As you already know, Noel Gallagher is in the recording studio roughly halfway through making his third Noel Gallagherโs High Flying Birds album and so far, heโs fairly satisfied with the material thatโs been flourishing in recent studio sessions.
As a songwriter, heย is approaching the creation of this new album in a way heโs not done before โ entering the process empty handed with no songs written in any form, instead writing with a producer in studio as they go along. Admittedly, itโs also frustrating.
โItโs slow going and I am a very, very impatient man.โ Gallagher says. โIf I have a thought, a minor whim, I have to act on it that instant and see it through itโs logical conclusion. With this record, thereโs a lot of ideas still up in the fucking air floating around which is really, really beginning to annoy me. Iโm going to fucking soldier on, Iโm not going to fucking complain. Iโm going to soldier on for the kids, thatโs what Iโm going to do.โ
The new record, following on from 2015โs successful Chasing Yesterday, has seen Gallagher force himself to embrace the unknown and trust his songwriting abilities more, now thatโs he flying blind through the making of the album in some ways. The plan is going well at this stage and even as he takes some time out his schedule to chat about his upcoming Australian tour, the excitement with which Noel speaks when referring to his recent sessions brings us back to this idea of, arguably, one of the most influential songwriters of the Britpop era still finding ways to challenge himself and learn more about hit writing style.
โThe greatest strength this record has is also its greatest weakness.โ he says of this particular creative approach heโs currently in the midst of. โWe [he and his producer] made a promise to each other not to write any songs, just to come to the studio with nothing. Weโd throw ideas out there and then we could bounce ideas and write โ itโs something Iโve never done before. The part I donโt like about that is that you never really know what the fuck is going on from one day to the next. Usually, Iโll go to the studio with 30 songs, Iโll record them all and I know what itโs going to sound like. I pick the best and pick a flow to the album. Iโm halfway through this record and I donโt have a fucking idea how itโs going to end up! Not the faintest idea. I donโt know what the next seven songs are going to be like because I havenโt written them yet.โ
Source: AU