Peter Gabriel has announced details of a new album titled o/i, due for release later this year.
The record follows his 2025 project i/o, which was unveiled gradually across the year, with each track released on a Full Moon. With the first Full Moon of 2026 arriving on 3rd January, Gabriel has chosen to mark the moment by closing one cycle and beginning another.
o/i is a completed body of work, recorded between Real World Studios in Bath and The Beehive in London. The album’s lead single, ‘Been Undone’, will arrive on 3rd January, continuing Gabriel’s long-running interest in rhythm, ritual, and time as a structural framework for music.
In an accompanying note, Gabriel explains that the album reflects a period of transition, both personally and culturally. He points to technological shifts around artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and brain-computer interfaces as forces reshaping how humans understand themselves and the world around them. For Gabriel, the role of the artist is not to provide answers, but to observe, reflect, and hold up a mirror.
He also frames o/i as a companion to i/o, describing the two records as inverse movements, one looking outward and the other inward. Some of the new material connects to his long-running interest in neuroscience and consciousness, while other songs, he says, exist simply because they bring him joy.
‘Been Undone’ will be the first glimpse into this new phase, released, as ever, in sync with the Full Moon. Further details on the album’s full release schedule are expected later in the year.
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