It’s a Manchester team-up as Oasis‘ Liam Gallagher and The Stone Roses‘ John Squire have announced a collaborative album, produced by Greg Kurstin (who worked on Liam’s last two solo albums) and featuring Joey Waronker on drums. While full details have not been shared, first single “Just Another Rainbow” will be out January 5.
In a promotional video announcing the single, Liam calls Squire “without a doubt the best guitarist of his generation and in the world in my opinion,” with Squire calling Liam “one of the all time great rock and roll voices. I put him in the same class as Dylan, Lennon, Jagger and Rotten.”
“I think John’s a top songwriter,” says Liam. “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.”
John Squire adds, “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.”
You can check out a snippet of the song and the single artwork, designed by Squire, below.
Liam says there’s a chance of shows, too, but he will also be busy celebrating the 30th anniversary of Oasis’ Definitely Maybe with his solo band on tour.
