Noel Gallagher Talks ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ - New Oasis Album Is Not Britpop!
by 
Dave Parrack on August 20th, 2008
Noel Gallagher has seemed to spend the last few weeks talking about anything other than Dig Out Your Soul, the new Oasis album due out on October 6th. Along with brother Liam, he has spent more time talking about other musicians and celebrities in the hopes of gaining some much-needed publicity.
Now, finally, he has decided to talk shop, and revealed in an interview with BBC 6Music that the sound and direction of the album will take many people by surprise. Basically, shock horror, it isn’t Britpop! He said:
“It’s not Britpop, let’s put it that way. It’s not our usual thing. It’s just really exciting, three of the tracks have got two drummers on, me and Zak [Starkey] playing drums. Some of it sounds a bit glam. There’s no pop singles on it. I’d be amazed if anything else gets on the radio past the first single.”
“There’s a kind of piano-y, John Lennon-y obligatory plod-away song in the middle, which Liam wrote, and that’s to break up the two sides which are pretty intense, and it’s full-on from the start to finish.”
Oasis not mainstream? That’ll be the day. According to the NME, Gallagher stated that the album was influenced by The Doors, The Stooges, and The Pretty Things, as well as John Lennon, who let’s face it, has influenced every Oasis album ever produced.
Noel also spoke about the naming of the album, with Dig Out Your Soul being unsurprisingly influenced by Motown. He suggests that the title means “the DJ digging out his soul.” He then explained the procedure involved.
“Originally it was going to be called ‘Bag It Up’ and then it was going to be called ‘The Shock Of The Lightning’ and then it was going to be called ‘Standing On The Edge Of The Noise’.”
“I couldn’t think of any ideas and then somebody had taken bits of the lyrics out and ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ was what came up. I was like, ‘You know what? Titles become themselves’.”
The album is out on October 6th and in light of Noel’s comments, I’ll be very interested to hear how it’s different than the last six albums the band has released. Could it be that the Gallaghers are changing their style at this late stage of their career? We’ll have to wait and see.
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