Listen to Noel Gallagher’s sombre new demo ‘In A Little While’

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Noel Gallagher has dropped an emotive new demo track titled ‘In A Little While’. Check it out below.The Britpop legend and former Oasis member released the song as a new demo from his High Flying Birds project.Gallagher first teased the track on his X/Twitter account on New Year’s Eve, sharing a snippet of the new song with the caption simply stating its title and release date.‘In A Little While (Demo)’ 31.12.23Listen here: https://t.co/l6EXqx4mDl pic.twitter.com/F53spxdTEK— Noel Gallagher (@NoelGallagher) December 31, 2023As for the track itself, it sees the singer, songwriter and guitarist takes a stripped-back approach, playing it on an acoustic guitar and singing lyrics that are both melancholic and hopeful.“They say it’s over, well I don’t believe it/ They tell me it’s gone but that can’t be true/ And if it’s lost, well I’m gonna find it/ Turn me a page, let’s start anew,” he sings in the chorus.

Listen to the song in full below.This isn’t the first time that Gallagher has surprised fans by sharing some new music over the holiday period.

Back on New Year’s Eve 2020, the artist dropped a demo of ‘We’re Gonna Get There In The End’ – a track which he would later share as part of his latest album ‘Council Skies’.Similarly, on New Year’s Day 2022 he released another demo entitled ‘Trying To Find A World That’s Been And Gone: Part 1’.This, he revealed, was written shortly before Christmas 2021, and in a message to fans he wrote: “Thought you might wanna hear this little piece which – like last year’s offering – sounds quite appropriate for this New Year’s Day.”Finally, on Christmas Eve 2022 he shared a clip of the string sessions for a new song, recorded at Abbey Road studios.