectionist, which probably gets in his way more than it should. As they say, "perfect is the enemy of good".
But the sounds, the vocals, the arrangement here all work perfectly.
Now I have to go back and listen to "Been Done".
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