I’m going to guess a lot of folk have been waiting for some sort of blood-letting from me for the events of 2009 concerning Oasis. You know, when they split and all that.

A lot of people think I live my life by Oasis, which is fair enough. I didn’t miss a single gig of theirs in Scotland between 2002 and their sad demise. But at the same time, I’ve never bought into the whole “dress like them, act like them” lifestyle so many Oasis fans seem to embody.

I like to be myself (I can’t be no-one else), a non-descript almost student type, and abhor the drunken-druggie style a number of my fellow Oasis fans seem to prefer.

For the record, I don’t by any means think the Oasis story is over. Despite all the press and whatever, I remain convinced they’ll get back together sometime. We’ll see though.

Of course, the whole split thing meant Liam and Noel would be doing seperate things. And so it’s proved.

I actually loved the Beady Eye album, but that might have a lot to do with the fact I love Andy and Gem’s songwriting, rather than the fact it’s Liam’s band. Both Andy Bell and Gem Archer are exceptional songwriters, and during the past ten years, their songs tend to be among my preferred of the Oasis canon.

Indeed, the best song on “Different Gear, Still Speeding” in my humble opinion, of course, is Kill For A Dream. It’s an Andy composition, surprise. And here was me thinking I was bound to prefer a Gem (who I’ve met) effort.

Surprisingly, the best efforts seem to come from B-sides. Sons of the Stage (cover) is a proper rocker, while I challenge anyone not to think “In The Bubble With A Bullet” is a choon.

Best of the lot, though, is “World Outside My Room”. It sounds like The Kinks, but without being as overbearing and cheesy as “The Importance Of Being Idle”. Yeah, I like it.

And now, we hear the first of Noel’s material. Well, I say we hear it now, we’ve all heard “I Wanna Live In a Dream (In My Record Machine)” and the fabled “Stop The Clocks”.

So, what do I think of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ “The Death Of You And Me?” Well. There seem to be a lot of comparisons to “The Importance Of Being Idle”, but I much prefer thinking of it as a chilled out relative of “Round Are Way”.

It just seems… similarly fun. Which is a good thing. I’ll be intrigued to hear more. Yet it’s still… well, Noel. Looking forward already to the tour in October.