Nicely wrapped up: Gallagher and Squire
Sounding just as you might imagine, this pairing of the Oasis singer and Stone Roses guitarist is a well-crafted, cocky Mancunian psychedelic cocktail of classic, stylish sneer-swagger psychedelia. Squire is the principal songwriter here, and of course the pioneering Roses are one of the key influences on the clever other Gallagher, but while there are superior six-string flourishes throughout, overall this feels more like an Oasis album, albeit containing clear traces DNA, boxes ticked for fans, with added polish by super-producer Greg Kurstin (Adele, Gorillaz, Foo Fighters) also on keyboards. Raise Your Hands is a stadium-style glam-piano-rock, a reassuring hello of “we’re still around” to diehard fans, but perhaps the standout is the very psychedelic, splatter-colourful Just Another Rainbow, Squire’s fingers really doing the talking while Gallagher parodies with: “I might have known just another rainbow…dripping on my tree.” The album’s lyrics generally aren’t particularly enlightening, if of course predictably full of attitude, especially on the dismissive list song I’m So Bored, but get more late-Beatles-esque on One Day At A Time: “I got a kandy-kolored tangerine-flake streamline baby, sassy grassy green and Jamaica Blue drive me crazy.” Meaty guitar sounds, stomping, voluminous rock bangers and nasality abound, with other notable tracks including the bluesy I’m A Wheel, the dynamic Mars To Liverpool, the Hendrix-style guitar work on Love You Forever, and more tender, thoughtful closer Mother Nature’s Son. Entertaining songs and a shopping list of styles as shown on the tin? Definitely. Sorted. Out on Warner.
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