Noel Gallagher - The Death of You And Me Review

 Last night was the world premiere of Noel Gallagher's first single post-Oasis. The titled track is called "The Death of You And Me", and I must say that the song is hypnotically good.

It begins with a simple acoustic riff which harks back to the Oasis song, The Importance of Being Idle. Noel puts a nice bouncy feeling into his melody, which gives the song a nice sunny feel. Now of course this wouldn't be a Noel Gallagher song without at least some Beatles references. There are part which show some resemblance the, "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", or many of the songs from The Magical Mystery Tour/Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band.  It's Noel Gallagher, you had to expect some Beatles influence in there. Noel's voice is at his best in this song. It is exemplified in every falsetto that he hits. The lyrics are a great improvement over what Noel was shelling out on the last few Oasis albums.

But what makes this song intriguing, is when it turns in to an old school New Orleans brass sections. The brass section flies over the beautifully sweeping chorus. "The Death of You And Me" turns out to be more classic Americana, than British. The response to this song has generally been very good. In the 36 hours since the video's release; it has received 423, 502. So view the not too shabby video of "The Death of You And Me" below. As for my rating, I give this brilliantly written track: 8/10 stars.