Manchester‘s superstar duo LIAM GALLAGHER and The Stone Roses‘ JOHN SQUIRE unleashed their much-anticipated self-titled, collaborative at the beginning of last
month.
It’s a retro psych blues record stuffed with catchy tunes. Nothing more, nothing less,
but oh so laid-backly addictive. Must have played it for about 100 times so far. It topped the UK Album Charts.
The duo played a handful of gigs in Europe/UK, and flew over the ocean yesterday
to perform on The Tonight Show With Jim Fallony. Surprisingly, they didn’t go for one of the two singles, but for an energetic rendition of mid-tempo blues rock burner I’M A WHEEL.
Because we need each other
We believe in one another
And I know we’re going to uncover
What’s sleepin’ in our soul
Because we need each other
We believe in one another
I know we’re going to uncover
What’s sleepin’ in our soul
What’s sleepin’ in our soul
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.”
NME: “Obviously this isn’t a ‘Definitely Maybe’ or ‘The Stone Roses’ – no-one could touch those hook-laden masterpieces. As a triumph of style and mood, though, ‘Liam Gallagher John Squire’ is well worthy of their enduring legacies.” Score: 4/5.
TUTV: This is a lazy psych-blues album made by two lazy rock stars that sounds as if they made it about 30 years ago. Most tunes could be leftovers from The Stone Roses‘ 2nd and final 1994 LP Second Coming, the one on which Squire played his guitar exactly the way Jimmy Page did in Led Zeppelin for years. And Liam is Liam. Arms together on his back and letting his pipes do the talking. The two Manchester heroes just did what they wanted to do, making an album together, no more, no less than that.
Paul McCartney once sang about Silly Love Songs, our ears get 10 here. All okay songs,
No fillers, but no killers either. As much as I’m a huge Oasis and Stone Roses fan I can’t say that I needed this record, yet I played it at least 5 times this weekend. Why? Well, I have a really lazy weekend, so I listen to lazy music by lazy legends who are good at it.
Singles/clips: Just Another Rainbow / Mars To Liverpool
LIAM GALLAGHER and JOHN SQUIRE are about to release
their self-titled collaborative album. It’ll happen on March 1st.
Daft album artwork designed by John Squire
So MOJO put the Manchester rock stars on the cover
and in the spotlight of their new issue #365.
Also features about: Steely Dan – their 30 Greatest Songs; The Rolling Stones ’65-’66; Marvin Gaye gets sexy; Beth Gibbons returns from the wilderness. Plus: Waxahatchee; Lenny Kravitz, Michael Head; Ramones; Can; Dion; Studio One; Mary Weiss; St. Vincent; and the peak weirdness of Butthole Surfers!
This month’s free CD, titled, The North Will Rise Again contains 15 killer tracks
from Manchester and environs with The Fall, James, Black Grape, Magazine, A Certain
Ratio, The Durutti Column, A Guy Called Gerald and more.
You can purchase a copy and let it be sent to your home. Info HERE.
I looked it up: it’s a Jamaican slang swear word said when shocked or angered
by something/somebody. I think Liam just likes the sound of the word, but
doesn’t know what it means.
All nominees for the Rock And Roll Of Fame right here.
Super Manchester duo LIAM GALLAGHER and The Stone Roses‘ JOHN SQUIRE have their collaborative longplayer, simply titled LIAM GALLAGHER JOHN SQUIRE out on March 1, followed by a 13-date tour (see all below).
Daft album artwork designed by John Squire
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.”
Following the lead-single, psych-pop treat Just Another Rainbow, we get appetizer number two. MARS TO LIVERPOOL is an equally easy-going tune, you’ll sing/whistle/hum along after a couple of spins. Both doing their familiar thing. Exactly what I expected, no more, no less, except for the daft artwork. Manchester rules, once more.
. 3/13 – Glasgow, Barrowland 3/14 – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall 3/16 – Dublin, Olympia 3/18 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall 3/20 – Manchester, O2 Apollo 3/21 – Manchester, O2 Apollo 3/23 – Leeds, O2 Academy 3/25 – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town 3/26 – London, Troxy 4/2 – Paris, Salle Pleyel 4/4 – Berlin, Columbiahalle 4/6 – Milan, Fabrique 4/11 – Brooklyn, Paramount
Only last Friday, the highly anticipated first single, named JUST ANOTHER RAINBOW by supergroup-duo LIAM GALLAGHER and The Stone Roses‘ JOHN SQUIRE came out and today a remix is shared. 9 out of 10 remixes are lame and unnecessary. As much I like Gallagher and Squire also their remix stinks.
But there’s a good thing to it too. The artwork of the remix – via Bandcamp – is quite unusual for our kid. Gallagher is drawn in flamboyant colours and has a tie on, yes, a tie. He looks great.
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.
