The follow up to 2005’s Don’t Believe The Truth will hit shelves on October 6 in the UK and October 7 in the States through the band’s own label Big Brother Recordings. The album’s first single “The Shock of the Lightning” will see light on September 29.

Here’s the tracklisting for Dig Out Your Soul:

1. “Bag It Up”
2. “The Turning”
3. “Waiting for the Rapture”
4. “The Shock of the Lightning”
5. “I’m Outta Time”
6. “(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady”
7. “Falling Down”
8. “To Be Where There’s Life”
9. “Ain’t Got Nothin”
10. “The Nature of Reality”
11. “Soldier On”
12. “Streets Ahead But Miles Behind” (Bonus Track)
13. “White Spores” (Bonus Track)

You can check out the cover art right here.

In the meantime enjoy this great video for “The Masterplan”.

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The tracks include “Stop The Clocks”, “Nothing On Me” and “I Wanna Live A Dream (In My Record Machine)”. Obviously, the songs are currently being pulled on sites like YouTube.

NME had a chance to review the tracks and here’s what they think:

“Nothin’ On Me”:
A relentless crunchy riff from Noel Gallagher and a sneery nasal vocal from Liam characterise this rollocking new Oasis song. It’s a meaty return for the band, more Led Zeppelin-inspired than their more subtle recent work, such as ‘The Importance Of Being Idle’. “They got nothing on me,” Liam repeats, “I don’t care what they say – all I want is the truth“. A forceful return from the Gallaghers, although lacking the smash’n'grab choruses of some of their other anthems.

“I Wanna Live A Dream (In My Record Machine)”:
Opening with a soft tambourine shake cut through by Noel Gallagher’s sombre acoustic guitar, Noel sings John Lennon-style vocals on this quieter number. Tambourine and bells rattling in the background throughout give a Doors-esque edge to the affair, with drummer Zak Starkey’s glammy stomp pumping in a minute in to add weight to the song. “Take Me, back to the darkness where they sent me,” Noel Gallagher sings on this subtle yet uplifting and punchy number. “I want to live the dream” he sings on an uprising chorus, “I want a piece of the world“, before weighty piano stabs add to the build. Towards the death a classically understated Noel Gallagher riff brings the song home. Understated yet upliftingly epic, it’s a song of fine balance and poise.

“Stop The Clocks”:
Noel Gallagher is a huge fan of this song, naming their 2006 ‘Best Of’ album after it. Noel sings lead vocals over urgent acoustic strums, while a psychedelic guitar sound effect again adds a Doors-esque element to the intro. Noel cuts in over his own more conventional vocals with an echo-effect voice sample before his bandmates add to the build by adding layered backing vocals. It’s a lighters-in-the-air moment for sure, although without the immediacy of a ‘Wonderwall’ or ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’. “Stop the clocks and turn the world around,” he sings. “Let your love lay me down…“.
“When the night is over there’ll be no sound“, he continues in a Lee Mavers-esque repetitive croon, before a drumbeat pounds and clatters towards a riffy crescendo, with a sudden twang to finish.

Besides having the new songs leaked, several demos from the band’s 2005 release Don’t Believe The Truth have also surfaced. The demos include: “A Bell Will Ring”, “Eyeball Tickler”, “Lord Don’t Slow Me Down”, “Love Like A Bomb” and “Meaning of Soul”.

You can check out all of the tracks right here.

I like what I’m hearing from the new tracks. I enjoyed Don’t Believe The Truth, but I felt their albums before that weren’t that great. Sounds like their back on track.

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