The indie legends started to tease a collaboration at the end of 2023, and opened the New Year on fiery form. Joint single ‘Just Another Rainbow’ is out now, and it’s causing a ruckus, Officially announced last month after months of teasing – with Gallagher hailing their upcoming record as “the best record since [The Beatles’] ‘Revolver’” – the first taster of the project from the former Oasis frontman and Stone Roses guitarist arrived last week It’s glorious, gargantuan, and so confident it borders on ridiculous. There is also nothing else like it in music right now. The sound of the early 1990s with a contemporary twist.
‘Just Another Rainbow’ isn’t quite fan-service, but the duo are certainly playing to their strengths: Liam’s vocals are full ‘Mind Games’-era Lennon, and Squire’s skills as a guitarist are given room to shine on a song that’s in a more familiar territory for the latter than the former. It’s a pleasure to hear Squire back on record at all, in fact.”
With more music promised from the pair and the ‘Definitely Maybe’ shows in the summer, Liam Gallagher is having his cake and eating it in 2024, balancing new material with sating the nostalgia for the days that made his name. And who are we mere mortals to argue with that?
Out now, ‘Just Another Rainbow’ has been remixed by Looking Glass Alice. Set to gain its inaugural radio play on Soho Radio via the redoubtable James Endeacott, this take on the song taps into its primitive groove, ushering the indie legends back out on the dancefloor.
Looking Glass Alice is a two-piece project informed by multiple waves of psychedelia, and that is certainly evident here – the beatific glow of ’67 is merged with some distinctly 90s aspects in the production, recalling that post-baggy swathe of trip hop leaning remixes.
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