Deep Purple are doing something, and we've no idea what it is. The band have released a 16-second video which suggests, perhaps, that new music is on the way.
More than that, however, it suggests that we need to brush up on our mathematics. The video features Ian Paice's drum kit and Don Airey's keyboard, and nothing really happens apart from an animated algebraic equation that appears on the backdrop, also certainly providing a clue as to what might eventually transpire. And then, in a series of blink-and-you'll-miss-it, possibly subliminal edits, the band appear, in performance mode, with new guitarist Simon McBride standing stage left. Could he be making his recording debut with the band? Time, as ever, will tell.
