DIG OUT YOUR EAR DRUMS

It's time to set you phasers to dirge, as Oasis prepare to release their long-dreaded, not at all anticipated seventh album. And it's good to see that the Gallagher brothers are not without a sense of humour as they've called it 'Dig Out Your Soul', as presumably anyone listening to it will want to do just that with theirs. Extract soul, point gun and hope to be reincarnated in the mid nineties when Oasis could still write decent songs.

Noel reckons that the band are going for a "new sound", which is a sure sign that it will sound exactly like their previous efforts.

He said: "I wanted to write music that had a groove, not songs that followed that traditional pattern of verse, chorus and middle eight.
 
"I wanted a sound that was more hypnotic, more driving. Songs that would draw you in, in a different way."

So basically they couldn't come up with any hooks.

Speaking about the first single to be released from the album, 'The Shock of the Lightning', he said: "It was written dead fast and recorded dead fast. 'The Shock of the Lightning' basically is the demo. And it has retained its energy."

Which roughly translated means that they played it once then fucked off to the pub.

"There's a lot to be said for that, I think. The first time you record something is always the best."

We couldn't have said it better ourselves. And that's not a maybe, it's definite.