July's full moon, known as the Buck Moon, is here today...and with it, a new Peter Gabriel song: "One by One." To the delight of fans everywhere, the twice-inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has been releasing singles from his new album, o/i, in the same manner as his 2023 album, i/o, dropping a new song on each full moon of the year. The cycle began with January’s full moon and the single “Been Undone,” followed by “Put the Bucket Down," What Lies Ahead," “Till Your Mind Is Shining," "Won't Stand Down," "A Hard Lesson," and "I Belong to the Sky."
With "One by One," Gabriel decided to bring back the recurring fictional character Mozo who appeared in such early solo songs as "On the Air" and "Exposure."
“This is another song that comes out of the brain show that I am working on and the character has been effectively torn apart and is trying to reassemble himself one piece at a time," Gabriel explained in a statement. "I needed a character for the story and I'd always wanted to do a little more with Mozo, who I had introduced many years back, and I thought, well, let's give him another blast here. He's been brought back from the dead."
“What was interesting for me about Mozo was that he was not fully of the world and not fully outside it," Gabriel continued. "For the original second album narrative he was found on this waste tip and there was a reference to alchemy, and how you only really get the opportunity to create gold out of the lowest material; s—t. In Japanese culture they also have kintsugi (kin: gold, tsugi: repair) where a broken cup is repaired with gold or precious metals and the repaired cup with its faults showing ends up more valuable than the original. It's a beautiful symbol for humanity, because we're remarkably easy to break and trying to reassemble self, psyche and sanity, is really the journey of the song."
Gabriel went on to say that "One by One," which is over nine minutes long, is among the "two or three story songs on the record."
"I actually like the length of time they occupy and I like the fact that you have to stay in it for the ride to understand the story," he added. "It's like when you arrive in some hut in the woods and it takes a while just to settle in and get yourself tuned-in to the pace of that place. I wanted a bit of that in the song. If people are on for the full ride, they're going to take it through to the end. It's a long journey, but I think its place in the show, which is percolating in my head, it'll be towards the end, if not the end.”
Fans on YouTube were quick to praise the new track, with many sharing stories about what makes Gabriel's music so meaningful to them.
"Another beautiful gift from our beloved artist," wrote one person. "Thank you for everything you have done, Peter. You have been my very favorite for almost 40 years now, thanks to my beautiful sister Katie who introduced me to you when I was just a troubled kid. I know she would have loved this as much as I do. You would have loved her too...two artists that inspire me every day."
"Best of the new batch," declared a second commenter. "Classic sound with a little bit of flute for old time sake."
"Wow wow wow...over 9 minutes, magnificent piece of music," added someone else. "I am deeply impressed how Peter can amaze me again and again. Thank U for making my life a little happier."
As with Gabriel's other singles this year, "One by One" comes with its own artwork: "Pieces," created by Canadian sculptor David Altmejd.
"One of the things I loved about what David does is that he seems to get these images and ideas and then cuts them up and reassembles them," Gabriel said. "Almost like moments of time or maybe like an old-fashioned flick book where you get just an incremental movement from one image to the other. It looked like David had a similar direction in that he's taking the same thing and cutting it up and reassembling it. That worked perfectly for this song and I was excited that David was happy to be part of this project."
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