New striking strokes
5 January 2024
The highly anticipated first single by supergroup-duo
LIAM GALLAGHER and The Stone Roses‘ JOHN SQUIRE
is out today.
Squire: “To me the most obvious take on “Just Another Rainbow” is that it’s about disappointment, and the sentiment is that you never get what you really want. But
I don’t like to explain songs, I think that’s the privilege of the listener, it’s whatever
you want it to be. To me, it’s also one of the most uplifting tracks we’ve made together,
which is weird.”
Liam: “I think John’s a top songwriter. Everyone always bangs on about him as a guitarist,
but he’s a top songwriter too, man, no two ways about it as far as I’m concerned. There’s not enough of his music out there, whether it’s with the Roses or himself. 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 fucking guitars off, you can play the songs all on acoustic and they’ll all still blow your mind.”
JUST ANOTHER RAINBOW is partly Oasis, partly Stone Roses. Liam
sings as Liam (who else?) and Squire does his psychedelic 6-string
Stone Roses thing (think their 2nd and final LP). Certainly not the best
music since The Beatles‘ 1966 masterpiece Revolver as Gallagher claimed.
But I have it on repeat right now. Why? The collaboration
works and evokes those two legendary Manchester bands.
Rock ‘n’ Roll at its lads best.