Dave Sitek: 'Liam Gallagher Should Get Back In The Studio With Me'

Dave Sitek of TV On The Radio has suggested that Liam Gallagher should record solo material with him following the Beady Eye split.

Sitek produced Beady Eye's second album 'BE' and spoke to NME about what is next for the former Oasis frontman.

"Liam's hilarious, that guy really makes me laugh. And he's super talented," Sitek says. "I remember when he first went up to the microphone, we had no effects and it was just like, 'wow'. He should either have a show or get back in the studio with me and we'll make a couple of tracks for fun."

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Source: www.nme.com

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Why Beady Eye Welcome The Oasis Comparisons

“The spin on Noel versus Liam is basically the hook that brings people in to read about the band.” Guitarist Andy Bell reassures Kitt Di Camillo that Beady Eye welcome Oasis comparisons if it means more sets of ears hear their music.

On its release in early 2011, the debut album by Beady Eye was met with mixed reviews from critics but peaked at number three in the UK charts. A roaring success for most rock bands, it was a slightly underwhelming result for a group born from the demise of the British rock institution that was Oasis. In the aftermath of the Gallagher brothers’ suitably explosive bust-up, it was Liam who took the first step towards a new musical beginning in 2009, joining forces with fellow Oasis members Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock to create Beady Eye. Different Gear, Still Speeding was released 18 months later, a debut album that not so much dominated the airwaves as provided a gentle reminder that they were still around.

Which made its follow-up all the more important. Teaming up with TV On The Radio member and renowned indie-rock producer Dave Sitek, the whimsical pop and ‘60s rock’n’roll of their debut was moved aside for darker psychedelia and a penchant for experimentation. Despite various quotes from Gallagher suggesting he’d quit music altogether if it failed, there were hints of self-doubt seeping from the Beady Eye camp.

A founding member of Oxford shoegazers Ride, Bell didn’t feel any pressure. “I just was excited about the prospect of going into the studio with Dave Sitek,” assures the laidback guitarist. “That was a massive incentive for me just to be in the studio: that for me is like a reward in itself. So I don’t feel any pressure in the studio, especially when you have such a good session. Pressure is the enemy of good music.”

With second album BE released to solid reviews in June last year, Bell’s enthusiasm was clearly warranted. Songs such as Soul Love and Don’t Brother Me should be Oasis-aping anthems, but instead tread a darker, cosmic place. Flick Of The Finger is the best song they’ve written, but doesn’t contain a chorus and is dominated by a horn section. Sitek’s touch can be felt all over it, and takes the ‘60s-obsessed rockers into much-needed new territory.

“I still think it’s pop music. It’s still listenable, but it’s just more interesting and more different sonically than we would’ve done if we had gone and done it ourselves. They’re very visual sounds; they really help. Guitarists especially, ‘cause you can get stuck in a guitar thing where everything is just two guitars, bass, drums – you rehearse it, it sounds great, it kinda rocks on that level of things rocking, and if you stop there and record it and put it out, you end up with something pretty good like our first album.

“[But] if at that point you take a left turn or a right turn and just start going, ‘Well let’s throw all that out, we all know that we can play, we all know that we can do this down-a-sort-of-route one. But let’s take a detour’. That’s something that we haven’t done. We didn’t do it much in Oasis and we haven’t done it much in Beady Eye until this point. So it’s a good thing to do.”

Since the day they formed, Beady Eye have been dogged by comparisons to Oasis. Outside of the diehard fans, the general public tend to side with one Gallagher brother over the other, most often the well-spoken Noel over the paparazzi-punching Liam. The upcoming Big Day Out tour will be the first time Liam and co have visited our shores since Oasis’ 2005 Don’t Believe The Truth tour. With former Kasabian bassist Jay Mehler now a permanent member, the five-piece are in peak form.

“I feel lucky to be in a band,” enthuses Bell. “Making music, signed to a label, doing gigs, and if you’re lucky enough to be in that position you’re not allowed to complain, you’ve just gotta keep plugging away and hope that if people have these preconceptions that’s really their issue to deal with. They’re gonna have to learn at some point that maybe we’re worth a listen.

“We’re comfortable with ourselves, and the only time when you ever come up against that [negative] side of it is probably when you’re being asked in interviews what you think of it. And then you have to come up with an answer, you have to quickly form an opinion on it in five seconds. But I don’t think there’s a negative side to this. The spin on Noel versus Liam is basically the hook that brings people in to read about the band, and then if they read about it maybe a few of them go, ‘I’m gonna go and check out that album’ and maybe they like it. So great!”

Kitt Di Camillo

Source: themusic.com.au

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Liam Gallagher Stage Swagger Shows Beady Eye To Be An Engaging Live Act

Liam Gallagher with his stage swagger shows Beady Eye to be an engaging live act...

