Liam Gallagher: 'No 90s crap on Beady Eye album'

Frontman discusses the second Beady Eye album, Be, and claims it is a 'special record'

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Wednesday 10th April 2013 by Grace Carroll | Photos by WENN

Liam Gallagher has announced that the title of the upcoming new Beady Eye album will be Be.

The record is due to be out on 10 June, and will be more experimental than the last, due in part to working with Dave Sitek - who has previously produced records for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and TV On The Radio.

"Working with Sitek just opened something up in us," says Liam in a statement. "He’s without a doubt the best producer I’ve ever worked with, a real outlaw. He doesn’t give a f**k, no rules. We had a new-found focus when we were writing it. We got our heads down and got our s**t together – clear heads. None of that crap from the 90s. It feels like a really special record for us."

“It’s a trippy record! The strength of the tracks is so high that we got to really play around! It’s rock-band instrumentation, but used in a different way. Liam’s vocals are incredible, all you have to do is turn on a microphone and you’re like, ‘that sounds like a record!’ You don’t have to do anything to them.” said Dave Sitek.

Liam previously told NME that Sitek is 'right up' for experimenting, and promised a change in sound for the new album.

"His eyes are wide open, he's got no fear," Liam said, about Sitek. "We feel like a f***ing new band. He's out there, man. To me, he's a f***ing outlaw. He's got no fear, man, and he's right up for ripping everything into pieces and experimenting."

He also insisted that he's not scared of losing fans on the next album, joking that they haven't got many to lose.

Beady Eye are going to name their next album Be

"Well, we haven't got many [fans] to lose anyway, so it doesn't matter!" Liam continued. "And that's not me dissing fans: I do what I want for everyone, not just them. If we pick 'em up, we pick 'em up. If we lose 'em, we lose 'em. That's not the point. That's not what I'm doing it for.

"I'm doing it do make a f**king great record, so that I can sleep at night. Maybe the average Joe might go, 'Ohhh, no'. People don't like f**king change. I don't like f**king change! But you gotta do it sometimes."

Listen to the new Beady Eye track 'Flick Of The Finger' below