Beady Eye (Different Gear, Still Speeding) and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (Self-titled): Freed of sharing the studio with his older brother, Liam reveals himself to be the full-on Lennon fetishist we always knew he was. When he nasally whines “I just want to rock n roll,” you almost believe him. While Beady Eye lifts the chord progression from “Instant Karma” for “The Roller,” the elder Gallagher has taken to lush, mid-tempo would-be anthems you’ll swear you’ve heard before. Which you probably have.
Both of the boys come up with songs that are as familiarly melodic and riffy as you’d expect, which would be nice if they weren’t so forgettable. 
They have nothing to say, and don’t even realize it. That was OK when Oasis briefly ruled the world with its brashness and swagger and stupid, hooky tunes (at least for the first two albums). How neither of these siblings have written a song titled “Y’know, Y’know, C’mon, C’mon” remains an enduring mystery.
