
A massive, distorted wall of sound paired with a working-class sneer. The definitive blueprint for 90s British guitar music and pure, unadulterated swagger.
August 30, 1994 · MR
A wall of saturated, brick-walled guitars announces an unshakeable self-belief that instantly shifts the landscape of British guitar music. Emerging from working-class Manchester with a sound that demands physical space, this debut pairs classicist pop melodies with a raw, nasal vocal defiance that cuts through the dense layers of distortion. It is a relentless, loud, and completely sincere document of escapism, turning mundane local realities into something that feels historically significant from the very first chord.
How does Definitely Maybe sound next to the rest of Oasis's catalogue?
The writing leans far further into social commentary than the rest of the catalogue.
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