Noel Gallagher says his 'long, drawn out' divorce affected the mood of new High ... trends now
Noel Gallagher says his difficult separation from second wife Sara MacDonald changed the tone of his latest album and helped him come to terms with the prospect of divorce.
The musician, 56, confirmed the end of his 12-year marriage to publicist MacDonald in 2023, blaming the pandemic and Britain's ensuing series of national lockdowns for putting an intolerable strain on their relationship.
And he believes those personal difficulties impacted the musical direction of new album Council Skies, his latest offering with High Flying Birds, while recording at his north London studio.
He told The Sun: 'Divorce is a long, drawn-out process, so it affects the mood of the album, for sure.
'The record goes up and down and for every kind of moody melancholy, there is an uplifting counterbalance after it.
Inspiration: Noel Gallagher says his difficult separation from second wife Sara MacDonald changed the tone of his latest High Flying Birds album, Council Skies
All over: The musician confirmed the end of his 12-year marriage to publicist MacDonald in 2023
'When you’re an artist you write about what you know, and I don’t really have much to say about life in general, as I don’t really give a f**k about most things I see on the news.
'So when things happen in your life that you can articulate, I tend to jump on them, and it makes for better art and it helps you come to terms with it.'
The Oasis legend wrote his latest album while Britain was paralysed by COVID-19, and he admits life became repetitive and frustrating as he isolated at the £8million South Downs mansion he shared with MacDonald.
'I’d sit around all day, waiting to get p***ed at like, f***ing five o’clock,' he recalled. 'Everybody’s life had come to a bit of a standstill.'
Gallagher has since moved out of the Hampshire
