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Postcards From The Edge . . . OF CONNECTICUT!
- From Ballyshannon and the Bicentennial!
History:
- Originally slated for November 2025 release.
- Moved up to June of 2026.
- Finally settled at July 3, 2026.
Core Band:
- Bass, Songwriter – Roger Glover
- Drums, Songwriter – Ian Paice
- Guitar, Songwriter – Simon McBride
- Keyboards, Songwriter – Don Airey
- Vocals, Songwriter – Ian Gillan
Additional Musicians:
- Guitar – Keith Urban (tracks: 2)
Technical:
- Arranged By – Bob Ezrin, Deep Purple
- Backing Vocals, Producer, Mixed By – Bob Ezrin
- Engineer – Anthony Iordanov, Denny Meissner, Eike Freese, Jake Smith-Rex, Julian Shank, Justin Cortelyou, Piers Mortimer (2), Simon McBride, Tate Sablatura
- Mastered By – Robert Vosgien
- Production Manager – Kim Markovchick
- Technician – Mike Airey, Paul Simmons (7), Tommy Alderson

Art & Design:
- Adam Corke “oldfangledthing” on Discord sent in this clip from Planet Rock in 2020 in advance of the “Whoosh!” release:
- “It’s dangerous to talk about the future because as soon as you mention something someone will be on your back going, ‘What happened with that thing you talked about?’ I don’t know. But I’d do another album on one condition: as this album is called Whoosh! then the next one should be called Splat! It’s like that old joke about a bug hitting a windscreen: what was the last thing that went through his mind? His arse . . .”
- The opening track off of “= 1”, “Show Me” features the line:
- Before you fall into a trap and then sumpt’ns going splat
- We incorrectly identified the artwork as being being by: Candy Medusa
- https://www.candymedusa.com/
- She had previously done the cover of the single for “Above and Beyond.”
- Art Direction and Graphic Design by Jekyll & Hyde
- Additional Design by Alexander Mertsch
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/2528583-Alexander-Mertsch
- Owner of design studio: https://www.bsights.de/
- From an interview in Norway Rock Magazine with Roger Glover:
- What is the concept behind “Splat!”? Is that also something for Ian?
- Well, it started maybe as a bt of joke after an album called Whoosh!”. I must admit I didn’t like it as a title for the album. But, you know, we’re five people and we have different thoughts and stuff. Both musically and idea-wise and everything-wise, it’s a compromise. We don’t always agree, but we end up having to agree because otherwise we wouldn’t exist. So you learn to love things you hate. But Ian Gillan was very, very firm and very confident about “splat!”. I couldn’t think of anything else. You can come up with “The Metamorphasis of Venus” or something like that.
- We also called an album “bananas” once, so, you know, we can do anything. I often used to imagine a review in a magazine when thinking of an album title. “And here’s a new album called whatever it is!” and I try to imagine what it feels like to read that for the first time. And certainly “Splat!” is very simple. It’s not something you forget.
- What is the concept behind “Splat!”? Is that also something for Ian?
In loving memory of Peter Cooper (1965-2025)
Only thing I could find was the Nashville music journalist Peter Cooper born in 1965 but he passed away in 2022.

