Noel Gallagher has sent the NME a little note to clarify various Oasis stories that have been doing the rounds of late, in particular the band's long running attempt to get a new album down on tape, and the rumoured falling out with initial producers Death In Vegas.
Gallagher: "We started talking about recording a new Oasis album in November last year. We thought it would be a great idea to try something different with the production this time around, and Liam came up with the idea of using Death In Vegas as producers/mixers, which everyone believed would be a fantastic collaboration. [We worked with DiV for three weeks but] unfortunately we decided we didn't like anything we had played/recorded. Because of commitments with Death In Vegas, Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes couldn't find any more time to give to the project. It was then decided we would attempt to finish off the record ourselves, which so far has proven quite frustrating and fruitless. We plan to start work on a new set of songs some time in July and we hope to have a new album out in February/March 2005, so hopefully you will hear some new tunes by the end of the year."
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