LIAM GALLAGHER
C’MON YOU KNOW / DOWN BY THE RIVER THAMES
WARNER
★★★★★/★★★★
If Liam Gallagher’s first two solo studio albums were well judged examples of giving fans what they want while pushing the envelope just that little bit further each time, then C’Mon You Know is the fullest – and finest – execution of that concept to date.
You’ll still find his trademark splenetic bite alongside heart-on-the-sleeve balladry but sonic flourishes and surprises abound around almost every corner. Prepare yourselves for a haunted fairground waltz coda to It Was Not Meant To Be, a dub breakdown to the eviscerating, politically charged diatribe of I’m Free and mournful orchestration on Moscow Rules.