Noel Gallagher 'cannot wait' to hear Oasis-inspired One Direction album but rants about 'pointless' Tidal and Spotify

'I'd rather have one good album a year than a billion s**t songs at my fingertips'

Noel Gallagher is often found bemoaning the lack of excitement in modern guitar-rock

Noel Gallagher has finally reacted to news that One Direction's fifth album will sound a bit like Oasis, and his response may just surprise you.

Believe it or not, the famously grouchy musician “cannot wait” to hear the boyband's first offering without Zayn Malik because he's intrigued to learn exactly what they mean by “Oasis-y”.

“It's kind of like a bit Oasis-y almost, which is ace. I love that,” he told Capital. “The songs have come out a bit more chilled because I think we want this to be quite a long-lasting album that you can listen to anytime.”

Whether or not Gallagher will join the devoted Directioners upon hearing the new songs remains to be seen, but one thing he “doesn't agree with” is streaming.

“I'm on it. I'm not going to be the only person stood outside the sweetshop, banging on the window spitting," he said, before being reminded that Taylor Swift has already pulled her music from Spotify.

“How is the world going to survive that? Are we going to send in the UN peacekeepers to wherever she lives and make her change her mind?" Gallagher joked. “I feel frightened that Swiftie has done that."

Jay Z's artist-owned service Tidal doesn't get the 47-year-old's vote either.

“To get royalties you've got to get the people to part with their money which by all accounts isn't happening for Tidal at the moment,” he said. “Fair play [to Tidal] for trying to do their own thing but we're not allowed to live like rock stars anymore, goddammit.”

“I'd rather people own the records but if that's the way of the world, that's the way of the world. I'd rather have one good album a year than a billion shit songs at my fingertips. It's pointless.”