O\I
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| Released | 2026 | |||
| Recorded | April 1995 – November 2025 | |||
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| Label | Real World | |||
| Producer | Peter Gabriel | |||
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O\I (stylised as o\i) is the upcoming eleventh studio album[a] by English musician Peter Gabriel, expected to be released by the end of 2026.[1] Like its predecessor I/O (2023), each song on the album will receive both "Bright-Side" and "Dark-Side" mixes and will be released to correlate with each month's full moon and new moon, respectively.[3] The "Bright-Side" mixes are created by Mark "Spike" Stent, while the "Dark-Side" mixes are created by Tchad Blake.[4]
Mostly recorded at around the same as I/O and its predecessor Up (with its initial production dating back to 1995), the full album will be available once all tracks have been released individually throughout the year.[1]
Background
In an interview published in March 2023 with Uncut magazine, Gabriel mentioned that he had a surplus of material from his I/O album, which at the time was still being rolled out with song releases coinciding with the full moon. He expressed interest in continuing this practice beyond the final release date of I/O using his existing batch of 20 songs. Gabriel cited two of his songs that were used on film soundtracks as possible contenders for a follow-up album to I/O, specifically "The Veil" from Snowden and "Why Don't You Show Yourself" from Words with Gods.[5]
In November 2023, Gabriel said that his song "What Lies Ahead" would also appear on the follow-up to I/O.[6] Gabriel had performed "What Lies Ahead" on a few occasions for his I/O The Tour in 2023.[7] One day prior to I/O's release, Gabriel told The New York Times that he did not expect a follow-up album (which he described as his "brain project") to take another 21 years, saying that "there's a lot of stuff in the can" but added that the material was not yet finished.[8]
Gabriel announced the album title O\I in a February 2025 article published in Mojo.[9] On 3 January 2026, "Been Undone" was released as the album's first single, corresponding with the wolf moon.[4] He mentioned that some songs on the album would be part of a brain project, which he had been "exploring for a number of years."[4] One of those songs was the album's second single, "Put the Bucket Down", which was released on 1 February 2026.[2] Gabriel plans to release more songs from the album on days that correlate to the full moon.[1]
Notes
- ^ Ninth album of original material excluding covers/re-recordings albums, soundtracks or other commissioned work
References
- ^ a b c d Jones, Damian (2 January 2026). "Peter Gabriel Announces New Album 'O\I' and Looks to the Future on New Single 'Been Undone'". NME. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ^ a b Bonner, Michael (1 February 2026). "Listen to Peter Gabriel's New Track, "Put the Bucket Down"". Uncut. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ Monroe, Jazz (2 January 2026). "Peter Gabriel Lines Up a New Year of Lunar Releases with O\I". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ^ a b c Greene, Andy (2 January 2026). "Peter Gabriel to Slowly Release New LP 'O\I' Around the Full Moon Schedule of 2026". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ^ Bonner, Michael (10 March 2023). ""I may just keep going..." Peter Gabriel interviewed". Uncut. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ Full Moon Update November 2023. Peter Gabriel. 27 November 2023. Event occurs at 9:10-9:16. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ Marziano, Alfredo; Perasi, Luca (2024). Peter Gabriel: The Rhythm Has My Soul. Milan, Italy: L.I.L.Y Publishing. pp. 266–267. ISBN 978-88-909122-5-2.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (30 November 2023). "Older and Wiser, Peter Gabriel Is Still Looking Ahead". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Peter Gabriel New Album Exclusive: 'It will be called O/I'". Mojo. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2026.