As a songwriter, Noel Gallagher was unfinished: the early eclectic was a genius, but when he thought he was a genius, he was just an eclectic. He still wrote good songs, but not overwhelming ones. Now he has recorded an overwhelming record, the fourth with the High Flying Birds, rejuvenated and enchanted: “Council Skies” is a voluptuous dance of melodies with tons of strings and horns and choirs, with acoustic guitars and accordion, with psychedelic overtones and the tenderest pop, inspired by John Lennon and Paul Weller, Burt Bacharach and Ray Davies.
Like a Christmas snow house from the sixties
It is as if Gallagher has entered transcendence, as if the floodgates of his consciousness have opened: “Dead To The World”, “Open The Door, See What You Find”, “Easy Now”, “Council Skies” and “Think Of A Number” recreates the Beatles at the time of “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane”. And Gallagher sings beautifully as if from the mists of the Milky Way. The album is like a Christmas snow house from the sixties.
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