A Sound So Very Loud

Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain are fantastic chaps. The Dudley Moore and Peter Cook of music journalism LG xLiam Gallagher

Whether you’re a super fan or Oasis novice, this book is essential reading. Hamish and Ted have had front-row tickets to the Oasis story from the very beginning. There’s no one who knows more about the band, the music and its impact than these twoMat Whitecross, director of Oasis: Supersonic

If you want to know why Oasis are such an enduring phenomenon — and learn why, say, 1998's 'Gas Panic!' is something of an underrated gem — this song-by-song portrait of the great British band is the definitive account. Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain combine the enthusiasm of fandom with the rigour of journalism, and having both interviewed Liam and Noel Gallagher countless times they capture them brilliantly: the humour, the chaos, the surprising perceptivenessWill Hodgkinson, Chief Rock & Pop Critic, The Times

With both wild-eyed fan devotion and a NASA-style attention to detail, Kessler and MacBain perfectly capture the lightning-in-a-bottle joy of OasisAlex Needham, Arts Editor, The Guardian