David Gilmour has shared some new insights into the creation of his current album Rattle That Lock, saying that his solo writing process helped make for a more complex release.

He opened up about the recording during a recent Spotify interview.

"It's a pretty diverse album, it has to be said, but that's no bad thing," he says.

"I've listened to too many albums where every track sounds pretty much the same as the previous one."

He adds, "I spent a long time making the Animals album and doing the Animals tour, and previous to that had done Wish You Were Here and The Dark Side of the Moon, and we were spending longer and longer in the studio."

"An enormous amount of care went on, and there was just a moment at that time when I thought, 'Wow, it would be quite fun to just to into a little studio, stick a couple of amps down with a couple of guys - and just practically jam an album, and see what happens.'

It's something you kind of get out of your system, really.

I did realize that I really do like spending a lot of time, and getting things dead right, and being a mad, obsessive perfectionist."