Collaborations don’t always work: when you have too many big names in a group, sometimes the result is more like standing on the toes of giants than standing on their shoulders: the combination of two or more rock legends often tends to dilute the result, not enhance it. In this case, however, it all seems to have turned out all right.
Maybe it’s because Liam Gallagher (vocals) is a fan of John Squire (guitar) and so is on his best behaviour. Maybe it’s because John Squire has got someone he can work off: after all, it’s the first time he’s worked with a singer. Whatever it is, the combination of Gallagher’s untrammeled vocal blasts – he sings on this record like if John Lennon was a cannon – and Squire’s lenormous slabs of riffs works perfectly.
