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Rating: Here he goes, giving it a try.
The top student of the Brit Pop era, after two years of talking about his brother, the Oasis, and the dynamics of their breakup, with much secrecy, lets us listen to his first single that will accompany the album releasing in October.
The track is called "The Death Of You And Me" and its sounds are the same with which Noel left us with the 2005 Oasis album "Don't Believe The Truth"; a semi-acoustic enriched with brass that serves as a background to lyrics that "attempt" to be deep, touching on topics like awareness of death and the necessity to live day by day, so as not to waste a moment of an existence which Noel metaphorizes as a SENTENCE (obviously this is a very between-the-lines reading of lyrics that at first glance seem trivial).
In any case, before talking about the track, I'd like to make a premise: from listening to the last B-Sides of the Oasis, there was a read acoustic tendency in songs sung by Noel that made me think of a hypothetical whiny solo album which, after the breakup, was all set to become a reality given his continuous participation in small live acoustic sets by Gallagher. Now, the album is yet to be released, but the song gives us hope.
Nothing new as always (we only miss Oasis wanting to reinvent themselves, then indeed the world would end) the usual driving rhythm with retro sounds, a bit of folk tones that make it "mature and adult", and the inevitable "sunshine", "pity" and the usual rhymes with E that enhance Noel's singing brightness. The usual sly guy who, however, with a simple intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-solo-chorus-close structure, writes an undeniably good piece, enjoyable from the first listen that as always reminds us of "something we've heard before". A thousand citations can be made as self-imitation this time, but simply the piece gets by, period.
Noel is in shape; he sings well alternating some nice falsetto and still has good taste because he is a COMPOSER who in the last fifteen years has become almost unique since in the end, whether we like it or not, he's the one who wrote the last great Pop-Rock pieces we'll remember for a long time; without delving into electronics (see U2) or Shakira-like sounds to sell a lot (see Coldplay) indeed; always faithful to the sole and exclusive guitar. A true Rocker even if melodic and certainly not with a raspy voice.
This piece only tells us that he has aged and has probably lost his greater artistic vein, he will continue writing simple but always appreciable and tasteful rhetorical songs. It is sad that at forty, being an old man of music is not a point in favor, instead, it greatly discriminates against his qualities and talent, but since today artists die artistically very young after the first album then dear Noel, you are great.
The Death Of You And Me
The Death Of You And Me
The Death Of You And Me
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