Oasis is back and rocking out.

The band's seventh album, “Dig Out Your Soul,” is a collection of hard, reckless rock and psychedelic roll. The band hails back to sounds of “(What’s the Story), Morning Glory,” renewing its reputation as a raw rock band.

The album begins with “Bag It Up,” starting off edgy and fast. The song recalls the later, darker Beatles sound: less pop-sounding and more psychedelic.

“The Turning” comes next as an angry wall of sound, sounding eerily like Nirvana with the production of Coldplay. Liam Gallagher sings “Hey come on, shake your rag doll, baby / Before you change your mind / Then come on, when the rapture takes me / Be the fallen angel by my side.”

“The Shock of the Lightning,” is the second Noel Gallagher-sung track off the album. While the chorus is somewhat catchy, the song is still built on a driving beat and stellar guitar riffs.

“(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady” is built on a backbone of what seems to be a bleacher-made beat: kind of like the sound made by thousands of spirited feet at a homecoming rally. This sixth track is unlike anything the band has done before. It’s rowdy, yet it repeats only four lines of lyrics the entire song.

Overall, the album is a breath of fresh air. It is a psychedelic, yet still a completely raucous, callback to their earlier music.

They pay homage to their influences, such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, yet maintain a strong foothold in playing what sounds distinctly like them.

Hearing the familiarity of Oasis and the voices of its iconic Gallagher brothers, “Dig Out Your Soul” is a welcome flashback.

Hello, sounds of my childhood, how nice to hear you again.

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