With his expertly curled lip and pugilist swagger,Liam Gallagher might be rock’s last true anti-hero. In an age of eager-to-please banjo thumpers and sub-Coldplay emoters, the Beady Eye frontman stands grumpily apart, a performer whose apparent indifference to the crowd’s baying adoration is part of the charm. The louder the audience roars his name, the less he appears to care. Neither party, you suspect, would have it any other way.

Scrambling free of the smoking wreckage of Oasis' 2009 break-up, Beady Eye - essentially the 90's Britpop institution minus songwriter Noel Gallagher - are agreeably cocksure while making music almost nobody can muster genuine enthusiasm for. The group’s steerage class commercial status is reflected in their current touring schedule.

Twelve months ago Noel, from whom Liam and his bandmates remain heartily estranged, was casually headlining arenas. Beady Eye, in contrast, are stuck on the middle-rung purgatory of 2,000 capacity theaters. After so many decades bestriding the world’s enormodomes, to be able to look fans in the eye is surely a curious experience for Liam.

Beady Eyes’ songs aren’t terrible. They just aren’t very Oasis.

Recorded with cult producer David Sitek (TV On The Radio) and released last summer, their second album BE blended soulful nuance and moody psychedelia. However, up against Oasis’ legacy a collection of solid album tracks won’t suffice, no matter that the tunes are delivered in the younger Gallagher’s signature sandpaper mewl. That has been the public response, at least. Despite kind reviews BE didn’t hang about the charts terribly long and is presently languishing in some dark, cold space outside the top 100.

If they have a future it is as an engaging live act rather than as a gilded hit machine. In front of a chanting, beer sloshing attendance their outlaw strut made for an endearing sight. Shouts of "Liamo Liamo" were ringing around before the five-piece even stepped out.

The moment they did, the excitement surged towards One Direction levels of giddiness. The vast throaty shriek that went up as Gallagher stalked the stage, stoically mopping his brow with a towel, was a strange mix of terrace roar and romantic swoon.

The essence of aging mod cool in their mirrorshades, rumpled parkas and leather trench-coats, Liam and his lieutenants (who seem to have had a competition to see who could cultivate the most impressive sideburns) opened with the Flick Of The Finger, a dapper marriage of Britrock and lulling Memphis horns. The experimental sensibility was elaborated on with the krautrock- inflected Second Bite of the Apple.

Switching the emotional setting to closing-hours ennui, Soul Love was introspective and bleakly wistful, the sort of twitchy ballad Gallagher probably couldn’t have written before the reversals and difficulties of life post-Oasis.

With an air of restlessness creeping in, Beady Eye bowed to expectations and bashed out Oasis’ Live Forever and Cigarettes and Alcohol (an encore tilt at The Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter completed the triptych of covers). Approaching the microphone in that iconic stoop, hands behind his back, Gallagher was undoubtedly a rock star among mortals. But it took a brace of 20-year-old Oasis smashes to really bring home the message.

Ed Power

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Liam Gallagher Loved Beady Eye's Glastonbury Set

Liam Gallagher has said that he feels he is "back in the room" after Beady Eye's secret set at Glastonbury.

The band played the much-rumoured show on the Other Stage at 11am today (June 28), despite the singer having dismissed the festival as "Bond Street with mud" in 2011.

Quizzed about their set this morning, Gallagher told Digital Spy: "Loved it. I think a lot of people liked it.

"As long as people are listening that's the main thing. People turned out to see it."

He added: "What happened there was really nice and comfortable. It feels like at Glastonbury we're now back in the room.

"Last time I sung that time in the morning I was in the f**king shower, getting groovy with a bar of soap."

His bandmate Gem Archer said that he had known about the set for "months" and was surprised news of the slot had not leaked sooner, before adding that the show had "lived up to expectations".

Guitarist Andy Bell claimed it was their best ever Glastonbury moment.

"I saw New Order here in '87, but this beats that," the ex-Ride and Hurricane #1 star said. "We didn't know if anyone would be there or what."

Of the response from fans to new album BE, Gallagher said: "Our fans seem to like it.

"We played three gigs and they know all the words. If others jump on board, great, but if they don't it doesn't matter."

Bell agreed: "We feel like we've got a hardcore fanbase now."

Of the possibility of making new music with producer Dave Sitek, Gallagher said; "We'll see. We'll see. Who knows what's around the corner?"

Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk

'Start Anew? : On The Campaign Trail With Beady Eye'

Noisey Films is proud to present 'Start Anew? : On The Campaign Trail With Beady Eye.'

Over the past couple of months, Noisey has had exclusive access to one of the most iconic figures in British music as he tries to step out of the shadows of Oasis with the release of Beady Eye's second album 'Be.' Will the discerning choices of Dave Sitek on production and Trevor Jackson on design allow them to become an artistic endeavor in their own right?

From rehearsals and interviews to instores and playbacks, Noisey documents the story of our kid as he and his band attempt to prove that they are more than the sum of their parts and that this record will take them in a new direction. In Liam's own words "I wouldn't put it out if I was nervous. I hope people like it. If they don't they can go fuck themselves."

