Oasis legend Liam Gallagher is teaming up with The Stone Roses’ John Squire for a new musical project.
The duo’s first single, ‘Just Another Rainbow’, will be released on 5th January 2024 and it can be pre-ordered now on 7″ vinyl.
John says, “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.”
Liam adds, “I think John’s a top songwriter. 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.”
The two stars were first in the same room back in 1989 when Gallagher was 16 and in attendance at a Stone Roses Gig at the International 2 in Manchester. They met four years later when they were both recording in Monmouth, Wales. Their friendship continued in the subsequent years, notably with the pair writing ‘Love Me and Leave Me’ for John’s later band The Seahorses, who also toured as guests to Oasis.
But it wasn’t until John jumped on stage at Liam’s gargantuan Knebworth Park show for climactic performances of ‘Champagne Supernova’ that the prospect of working together on something more substantial became a reality. John sent Liam three songs and then wrote more with the duo collaborating remotely and sending each other reference points.
Liam completed his vocals at John’s studio in Macclesfield, then the songs were completed over three weeks of sessions in Los Angeles with producer Greg Kurstin, who plays bass on the record, and Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) on drums.
‘Just Another Rainbow’ is the first taste of what’s to come from the duo.
