once singles were a massive deal. singles in the music sense, look you see. a big band or artist releasing a new single got some substantial coverage. the release was often announced via huge, one full page adverts in relevant magazines.
that's all gone now, of course. singles, to my distress and to my horror, simply no longer matter. as per numerous posts (whines, if you like, i don't mind the criticism) from this year the way the singles charts are now "compiled" is so completely f****d up that they are meaningless. to even look at or give consideration to the singles chart at any point after that farcical situation where Ed Sheeran took 16 of the top 20 places with album songs not released as singles is to tarnish the history of the singles chart.
so it is no real surprise, then, that another single what i would be interested in has just "slipped" out for release, with no fuss, no fanfare and no attention given to it. not even a mention of it on the NME, and don't get me started on what a mess the BBC radio / music corner of their website has become.
yes, as you can see clearly in the above (thanks to it being in Commodore 64 mode) this will be the 2nd single released in advance of Noel Gallagher's 3rd solo album. or if you will the 3rd album to be released in the name of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. should he really have a preference for the sanctuary offered by a band there is a solution some could suggest, but no matter.
this single, if "single" is even the right word no more, is called Fort Knox. a quasi instrumental tune which, i am led to believe, shall be the opening track for that 3rd album, Who Built The Moon. for those unsure of what, exactly, was the 1st single in this sequence, that would be Holy Mountain, or if you will Holy Let's Stick Together She Bangs Diamond Dogs Mountain, to reference just three of the several songs what Noel "references" in the tune.
is Fort Knox much of any good? well, it's not so bad. you can always give it a spin yourself, since the song is available via various gratis outlets on the web, assuming you are not going to go all millennial be upset about the presence of advertising to fund the free nature of content. here you go, to make it easier, here is the "official" You Tube Link for the song / single.
across the web i am reading comments about how this is Noel "breaking new ground" and "trying something new". someone somewhere also suggested that this song, Fort Knox to be sure, gives a clear indication on how Noel Gallagher is "evolving". the conclusion i would draw from this kind of description is that the raw, dry, sharp ways of subtle sarcasm remains alive and well.
whilst Holy Mountain, for many flaws, is infectious and catchy, this is all really just musician indulgence. it plods along, really, feeling more pedestrian and leaving you wonder how long it has to go rather than being decent to listen to.
it's not a bad tune at all, just an average one. perhaps that is why there was so little fuss made over the fact that it got released as a "single" of sorts. nothing about it, though, is in any way saying i should make plans to head to HMV for the day of release of Who Built The Moon. it's not like i ever got around to purchasing the 2nd Noel Gallagher album, i suppose.
somewhere around, or close to, 20% of my posts for the month of October have in some way related to the brothers Gallagher. time to give them a break from these pages, then.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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