Beady Eye On Dave Sitek, Oasis And More

On Beady Eye’s new album, BE, Liam Gallagher takes the biggest risk of his career.

For two decades, the former Oasis frontman has done what he knows best – sing straight-up ‘60s-influenced rock ‘n’ roll songs.

When Oasis imploded in 2009, Liam – and latter-day Oasis members Andy Bell, Gem Archer and drummer Chris Sharrock – saw no reason to stray from that formula.

While Noel, the man behind the band’s biggest hits, went out on his own as Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the remaining three formed Beady Eye.

Their first offering was the solid-but-safe, Steve Lillywhite-produced debut, Different Gear Still Speeding. Featuring the catchy Instant Karma-sounding single “The Roller” it was, like Liam, ‘60s-obsessed.

However, after a muted response to Different Gear, which was critically and commercially overshadowed by Noel’s album, Beady Eye began to rethink.

According to drummer Chris Sharrock, it was time for a change. Enter TV On The Radio guitarist and trailblazing indie producer, Dave Sitek.

“We didn’t really know much about him,” Sharrock says. “His name was put to us, as in, you know, this guy could be interested.”

Sitek is best known for his production work with hip New Yorkers Yeah Yeah Yeahs. He’s also worked with Foals, Liars and Santigold, and so it would be fair to say, at least on paper, Dave Sitek and Beady Eye have little in common.

“We thought we’d meet him and check him out,” Sharrock continues. “Well, actually we kind of met him 20 minutes before we started recording. And we didn’t really listen to anything he’d done before because we didn’t wanna go in with any … if he’d done something that we didn’t like, you know, it would have been all over.”

Unsurprisingly, working with the experimentally-minded Sitek was vastly different to making their debut.

“He challenged us more,” Sharrock explains. “He said, ‘here you are guys, what about this?’ and ‘why don’t you try that?’”

According to Sharrock, Different Gear Still Speeding producer Steve Lillywhite “didn’t stick it out to the end anyway”, and left the band “running around like headless chickens”. On the other hand, Sitek became like Beady Eye’s “fifth member”.

“He had his little corner of the studio going on and we had our corner. We’d meet in the middle over the coffee machine.”

In the lead-up to the release of this album, Liam Gallagher was typically bold. BE, he said, was the album Oasis should have made after their mega-selling magnum opus, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?

In production terms, at least, he’s right. BE is the sound a band freed from the shackles of commercial expectations – out of their comfort zone, but loving it.

Take the futuristic album opener, “Flick Of The Finger”, with its aggressive horns, thumping Velvet Underground-like drums, and seize-the-moment lyricism. The same goes for the modern-sounding “Soul Love”, a dark, brooding song Oasis would never have recorded in their pomp. That sense of musical adventure is further explored on spacey tracks like “Don’t Brother Me” and the closing ballad, “Start Anew”.

Essentially, BE showcases a band hungry to carve out their own creative path, an opportunity afforded to them by the departure of Noel.

“Everyone has to step up and bring more songs in as opposed to just learning them,” Sharrock says. “There’s a lot of creativity going on, we’re always jamming. We’ve got three or four new tunes already – they’re very rough sort of jams but there’s something there. There’s three writers in the band so there’s never a shortage of songs.”

Sharrock continues: “After the last gig on the last tour we said, ‘right we’re gonna have three months off’. After about a week and a half everyone was like, ‘should we do something, should we get together?’ We can never leave it alone for too long, this is just what we do.”

Their unshakable enthusiasm is impressive given that, for part of 2011, the band was like a “rudderless ship”.

“The last management bailed in the middle of that tour,” Sharrock explains. “We went a couple of weeks without management. It was a shit thing to do but I didn’t really look at them as management anyway. They were just people who booked my cab and train. There was no love lost for me.”

Either way, things are well truly back on track now. The band is getting set to hit the road for a string of UK shows and festivals. Having missed Australia on their previous world tour (and on the last Oasis tour), Sharrock confirms that the band is “definitely” coming here this time around.

Not only that, they’ll coming with a couple of Oasis songs up their sleeves – they’ve been rehearsing “Morning Glory” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” – and with new touring bassist and former Kasabian member Jay Mehler.

“He’s a great guy,” Sharrock says. “We were sorry to lose Jeff [Wooten] because he was kind of there from the start, but Jay’s doing a great job. We know him anyway, we’ve known him a few years through Kasabian and it’s great having him around.”
Meanwhile, with the album and tour cycle in full swing, Liam has been whipping up a storm in the British tabloids. Notable stories include his claim he could’ve written Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” in an hour, and reports he tried to ride a dog during a particularly boozy night at the pub.

“I wasn’t with him that night but I heard him talking about it,” Sharrock says, already laughing. “He was like, ‘fuckin’ hell this is a load of bollocks. It wasn’t a dog, it was a pig’. You never know with him. You never stop laughing, laughing or crying.”

