Oasis are releasing the second single from their Dig Out Your Soul album – I’m Outta Time – on 1 December.

Throughout their career, Oasis have been criticised for sounding like a lot of other bands. If I’m Outta Time sounds like anyone else, it’s Urban Hymns-era The Verve.

This isn’t a criticism, merely an observation. It’s fully possible that this is one of the most beautiful songs Oasis have committed to tape.

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If you want to get a not-so-sneaky listen to the new Oasis album, Dig Out Your Soul, the whole thing is streaming live on MySpace right now! In fact, this is so fresh, most of the tracks have a play count of zero as I write this!

I’ve been listening to the much hyped Bag It Up, and it sounds brilliant. Can’t wait to get a chance to listen to the rest.

If you listen to the album on MySpace today, be sure to pop back here and tell us what you think, okay?

In their 17th year, you’d have thought Oasis would have imploded by now.

However, their new single The Shock Of The Lightning shows that they’re not showing any signs of slowing down or stagnating.

As it stands, The Shock Of The Lightning is a surprisingly hard rocking tune. It’s got a big sound, but probably the least obvious chorus I’ve heard from Oasis in a long time.

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Oasis have released the title, cover art and track listing for their 7th studio album, Dig Out Your Soul. And you thought their mate Paul Weller had exclusive rights to use the word ’soul’ in his album titles.

Maybe we’re reading too much into the Gallagher brothers’ Beatle’s fixation, but does that scrawled title within the circle below remind you just a little of the Sgt Pepper’s bass drum?

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