Kasabian guitarist Serge Pizzorno has said that their upcoming new album, 'Empire', out 28 Aug, is way better than their eponymous debut, which he now describes as "sketchy nonsense".
Pizzorno told Uncut magazine: "I'm not going to hide the fact that I think it's absolutely fucking amazing. Noel Gallagher came down to the studio and even he was surprised by what a monstrous leap we'd made."
He continued: "This time we wanted to make a great British album. A classic album that'll stand up beside the Stones, The Who, Oasis - anyone. Because the truth is nobody tries to make classic albums anymore. Oasis' 'Definitely Maybe' was probably the last time a band captured that moment, a mood in British music. It's almost as if bands don't care about making that timeless classic. I really miss that."