And as for the constant ‘will they, won’t they?’ Oasis reformation rumours, Sharrock says he’s not the man with the answer.

“I’m kind of last on the list,” he laughs. “I’ll go with the flow. We never speak about it and we never think about it amongst ourselves. Especially me, it’s got nothing really to do with me.” But if they’re getting back together, I’m available.”

Beady Eye might always be known as Oasis minus Noel Gallagher, but as they’re now proving, that needn’t be a disadvantage. Instead, it can be an exciting point of difference.

Source: www.tonedeaf.com.au

Beady Eye Debut At Number 1 On Official Record Store Chart

BE, the second album from Liam Gallagher’s post-Oasis outfit Beady Eye, has gone straight in at Number 1 on the Official Record Store Chart.

The Official Record Store Chart was launched in April of last year by the Official Charts Company and the organizers of Record Store Day UK to reflect sales of the UK’S coolest and most vibrant independent record shops.

The Dave Sitek (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio and Jane's Addiction) produced album also entered the UK’s Official Albums Chart at Number 2, yesterday (Sunday, June 16).

Scottish electronic duo Boards Of Canada are new in at Number 2 on the Official Record Store Chart with their fourth album, Tomorrow's Harvest, while heavy metal legends Black Sabbath enter at Number 3 with their 19th studio album, 13.

Last week’s chart toppers, Queens Of The Stone Age, fall three places to Number 4 with Like Clockwork, while Daft Punk complete this week’s Top 5 with Random Access Memories (Number 5).

Source: www.officialcharts.com

Watch A Preview Of A Beady Eye Documentary That Will Air Next Week

Noisey Films is proud to present the trailer for their new documentary with Liam Gallagher and Beady Eye.


Over the past couple of months, Noisey has had exclusive access to one of the most iconic figures in British music as he tries to step out of the shadows of Oasis with the release of Beady Eye's second album 'Be.' Will the discerning choices of Dave Sitek on production and Trevor Jackson on design allow them to become an artistic endeavor in their own right?

From rehearsals and interviews to instores and playbacks, Noisey documents the story of our kid as he and his band attempt to prove that they are more than the sum of their parts and that this record will take them in a new direction. In Liam's own words "I wouldn't put it out if I was nervous. I hope people like it. If they don't they can go fuck themselves."

The full-length film will premiere on Noisey next week.

Beady Eye's Andy Bell Talks About Dave Sitek, Sitars, Oasis Reunions And More

Beady Eye’s softly-spoken guitarist Andy Bell opens up to Michael Hartt about working with Dave Sitek and admits that if Oasis were to reform, he’d be there in a flash.

Having been greeted by a somewhat lacklustre reception, both critically and commercial, with their first album, Different Gear, Still Speeding, Beady Eye have returned with their second album, BE. The record sees Liam Gallagher and his ex-Oasis cohorts Gem Archer, Chris Sharrock and Andy Bell pursuing different sonic terrain to the swaggering rockers of their first outing. With the aid of TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek on production duties, their second outing is a spacier, more adventurous affair.

When I reach guitarist Andy Bell he is a laid back mood and in his softly-spoken Oxford accent talks passionately about how Dave Sitek helped Beady Eye find their new sound, learning the sitar and those ever-present Oasis reunion rumours.

On a scale of one to 10, how surreal was it to play the Olympic closing ceremony last year?
Oh, it was brilliant. It was a 10, without a doubt. It’s just something that, when you get the chance to do it, you’d be insane to turn it down. The experience of it was brilliant and it was a really, really funny day out as well. There was one bit where we were walking from our dressing room to the stage and the acts and crowds of extras that we were passing as we were going by was just like being inside some, I don’t know, Liberace’s acid trip or something. There were troops of Indian Maharajas riding elephants, then you’d have break-dancers and the Spice Girls would be passing. Basically all the bits and pieces from all the other acts were all milling around through these backstage areas as we walked through. It was a really insane but very enjoyable moment; even more so because I was miming so I didn’t have to do anything really. I just stood there and pretend to play guitar. Liam had to sing live though.

What was the recording process like for BE; how long did you spend in the studio?
We only had five weeks booked with Dave Sitek but we worked fast and we finished 18 songs. We did that in four weeks. In the last week we basically left Dave and his assistant to get on with what they were doing and we kind of chilled.

We recorded it in a studio in Richmond, about an hour from London, which is called State Of The Ark. It’s a private studio owned by a successful songwriter who wrote a lot of hits for Tina Turner and Cliff Richard. His name’s Terry Britten. [Ed: Britton was a member of Australian band The Twilights with Glenn Shorrock in the 1960s].He’s an interesting guy. Obviously he doesn’t have to work anymore, he’s got this studio and he just kind of potters around. He used to always bring in weird pedals for me to try out. Little prototypes of things. He’s working on a really cool idea for a stereo guitar where half the strings go through to half the amplifier and half go through to the other side. I’ve ordered one.

