Liam Gallagher & John Squire Confirm Album
Liam Gallagher and John Squire have announced their previously teased collaboration, revealing they have recorded a whole album as a duo. The first single, Just Another Rainbow, will be released on 5 January.
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The Guardian previewed the album, claiming, “With an appealingly raw, crunching and immediate production sound, the energised songs are at the heavy end of Britpop with stomping rhythms, burly riffs and poignant, brightly melodious top lines. Blues, garage and psych-rock are also major components, and unsurprisingly, the Beatles are a touchstone, namely the pop-psychedelia of their post-Revolver period.”
Gallagher said of Squire: “Everyone always bangs on about him as a guitarist, but he’s a top songwriter too … It’s good to see him back writing songs, and fucking good ones. The melodies are mega and then the guitars are a given. But I think even when you take all the guitars off, you can play the songs all on acoustic and they’ll all still blow your mind.”
The pair initially collaborated remotely with Squire sending Gallagher song ideas and sharing reference points which reportedly included Jimi Hendrix, Sex Pistols, Faces, Bob Marley and the Bee Gees. Demos were worked up in Squire’s Macclesfield studio before full sessions in Los Angeles. Superproducer and pop songwriter Greg Kurstin plays bass, with Joey Waronker on drums – as well as playing with REM and Beck, Waronker is a supergroup veteran, having played in Atoms for Peace with Thom Yorke, Flea and others.
Liam Gallagher – Definitely Maybe 30 Years, UK and Ireland dates 2024:
JUNE 2024
1 – Sheffield, Utilita Arena
3 – Cardiff, International Arena
6 – London, The O2
7 – London, The O2
10 – London, The O2
15 – Manchester, Co-Op Live
16 – Manchester, Co-Op Live
19 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
20 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
23 – Dublin, 3Arena
24 – Dublin, 3Arena
27 – Manchester, Co-Op Live.
JULY
12 – Glasgow, TRANSMT
AUGUST
16 – Belfast, Vital
23-25 – Reading/Leeds festivals