A few weeks ago, Liam Gallagher took to social media to talk up his collaborative album with John Squire. Proclaiming it to be both “spiritual” and “crucial”, he also shared his thoughts on its potential audience. “The people that are into the Stone Roses and Oasis and that kinda thing, I think they’ll fucking love it.”
You can mock that statement if you want – did anyone think the prosaically titled Liam Gallagher John Squire would sound like 100 Gecs? – but there’s still an impressively targeted sales pitch at its centre. There still exists a sizeable cohort of people who hold Oasis and the Stone Roses in such high esteem that an album involving their respective vocalist and lead guitarist automatically represents manna from heaven. These fans’ continued existence means Liam Gallagher John Squire would probably be a hit if it consisted of a 45-minute audio vérité recording of its two main participants lighting their own farts.