That must have appealed to the shoegazer in you?
Totally man. Anything that makes guitars sound weirder.

How does Beady Eye work in terms of song writing? So you, Gem and Liam work on the songs then bring them to one another or is it more collaborative?
It’s slowly changing but basically we bring them in. I’ll explain how it works and this has been the same for both albums. After the Oasis break-up, we were back in a room working on new music weeks after we’d split because that’s all we really knew how to do. We went straight into demoing mode because I think we were a bit unsure how to deal with it all. We hit on this formula where Liam would bring a song and we’d work on that for a week or so; this was in Gem’s home studio. We’d work on Liam’s song, finish everything that needs finishing with it, record a demo and then the next week we’d move on to mine or Gem’s and we’d go round in that same order. So you’re more or less bringing something in to polish up, that you’re ready to work on with the band.

That’s the formula we used on both albums but then we kind of changed it with this new one, slightly towards the end. We were just finishing up and we knew we had a set number of days with Dave left and Liam had a great burst of inspiration where he came out with three songs at once, which were ‘Soul Love’, ‘Evil Eye’ and one more. We also hadn’t finished ‘Flick Of The Finger’, which was an instrumental demo that we had knocking about years before called ‘Velvet Building’, which had no words, no actual song or anything. It was just the riff with Liam singing over it. We really liked it and Liam suggested that me and Gem finish it off for him. So working on ‘Flick Of The Finger’ was the first time that we’ve taken a song from that little start until completion. It was a true collaboration between the three of us.

The tracks on BE tend to have a bit more space to them as opposed to the full-on rock ‘n’ roll of the first album. Was it a case of using the studio more or messing with arrangements?
I’d credit that as probably the biggest contribution Dave Sitek [brought] to what we do. I think in the past, we’ve kind of seen records as places to just fill every corner with dense sound and it’s taken Dave to make us question that by saying , “How about having a section where almost nothing happens, almost nothing changes and you just have some time to think or just enjoy the moment?” When you take that thought and run with it then you get some of the moments on this album, which are really the best bits. The end of ‘Don’t Brother Me’, the end of ‘Soul Love’, some of the middle sections of songs kind of seem to open out. It’s quite freeing to realise you can do that. It was really good and I credit Dave for that, without a doubt. He brought that in.

Would you it be fair to say that, musically and lyrically, BE is a far more introverted record than Different Gear, Still Speeding?
Yeah, definitely. Again, the production brings that out because it does feature the voice front and centre and some of those tunes that have the more introspective subject matter are now sonically way more interesting than they could have been. They’re the ones you’re drawn to. Like ‘Don’t Brother Me’, which was an acoustic tune originally and that became this cosmic epic. Conversely, as song like ‘Ballroom Figured’ we had a band arrangement for that and it was brought down to guitar and voice which gave it that intimacy.

Is that you playing sitar at the end of ‘Don’t Brother Me’?
Yeah, it is. I bought one for the first album because we used it on ‘Millionaire’. In true Brian Jones fashion, I bought the thing in the morning and put the overdub on it about an hour later. I tuned it all to the right notes and then put it away for the next two years and then brought it out for this outro. One day I want to do the whole George Harrison thing and go to India and learn how to play it properly. It’s fairly hard with the sitar to tune it to the song you’re doing and pick out some notes that sound good but I’d like to be decent at it someday.

It seems like something people dedicate their lives to learning.
It’s amazing. I’ve seen films of Ravi [Shankar] teaching George to play it. I think the timing’s really important in Indian music. It’s always really odd counts per bar. There’s a formula that they have to learn so it’s kind of like remember a bank statement or something. It’s counting to five, then it’s counting to three, then it’s counting to seven. You’re basically playing music to a formula, a very complicated formula. When you do it right, it sounds great. If everyone’s doing the same thing; when you have a tabla layer playing at the same time, it’s really good.

Given that it’s only been four years since Oasis split, do you find the continuing press about a possible reunion detracts and distracts from what you’re doing now?
It doesn’t really bother me. All it really says to me is that people still care about Oasis in the same way that I do occasionally get asked about Ride as well; about whether we’ll reunite. To me, I kind of put it in the same category as things I would like to happen. I’ve got no problem doing it at all. If the Oasis thing came up, I’d be there like a shot but it’s something that relies on Noel and Liam. I don’t know if it’s likely to happen in this millennium really.

What about Ride then?
Similar deal really. Ride is more like something that’s on the backburner where all of us have said “Yeah, that’d be really nice to do one day”, but we’re all really busy. We’ve all got lots of things going on – music and other things. It’s something that I don’t wanna leave forever. I think right now I’ve got unfinished business to work out with Beady Eye and we have to get to a certain point before I’d consider taking a bit of time off from it. I just think it’s not that time right now. We’ve got a lot going on and we’re fully committed to it.

