The Telegraph
The best new Oasis book of all is A Sound So Very Loud. Kessler and MacBain use the Gallaghers’ songs as jumping-off points for head-spinning anecdotes, interspersed with accounts of the writers’ dozens of personal dealings with Oasis. Crucially, the authors’ own clear love of the music comes with enough journalistic objectivity to balance the zing of rollicking storytelling with the ballast of serious scrutiny. The pair have written something special: a book of wit and verve about why Oasis matters.
Mojo magazine
Will make hearts still smitten by Oasis’s music beat faster. If you happened to have a ticket for one of the reunion shows and were looking to get in the mood, this is the one to reach for.
Liam Gallagher
"Ted Kessler and Hamish McBain are fantastic chaps.
Simon Goddard
This, unquestionably, will become the Oasis book against which all others will be judged. To read it from start to finish is to fall in love with Oasis all over again.
Terri White
Astute, intimate, hilarious and candid, Kessler and McBain have produced the definitive Oasis book. Every page is jam-packed with insight, analysis, access and anecdotes.
Will Hodgkinson
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 rigor of journalism, and having both interviewed Liam and Noel Gallagher countless times they capture them brilliantly: the humor, the chaos, the surprising perceptiveness.
Record Collector magazine
Lots will be written about Oasis this summer, but little with the flair, insight and adventure of A Sound So Very Loud. Using a mix of archive interviews and their own experiences in the Gallaghers’ orbit, the pair tell the Oasis story through lovingly and painstakingly detailed and contextualized analysis of every song. Essential accompaniment to the rock’n’roll reunion of the century.
Alex Needham
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 Oasis.
Publishers Weekly
Music journalists Kessler and MacBain celebrate rock group Oasis with this enthusiastic analysis.
Mat Whitecross
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 two.
Felix White
Genuinely essential for any Oasis fan.
Emma Barnett
Whatever Hamish and Ted know about the songs that have played a key part in my life, I want to know. We all do. I can’t wait to get stuck in.
