I have been looking the board and i know that if i post another "new album" thread then nobody is going to believe this. But trust me, a friend of mine from LA which happens to be an oasis fan had a chance see a rough draft from a journalist of a local magazine, apparently something of this would be part of an article.

Album Title: I Wanna Live in a Dream in My Record Machine
Realeas Date: TBA
Label: UMG

Let It Come Down Over Me

Is the Manchester band's big album-opening saga, building from quiet to loud with guitar licks that sound like the Edge fried in okra, with ominous thunderclap drumroll. Oasis make it sound so simple they make you forget how many other bands go soft trying to run this same road. The use of bass lines combined with Liam’s voice hook you immediately into a world of arrogance and independence

The Boy With The Blues

However, for those who like their tunes with a bit of muck around the edges and a teethy snarl, then do the right thing and get this booming out of your speakers. It s a bass lead track with s guitars angrily strewn about the track, really catchy though.

Stop The Clocks

Stop The Clocks is the saddest song with a spiky guitar, a slide-acoustic guitar and a watery orchestra on the back at the same time. It’s an artful, personal and hugely human track, full of life's problems, fears, fascinations and absolutions. It is Noel’ tribute to his band, to their unmistakable Oasis sound.

The Roller

First non-Gallagher track of the album, completely contrasting is the distorted vocals and exhilarating guitar solo with the rest of the album. One of Gem’s best Oasis tracks so far. It comes across as more like half-finished jams rather than a song, but despite of that it’s just and amazing tune.

Don't Be Down

It is a mid-tempo sweetness which picks up a tasteful guitar annotation to its melody, Noel’s voice fits perfectly to it. Vocals and other guitar play around this initial figure for the verses and the barely audible keys on the fade-out are a pretty touch, a brush with beauty.

Against My Soul

No Revolution Song nor Solve My Mystery either. This well known track seems to have been re-recorded no major changes on the solo or the rhythmic guitar. Eventually Zak’s characteristic drum abilities can be easily recognized just after the melody is flowing along with and orchestra, or at least some violins.

Black As Coal

Track written by Andy Bell; it is the energetic high point of the album. After a somewhat clumsy guitar intro Noel and Gem pop and lock-down with blistering rockiness. The seconds of pre-chorus are enough to make all the other rock posers turn green. Add the crushing, angular rhythm guitar and finally a band figured out how to cop that noise in a style which is fresh and pays more tribute than it rips off. When Noel’s backing vocals returns to the exuberant chorus the guitar crackles along and you will dance. Have mercy how you will shake!

The Magic Can't Be Right

This one sees things taken down a touch, a magnificently atmospheric ballad with a melancholic spirit. Top reminder of Stop Crying Your Heart Out and Stand By Me. It sends shivers, a masterpiece! Potentially to be a single.


Out Of Time

Brilliant and powerful rock song full of emotion and just stays with you. It is a short, but rocking little tune. “Guess I'm out of time/ guess I’m not the only one/ this time I will shine”. Reminds The Meaning of Soul but fully electric guitars on it and no acoustic sounds.

Don’t You Ever Leave Me

One of the best tracks on the record, Don’t You Ever Leave Me, is a lovely, summery number, powered along by acoustic guitar and an emotional vocal by Noel. Lyrics namechecking "Edinburgh Town" and just makes it all the more uplifting.


I Wanna Live in a Dream in My Record Machine

The last track of the records fades in and out like a glimpse of some ongoing narrative. The vocal and lyrics are a lonesome combination of resignation and resolve. “I’m gonna be the man I’ve always dreamed to be” sounds as bleak and foreboding as the instrumental accompaniment. It is an introverted way to close the album. It’s even a little bit scary, but with a hint of genuine and tenacious love buried somewhere within. It is really one of the finest points of the new. Despite a litany of cliché imagery and eight and a half minutes of very subtle variation “I Wanna Live in a Dream in My Record Machine” is fascinating. There is a gripping, cinematic quality to this story you’ve probably heard before. There is a beauty to the stubbornly blunt approach to complex issues.