Is part of that unfinished business coming to Australia this time after not touring here on the first Beady Eye album?
We’re definitely going to Australia this time. I keep hearing conversations about it. We wanted to last time as well but we didn’t. This time we definitely are.

Beadyy Eye’s BE is out now through Sony.

Source: www.fasterlouder.com.au

Liam Gallagher Is Greeted By Fans As He Arrives in Manchester

He might live in London, but Manchester will always be home to Liam Gallagher.

The Northern musician arrived into the city on Tuesday, and was greeted by fans as he stepped off the train onto home soil.

Joined by his Beady Eye bandmates, Liam, 40, made a dapper return in his trademark Modish style.

The former Oasis star wore a dark blue jeans under a beige mac with a pair of matching suede pumps from his own Pretty Green menswear collection.

Round his neck, Liam wore a blue, red and white scarf and carried a checked weekend bag over his shoulder as he stepped out of the train carriage onto the platform at Manchester Piccadilly station.

Before he and his band exited the train hall, Gallagher stopped to sign some autographs for some fans making the most of the rare opportunity to see the Manchester legend.

Beady Eye's arrival into the city comes a day after the release of their second record - BE - which was launched in London's Rough Trade with a special performance from the band at the Brick Lane store.

The band - made up of Liam, Andy Bell and Gem Archer - worked with cult producer Dave Sitek on their second album and promise an experimental new sound unlike anything their fans have heard before.

'Sitek just opened something up in us, ' Liam explained. 'He’s without a doubt the best producer I’ve ever worked with, a real outlaw - he doesn’t give a f***, no rules.'
'We had a new found focus when we were writing it - we really got our heads down and got our s*** together - clear heads, none of that crap from the '90s. It feels like a really special record for us.'

In the studio Beady Eye played around with Protools, cassette tapes, samplers, recorded conversation, iPhone apps and unusual instrumentation to create and 'ambitious and exhilarating set of tracks showcasing a stunning depth of songwriting.'

'It’s a trippy record!' Sitek says. 'The strength of the tracks is so high that we got to really play around!'

It’s rock-band instrumentation, but used in a different way. Liam’s vocals are incredible, all you have to do is turn on a microphone and you’re like, "that sounds like a record!" You don’t have to do anything to them'.

Despite his success with Beady Eye, Liam wouldn't say no to a reunion with Oasis, as he told NME magazine: 'People ask would I get Oasis back together. I'd do it for nowt, but if someone's going to drop a load of f****** money, I'd do it for that too.'

'If we do, it'd be nice to do that f****** thing that's coming up (the 20th anniversary). I'd be up for that but I'd still go back to Beady Eye and Noel would go back to his thing.

'We could bury the hatchet for a quick lap of honour.'

Soon they will be performing in a series of three very special intimate fan-only UK live shows, starting off at The Manchester Ritz on June 19th, then at the Camden Centre in London on the 20th, before heading back up North to Glasgow for the final gig at the ABC on June 22nd.

Their new track, Flick Of The Finger, had it's first play on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show.

Click here for a number of pictures.

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Beady Eye Launch New Album 'BE' At Rough Trade East Instore Gig

Beady Eye launched their second album 'BE' with an intimate record store show in London yesterday (June 10).

Liam Gallagher's band performed at the Rough Trade East store in front of around 150 lucky fans who had queued for wristbands, playing highlights from the Dave Sitek-produced record, as well as a cover of The Beatles' 'Cry Baby Cry'.

Dressed all in black and wearing sunglasses that covered most of his face, Gallagher cut an understated figure during the acoustic performance, bolstered occasionally by pre-recorded backing tracks from Sitek. As the band started the 45-minute set just after 7pm, he said simply: "This is tiny, innit?" At the end he thanked fans for buying the record: "Nice one for coming and if you bought the record… nice one.

Beady Eye played:

'Second Bite Of The Apple'
'Soul Love'
'Iz Rite'
'Soon Come Tomorrow'
'Start Anew'
'I'm Just Saying’
'Don't Brother Me'
'Cry Baby Cry'
'Ballroom Figured'
'Shine A Light'
'Flick Of The Finger'

It’s a big week for the east London record store, as tonight (June 11) sees Queens Of The Stone Age play an instore of their own, to promote their Number Two album '…Like Clockwork' ahead of their performance at Download this weekend.

Next up, Beady Eye will play Manchester Ritz on June 19 before heading to London for a show at Camden Centre on June 20. The short stint will come to a close in Glasgow at the ABC on June 22. The band have also lined up summer festival slots at V Festival, Benicassim and T In The Park.

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Beady Eye Embracing Change

Beady Eye's new album is all about ''growth and change''.

The band's second record, 'BE', comes out today (10.06.13) and producer Dave Sitek, who worked on it, is excited to see the reaction it gets.

