( CNN ) -- After what may have felt like an endless wait , Pink Floyd will deliver a new album this fall . The record , called `` The Endless River , '' will be the British band 's first new release in 20 years . Fans were tipped off to its arrival on Saturday when Polly Samson , the wife of singer/guitarist David Gilmour , shared the news on Twitter . `` Btw Pink Floyd album out in October , '' Samson tweeted . `` Based on 1994 sessions is Rick Wright 's swansong and very beautiful . '' Keyboardist Rick Wright , who was one of Pink Floyd 's founding members , died of cancer in 2008 . `` The Endless River '' will arrive on the heels of the 20th anniversary of Pink Floyd 's `` The Division Bell , '' an occasion marked with a deluxe reissue June 30 . According to a statement from the band , the upcoming album has its roots in that 1994 disc . `` ( 'Endless River ' ) is an album of mainly ambient and instrumental music based on the 1993/4 'Division Bell ' sessions , '' Pink Floyd said in a statement . `` The album is produced by David Gilmour with Phil Manzanera , Youth and recording engineer Andy Jackson . Work is still in progress , but more details to come at the end of the summer . '' Although `` Endless River '' has a connection to the past , singer Durga McBroom-Hudson ( who 's toured with the band and offers her vocals on the new album ) shared on her Facebook page that it will consist of `` all unreleased songs . ''
Pink Floyd will release an album in October . It will be the group 's first new release in 20 years . Comment: