Credits:

Liam Gallagher

Description:

Cmon You Know opens with children singing the chorus to “More Power,” a sound thats not necessarily unheard on rock records but one that often conveys a sweetness so cloying its saccharine. To Liam Gallaghers credit, “More Power” is a place where he avoids sentimentality: the childrens chorus is intended to convey a broadened musical range, instead. Cmon You Know winds up covering a fair amount of musical ground, balancing stately power ballads and heavy-footed rockers — the core elements of Gallaghers style — with such unpredictable left turns as the trippy Bo Diddley strut “Worlds in Need” and the teatime psychedelia of “Moscow Rules.” The latter was written in conjunction with Vampire Weekends Ezra Koenig, and he and his frequent collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid co-produce the track with Andrew Wyatt, who produces the lions share of Cmon You Know, as he has on every Liam album since 2017s A