In a voice over on a video teaser for the album, he says: ''This will go out into the world, and our work is done, and that's our primary responsibility. And the gift that we get from doing something like this is the present. Like, when we press play.

''That's the highest gift anyone can have, it's like ''woah, f**k'', we made something happen. I mean, life is about growth, it's about change.''

Beady Eye singer Liam Gallagher has been particularly vocal in championing Dave - who has previously produced albums for Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Jane's Addiction - for helping push the band in a new direction.

He previously said: ''He's the best producer I've ever worked with, ever.

''His eyes are wide open, he's got no fear. We feel like a f***ing new band. He's out there, man. To me, he's a f***ing outlaw. He's got no fear, man, and he's right up for ripping everything into pieces and experimenting.''

Beady Eye - which also includes Chris Sharrock, Gem Archer, Jay Mehler and Andy Bell - will tour the UK later this month to showcase 'BE'.

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Beady Eye Post Studio Footage

Beady Eye have posted new studio footage, featuring a voice over from Dave Sitek.

Beady Eye are back. New album 'BE' is out today (June 10th) and it features a rejuvenated group, one who have benefited from an outfit voice. Renowned producer Dave Sitek stood over proceedings, helping to allow the band to find their feet.

Taking chances, 'BE' - as Clash editor Simon Harper puts it - "finds them listening to instincts, indulging creative impulses, and elevating ambitions beyond the restrictions of blue-collar rock ‘n’ roll."

Now the band have posted a new clip demonstrating some of the studio process behind the new album. Featuring Beady Eye hard at work, the video contains a revealing voiceover from Dave Sitek.

In his own words... "This will go out into the world, and our work is done, and that's our primary responsibility. And the gift that we get from doing something like this is, is the present. Like, when we press play... That's the highest gift anyone can have, it's like 'woah, f*ck', we made something happen. I mean, life is about growth, it's about change."

Watch it below.


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Producer Dave Sitek Says New Beady Eye Album Is About 'Growth And Change'

Dave Sitek has said that the new Beady Eye album, 'BE', represents growth and change for the band.

Speaking over footage of himself working with Liam Gallagher and his Beady Eye bandmates, Sitek discusses his work on the album, which is released today (June 10).

In the clip, which can be seen above, the producer says: "This will go out into the world, and our work is done, and that's our primary responsibility. And the gift that we get from doing something like this is, is the present. Like, when we press play. "

He adds: "That's the highest gift anyone can have, it's like 'Woah, fuck', we made something happen. I mean, life is about growth, it's about change." 'BE' is the follow-up to Beady Eye's 2011 debut, 'Different Gear, Still Speeding', and was produced in full by Sitek, whom frontman Liam Gallagher recently declared "the bollocks".

In a recent interview Gallagher delivered a message to diehard Oasis fans planning to boycott the album. He said: "We've made a great rock and roll album but sometimes I feel there's a lot of people just fucking boycotting what Beady Eye do just for some stupid fucking reason. 'We'll boycott that shit no matter what they do because it ain't Oasis and we want Oasis' and all that kind of thing. Well fuck you! We've experimented or whatever it is, what more do you fucking want?"

The band will launch the album with a special instore gig at London's Rough Trade East tonight. All wristbands for the intimate show have now been snapped up by fans.

Beady Eye will then play live at Manchester Ritz on June 19 before heading to London for a show at Camden Centre on June 20. The short stint will come to a close in Glasgow at the ABC on June 22. The band have also lined up festival slots at V Festival, Benicassim and T In The Park this summer.

Source: www.nme.com

Yet Another Review Of Beady Eye's Album BE

They've still got the world in their hands...

The first four words uttered on ‘BE’ signal the direction and intent of this second album from the post-Oasis outfit.

Kayvan Novak’s spoken-word excerpt, which runs throughout ‘Flick Of The Finger’, introduces proceedings with the purposeful advice: “Say what you believe.” This is clearly guidance that Beady Eye have followed with the creation of ‘BE’, which finds them listening to instincts, indulging creative impulses, and elevating ambitions beyond the restrictions of blue-collar rock ‘n’ roll.

Serrated guitars and portentous horns punctuate the opening track, suggesting a romp of a long-player. Ultimately the ex-Oasis lads do little to exceed expectations, but there’s more to ‘BE’ than meets the (Beady) eye.

Shades of light and dark ripple throughout and keep the listener guessing. The opener’s spiritual lyrics betray their soundtrack, but things make more sense in ‘Soul Love’, which follows – Liam Gallagher’s cosmic vibe (“Come into my world,” he beckons) is matched by the first distinct stamp of producer David Sitek’s ambient adventuring, which commandeers the second-half of the song, letting it drift dreamily skywards. This is what permeates ‘BE’, making it sonically enchanting.

Together, they traverse rhythms and sounds to add depth and clarity that was previously lacking: ‘Second Bite Of The Apple’ (video below) is doomily scuzzy, ‘Iz Rite’’s Beatles-ish melodies glow, and ‘Shine A Light’ is Bo Diddley on moonshine. Each song is injected with a little bit of magic that proves an admirable progression from the band.

