Roger Waters shares snippet from long-awaited new album

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd (Getty)

Pink Floyd songwriter Roger Waters has given fans a sneak preview of his first rock album in 25 years.

In a video posted to Instagram and Twitter, Waters can be seen rocking a bass groove as producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck) plays air guitar beside him.

The track cuts out before Waters' distinctive vocals can be heard, but is otherwise reminiscent of his old band's funkier work, such as 'Have a Cigar' or the mid-section of 1971's magnum opus 'Echoes'.

The album's said to be about love, with Waters last year describing it as "part magic carpet ride, part political rant, part anguish".

Waters has a 40-date American tour booked this year, where he's promised to play 75 percent old material, and 25 percent new.

The as-yet untitled album will be his first rock outing since 1992's Amused to Death. Since then he has released only three singles and an opera, Ca Ira, in 2005.

His former collaborator in Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, has been slightly more prolific - releasing his fourth solo album Rattle That Lock in 2015, the follow-up to 2006's On an Island.

In the past decade Waters concentrated on touring. His tour The Wall Live featured 219 shows over four years, and is the highest-grossing ever by a solo artist.

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