Former Oasis front man and ex-Stone Roses guitarist John Squire have released their new collaborative single Just Another Rainbow, with more new music to follow later in the year.
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The track arrives nearly 35 years after a then 16-year-old Gallagher first saw The Stone Roses perform in the pair's native Manchester in 1989 at the International 2 venue.
Gallagher has described the show as "life-changing" but it was to be another four years before they actually met when both bands were recording in Monmouth, Wales.
Oasis had just started work on what would become their debut album Definitely Maybe, while The Stone Roses were deep into sessions for their second album The Second Coming.
Gallagher and Squire later wrote Love Me and Leave Me for Squire’s post-Roses band The Seahorses, who also toured as guests to Oasis.
However, it wasn’t until the guitarist jumped on stage at Liam’s Knebworth Park show last year for a performances of Oasis track Champagne Supernova that the prospect of working together on something more substantial became a reality.
The pair began working together remotely, with Squire sending Gallagher an initial three songs.
Thank you for the BIBLICAL/CELESTIAL response for RAINBOW the reviews have been HEARTWARMING can't wait for you all to hear the album stay cool and if you can’t do that stay safe LG x
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) January 5, 2024
Speaking about Just Another Rainbow, Squire said, "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."
Gallagher added, "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 f***ing good ones.
"The melodies are mega and then the guitars are a given. But I think even when you take all the f***ing guitars off, you can play the songs all on acoustic and they’ll all still blow your mind."
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