Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birdstouched down on The Tonight Show Wednesday night for a performance of Lock All the Doors, a soaring, streamlined cut off the bands latest effort, Chasing Yesterday.
If the songs sweet, aching melody bears a resemblance to a classicGallagher song, its because Lock All the Doors is a track hebegan writing while in Oasis. A demo of the originalexists, but lacks the immediacy of the new version, which Gallagher and his High Flying Birds delivered on Tonightwith a riveting blend of endearing pop sensibilitiesandragged, breakneck riffs.
High Flying Birds recently kicked off the North American leg of their tourbehind Chasing Yesterday, which will include sets at the Shaky Knees Festivalin Atlanta this weekend andGovernors Ballin New York City this June.
Gallaghers bandwill primarily playclubs stateside, a stark difference from the biggerarenas he used to fillwith Oasis.While thechange was startling at first, Gallagher recently told Rolling Stone hes come to appreciate the smaller settings.
Wed been so huge in Oasis for years and then we did this fan club thing in Cologne, Germany, and the crowd was right there and it was the first time weve ever done it, Gallagher recalled. There were these German kids and nobody said a word and it was really weird. [Oasis singer] Liam [Gallagher] was getting really stressed about the whole thing. I said, Well, fuckin hell, that was awful. But the more that I do it, the more Im really at home with it now. I can engage with the audience and we have a good laugh. So I prefer this now. Its a funny thing; Ive grown.