Today was a pretty big day for Oasis fans.
Why?
As reported in detail by The Oasis Newsroom, three songs from the Gallagher boys’ upcoming summer 2008 album were released to the public through ‘various channels’.
Here’s a snippet from NME.com’s listen:
‘Nothin’ On Me‘
A relentless crunchy riff from Noel Gallagher and a sneery nasal vocal from Liam characterise this rollocking new Oasis song. It’s a meaty return for the band, more Led Zeppelin-inspired than their more subtle recent work…A forceful return from the Gallaghers, although lacking the smash’n'grab choruses of some of their other anthems…‘I Wanna Live A Dream (In My Record Machine)‘
Opening with a soft tambourine shake cut through by Noel Gallagher’s sombre acoustic guitar, Noel sings John Lennon-style vocals on this quieter number. Tambourine and bells rattling in the background throughout give a Doors-esque edge to the affair…”Take Me, back to the darkness where they sent me,” Noel Gallagher sings on this subtle yet uplifting and punchy number. “I want to live the dream” he sings on an uprising chorus…Towards the death a classically understated Noel Gallagher riff brings the song home…‘Stop The Clocks‘
Noel Gallagher is a huge fan of this song, naming their 2006 ‘Best Of’ album after it…Noel cuts in over his own more conventional vocals with an echo-effect voice sample before his bandmates add to the build by adding layered backing vocals. It’s a lighters-in-the-air moment for sure, although without the immediacy of a ‘Wonderwall’ or ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’…
One of my favourite sources of info for Oasis tracks and downloads, See The White of My Eyes, went so far to link to these three tracks as well as demos from their last album, Don’t Believe the Truth.
Of the three, I have to honestly say that I Wanna Live in a Dream (In My Record Machine) is by far and away my favourite. Stop the Clocks, mind you, is a close second. Do yourself a favour and check these out and you’ll quickly understand why the claim that Oasis hasn’t really be up to anything since ‘Wonderwall’ is completely without merit.
I am looking forward to seeing them again (twice) and watching how they can so easily take command of any venue they enter.
Swagger,
darren
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