In a recent tweet, Liam Gallagher wrote that Oasis, his old band, “piss all over” the Beatles, his favourite band. That’s nice, isn’t it. Ironic, actually, as Gallagher seems to be pissing out the Beatles’ liquid waste on his new album, C’mon You Know, a soporific wade through the kind of swampy Britpop that achieves profundity only when you’re filthy, sunburned and four pints deep at Glastonbury.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, of course, but you’ll forgive me for finding Gallagher’s arrogance – no matter how performative, ironic or on-brand – slightly jarring. For some, C’mon You Know will no doubt be a balm: a return to the glory days of Oasis. Others may speculate on the value of writing 12 new, less exciting versions of “Don’t Look Back in Anger”. Not all music has to be deep, but this record isn’t fun or experimental either, which makes the whole exercise seem rather pointless.
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