Album Tracks:
All songs written by Airey, Gillan, Glover, McBride, Paice
- Guilt Trippin’
- Third single released on June 24, 2026.
- Video released on June 23, 2026.
- https://gillan.com/wordography-113.html
- Although they know what’s coming next (Splat!) God and Darwin are down the pub, having a pint whilst discussing humanity’s population eruption. ‘Charlie, we gotta get the numbers right next time.’ ‘Hum-de-hum, de-hum – de-ha’, says Darwin, who doesn’t like to interfere.
- Scriblin’ Gib’rish
- https://gillan.com/wordography-118.html
- I found myself failing to complete a test matrix and consequently unable to prove – to a bloody robot – that I was human. I paused and thought ‘this has got to stop’ but of course it was far too late for that. So, I idle away my dehumanisation by having perverse and cryptic intercourse with AI, which seems to have no sense of厖卆nything. It is being driven of course. If you ask the right questions, AI is obliged to answer truthfully協or now. Make the most of it.
- https://gillan.com/wordography-118.html
- Jessica’s Bra
- https://gillan.com/wordography-115.html
- Jessica’s – is a Bawdy Bar wherein resides the salt of the earth. I noticed a typo when reviewing the first sketch of the story. And that gave me the set-up, the first two lines. Rather like ‘The Rider’, I could have written twenty verses for this song as I’ve spent most of my life in such great company and places…it’s all true guv’.
- https://gillan.com/wordography-115.html
- Third Call
- As of this recording this song was left off of Gillan’s Wordography. In its place was a song called Hoot ‘n’ Slither. The lyrics and description (at the time of writing) are here: https://gillan.com/wordography-114.html
- In an interview with The Sun Gillan talks about this missing track:
- https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/39627209/ian-gillan-deep-purple-album-splat/
- “For some time now, I’ve been trying to make an album sound as if all the songs belong,” he says.
- “There’s one exception on this record and I’m not happy about it,” he announces by way of a slight digression.
- When I suggest that the track in question might be Third Call, which seems more to do with sex than metaphysics, Gillan replies: “Oh, how did you guess?
- It should have been called Sore Thumb.
- “I’ve done my own little album on my computer, replacing it with a song destined to be a B-side or bonus track called Hoot ’n’ Slither, which does fit.”
- So is the omission of “Third Call” a bit of sour grapes for Gillan?
- My New Movie
- https://gillan.com/wordography-116.html
- I was daydreaming and walking home along the lane from Henly’s roundabout to Brabazon Road, sometime in 1962. It wasn’t raining that day. A stranger who became known to me as Andy was about to pass when I stopped him to ask if he knew anyone on the estate who could play the guitar. Amazingly, he said he was learning the instrument, along with some friends.
- ‘Splendid’ I thought, and called them all to rehearsal at my place, Saturday morning at 10 am, and that’s when it all began for me. You never know what might happen if you don’t give it a shot.
- Features a passage from Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring | The Tabernacle Choir
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesu,_Joy_of_Man%27s_Desiring
- While I’d heard this a million times (mostly at church as a kid) I couldn’t place it other than recognizing at as Bach. Thanks to patron Ovais Naqvi for identifying it immediately!
- https://gillan.com/wordography-116.html
- Splat!
- https://gillan.com/wordography-120.html
- There’s an old cartoon of a spaceship landing in a garage forecourt.
- One of the aliens approaches a petrol pump and says ‘Take me to your leader’.
- Aliens are usually depicted as humanoids….in our image…
- Maybe they were like that, a long time ago.
- https://gillan.com/wordography-120.html
- Guinnesis (Instrumental)
- Bonus track available only via the Limited Edition Boxset.
- Played live for the first time on April 11, 2026.

PATRON MEGA THANKS!
Charts:
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For More Information & Reviews:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splat!_(album)
- https://www.discogs.com/release/37780584-Deep-Purple-Splat
- https://musicbrainz.org/release/e8b9af02-b61c-4c62-b2db-61be98f061a8
- https://darkerthanblue.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/make-some-room/
- https://deeppurple.com/blogs/news/deep-purple-announces-new-album-splat
- https://www.deeppurplesplat.com/
- https://revox.com/deeppurple-limited-edition/
- https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/deep-purple-splat-album-reviews
- https://www.pressreader.com/uk/uncut/20260701/281728391153667
- https://jazzandrock.com/mit-vollgas-gegen-die-windschutzscheibe-splat-von-deep-purple-ist-ein-spaetwerk-von-geradezu-unverschaemter-vitalitaet/
- https://www.pressreader.com/uk/mojo-uk/20260801/textview?popupArticleId=282166477851789
- https://www.pressreader.com/uk/classic-rock/20260619/282398406123933
- https://www.fireworks-magazine.com/product-page/fireworks-rock-metal-magazine-issue-115
- https://markusheavymusicblog.org/2026/06/25/review-deep-purple-splat/
- https://rockandbluesmuse.com/2026/06/26/review-deep-purple-splat/
- https://www.rockharditaly.com/deep-purple-il-track-by-track-di-splat/
- https://ultimateclassicrock.com/deep-purple-splat-album-review/
- https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/deep-purple-splat-en/
- https://deeppurplepodcast.com/2026/07/02/the-deep-purple-podcast-splat-album-review/
- https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/deep-purple-splat
- https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/deep-purple-splat-album-review/
- https://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-deep-purple-splat/
- https://www.europesays.com/uk/1065089/
- https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/deep-purple-splat/
- https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/deep-purples-album-splat-celebrated-120400080.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/deep-purple-s-splat-earns-rave-reviews-as-tour-begins/ss-AA27aoZI
- https://www.theentertainmentfactor.com/2026/07/splat-deep-purple-new-album.html
- https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/trends/ian-gillan-on-deep-purples-new-era-these-guys-play-their-instruments-the-same-way-you-and-i-use-words
- https://cultfollowing.co.uk/2026/07/02/deep-purple-splat-review/
- https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/71239124/norway-rock-magazine-2-2026/35
- https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2026-07-04/ian-gillan-on-deep-purples-new-album-splat-the-best-record-weve-made-since-the-70s/1049887
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