It always amuses me how long it takes DT to release an album after it was finished. In the 70’s, an artist would release an album a month or so after it was recorded ! However, I accept that YouTube / social media did not exist then, which artists today can use as a promotional device ahead of the release of an album.
So, DT decide to film a video and release a track from the forthcoming album as a “teaser” to promote it. This will only be relevant to casual fans or non fans (regular long term fans will buy the album anyway, even if they heard nothing from it prior to the release). But why the delay ?
It appears the album was completed in April. They could have filmed the video for social media purposes and made it available, say May, with the album being released, say June / July. However, people are speculating that the “single” will be released in July and the album will follow in late September.
Surely the sooner an album is released, the sooner the costs of recording it can be recouped ? Why is the album being released (possibly) 5 months after it was recorded ?
It seems the supporting tour may start in September / October, so the release date may have been put back to co-incide with it. But does it really matter if an album is released one month before its supporting tour or three months before ?
Has DT ever recorded an album that was released fairly soon after the completion of recording ?