The absolutely bare acoustic ‘Ballroom Figured’ and tender epic ‘Start Anew’ form a seductive finale, concluding a psychedelic journey with tear-stained meditations on life, love and the future. “Got the whole world in our hands,” Liam sings on the latter, while the whole band considers its destiny, and agrees.

8/10

Words: Simon Harper

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Win Wristbands To Beady Eye's Rough Trade East In Store Show

Beady Eye are playing an intimate in-store show at London's Rough Trade East on Monday (June 10) at 7pm to celebrate the release of new album BE.

The follow up to debut Different Gear, Still Speeding was recorded in London with cult producer Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs).

"Working with Sitek just opened something up in us. He's without a doubt the best producer I've ever worked with, a real outlaw - he doesn't give a fuck, no rules.  We had a new found focus when we were writing it - we really got our heads down and got our shit together - clear heads, none of that crap from the 90s. It feels like a really special record for us." Liam said.

We've got a pair of the in demand wristbands for the Rough Trade East show on Monday to give away - to be in with a chance of getting your hands on them simply answer the question here.

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Liam Gallagher On Working With Dave Sitek

Liam Gallagher has spoken about working with producer Dave Sitek for his bands new album BE.

Questioned by the NME as to if he did he did anything in the studio that raised your eyebrows?

The Beady Eye front-man said "Well, he was burning a lot of sage when he was in there. Apparently it wards off evil spirits. But I don't really mind the odd evil spirit - it certainly makes for an entertaining evening."

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Yet Another Review Of Beady Eye's Album 'BE'

In the lead up to this release, Beady Eye’s Liam Gallagher made yet another bold claim.

BE, he said, was the album Oasis should’ve made after (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?.

But for once, there’s a little truth behind the bravado.

That’s because on BE, Beady Eye (aka Oasis without the elder Gallagher) does something Oasis never really did – experiment.

To expand their horizons for the follow up to 2011′s Different Gear, Still Speeding, Beady Eye teamed up with TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek. He proves to be an inspired choice.

Of all the tracks here, it’s “Flick Of The Finger” that best showcases Beady Eye Mk II.

The album opener is an optimistic call to arms and hopefully a signpost of things to come. It features an aggressive horn section, eerie synths and the key lyric, “the future gets written today”.

Further along, the Liam-penned “Don’t Brother Me” could’ve been an olive branch to Noel if it weren’t for a few snarky one-liners.

“Always in the sun, with your number one,” Liam snarls before adding, “sick of all your lying, scheming and your crying”.

But later he seems keen to bury the hatchet. “In the morning, I’ll be calling and hoping you’ll understand,” Gallagher croons until a spacey lengthy instrumental outro.

Other highlights include the bluesy, slow-burner “Soon Come Tomorrow”, closing ballad “Start Anew”, and “Soul Love”, a dark, atmospheric song Oasis would’ve never recorded in their pomp.

Still, the album is let down down by a few clunkers.

Forgettable rocker “Face The Crowd” is all swagger and no substance while the campfire strummer “Ballroom Figured” is more b-side material than anything else.

Regardless, BE is imbued with a sense of discovery and adventure, something recent Gallagher releases have sorely missed.

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Beady Eye Interview And Exclusive Track From The Album 'BE' On BBC Radio 6 Later Today

Lammo chats with Beady Eye about their new album 'Be' which is released on the 10th June. It's the follow up to the band's debut album - 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'.

Beady Eye are Liam Gallagher and guitarists Gem Archer and Andy Bell, formerly of Oasis, along with drummer Chris Sharrock.

'BE' was produced by Dave Sitek, and recorded in London. The Album saw the band experiment with cassette tapes, samplers, and iPhone apps. Liam told the NME - "Working with Sitek just opened something up in us, He's without a doubt the best producer I've ever worked with"

The show is broadcast on BBC Radio 6 later today (29th May) between 16:00 and 19:00 (UK Time), during the show they will play an exclusive track from the album.

To listen online click here.

Beady Eye Interview And Exclusive Track From The Album 'BE' On BBC Radio 6 This Week

Lammo chats with Beady Eye about their new album 'Be' which is released on the 10th June. It's the follow up to the band's debut album - 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'.

Beady Eye are Liam Gallagher and guitarists Gem Archer and Andy Bell, formerly of Oasis, along with drummer Chris Sharrock.

'BE' was produced by Dave Sitek, and recorded in London. The Album saw the band experiment with cassette tapes, samplers, and iPhone apps. Liam told the NME - "Working with Sitek just opened something up in us, He's without a doubt the best producer I've ever worked with"

The show is broadcast on BBC Radio 6 on Wednesday (29th May) between 16:00 and 19:00 (UK Time), during the show they will play an exclusive track from the album.

To listen online click here.