Peter Gabriel recently shared his latest single, “Looking for the Happy.”

“Looking for the Happy” is the ninth song to be released from Gabriel’s forthcoming album, o\i, due out on the sturgeon full moon.

The song was written and produced by Gabriel and the first mix to be released is the Bright-Side Mix by Mark “Spike” Stent.

“In the song I’m talking about trying to communicate with animals or connecting with nature, or sitting under the old oak tree with a cup of tea and appreciating that. The simple things – opening up to what’s good, while we’re busy complaining about what’s bad. Trying to get a handle on where you fit in life, that’s part of what I write about a lot. Also getting comfortable with two contradictory ideas simultaneously has been part of growing old – like being a part of everything and a part of nothing,” says Gabriel.

He adds, “This was one of those songs that began with a groove, originally a groove with a Latin flavour. The groove is always so important to me, if I don’t feel it in my body, then everything is a whole lot harder. There are obviously songs I write which are not groove based, but this is one where it clearly helped shape the song. I’m always happy once the groove is kicking, it suggests where to go and makes it easy to play through and explore different ideas. Then I can take one look around the studio at any time and see happy faces everywhere and I think – this is why I play music.”

The cover art for “Looking for the Happy” is called “Closed Circuit II” by Tishan Hsu.

The Dark-Side Mix of “Looking for the Happy” will be released on the next new moon.

Source: RTT Music News