Peter Gabriel Unveils 'A Hard Lesson,' the Latest Track From His o\i Project
Peter Gabriel continues his unique release strategy, dropping 'A Hard Lesson,' a track from his o\i project, timed with the month's second full moon.
May 31st marks the second full moon of the month, often called the blue moon. To mark the date, Peter Gabriel has released another single from his o\i project, titled “A Hard Lesson.”
Like his previous LP, i/o, Gabriel is gradually unveiling his upcoming album with songs from o/i, releasing them with every full moon through 2026. This culminates with the album’s full release.
“A Hard Lesson” is, according to Gabriel, the oldest song from the project, written in the late Eighties or early Nineties while he was in Senegal.
"I was falling in love with the music I heard there. I loved the tension created by the use of polyrhythms, particularly the threes and fours, so that was the start of this song,” he wrote.
“It’s a quirky, strange and long track but it’s a journey. It’s about trying to find a place, your place, how you fit in. I’ve enjoyed playing with old R&B and folk references as well.”
He explained why the song took decades to come to fruition. “Sometimes things take time — most people do stuff a lot faster – but I have no problem with understanding my own process,” he wrote. “Some things will mature and evolve spontaneously and some will just stay hidden-away in a box until their moment in the light appears.”
As with his previously released o\i songs, the track will receive two mixes. The one released Sunday is a bright-side mix by Mark “Spike” Stent. The dark-side mix from Tchald Blake will arrive “on the next moon,” per his website.
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