Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Announce New Album, 'Who Built the Moon?'

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have announced a new album, entitled Who Built the Moon?.

The album—the third from the former Oasis songwriter and guitarist and his band—features fellow British rock luminaries Paul Weller (playing organ on "Holy Mountain") and Johnny Marr (playing guitar and harmonica on "If Love Is the Law"). It will be released in November.

"People are going to be surprised," said David Holmes, who produced the album. "I think people love Noel and they’re desperate for him to make a really big, bold, up-tempo beast of a record—a lot of Noel's music is quite mid-tempo. This one is fun."

Of course, Liam Gallagher—Noel's brother and fellow Oasis alum, who has his own^[1] upcoming solo album—couldn't resist a couple of his typical broadsides upon the leaking of the album's announcement.

"Psychedelic music by a beige drip is like a vegetarian trying to sell you a kebab as you were," he wrote on Twitter^[2]. "It takes more than wheeling out your old mate Uri Geller (Paul Weller, apparently) and Har Mar Superstar (Johnny Marr) to make a so-called out there record snoozer as you were."

For his part, Noel Gallagher—in addition to the new album—also announced a 2018 North American tour, and a massive sale of equipment he used with Oasis both in the studio and on stage.

Partnering with Reverb^[3], Gallagher is putting almost 50 items up for sale, including a Sixties Epiphone Professional guitar and an Orange OR120 Overdrive amp that he took on tour with Oasis. You can preview the items here^[4].

You can watch a trailer for Who Built the Moon? and check out the album's tracklist plus Gallagher's upcoming tour dates below. Pre-order Who