Noel Gallagher's High-Flying Birds

Noel Gallagher, rather that guy (gruff brother of Liam Gallagher) from that band (Oasis, in case you don't recall the nineties), has the subtle art of aloof and cool disinterest down to a fine science. Since his days in the Britpop powerhouse Oasis, the elder Gallagher has proven a keen, albeit entertaining view of the music industry and its myriad of benign disfunctionalities- which makes his integral involvement in one of the biggest bands of the last twenty years something of puzzle. This is a man who can play the game, with little to no interest of the outcome- his content comes from shuffling on- which could explain the majority of his work with High Flying Birds.

Formed within a year of the conclusion of Oasis, High Flying Birds became an output for Gallagher to explore his less obvious sensibilities found in the later-day output of the former band and drift toward "more personal" work.  The High Flying Birds' self-titled debut was just that- a confident and direct guitar pop album embellished with strings and horns throughout, a calm reminder that Gallagher wasn't just "that guy" from "that band".  With the 2015 release of the band's second album, the aptly-titled "Chasing Yesterday", Noel provides us with more of the expansive intimacy of the first- but with a little more insight. The songs are lush in scale (thanks to Gallagher self-producing the entire record) and seem to meander through musings of age and relevancy subjectively. While it's hard to deny some of the hookiest leanings of Oasis in their hey-day, Noel's work is strikingly self-conscious when he steps out of the shadow of his former self.

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