A Sound So Very Loud: The Inside Story of Every Song Oasis Recorded

Written by Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain

Narrated by Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain

There has never been a definitive, forensically detailed history of Oasis and their music; a book that takes listeners to the heart of the band's work and what lay behind it in the kind of deeply researched, knowledgeable detail that has been afforded The Beatles, perhaps most notably with Ian MacDonald's Revolution In the Head, which examined every Beatles song in chronological detail. The authors' intention is to write the book that satisfies the many millions of fans globally similarly obsessed with Oasis's music, but who currently only have scattered social media pages to turn to add depth to the story. Leading music journalists Hamish MacBain and Ted Kessler deliver the definitive, chronological history of the songs of Oasis that will appeal to fans old and new, in doing so, bringing the wider Oasis story into play in glorious color.

The pair have interviewed both Gallaghers dozens of times between 1994 and 2024, and no other journalists can claim more—or more lively—encounters with Liam and Noel. The book will also revisit each interview in the first-person, chronologically throughout, to add unique perspective and texture to the wider story. MacBain and Kessle will also dissect sleeve-art with the designers and photographers, delving into each detail surrounding the band. This is a veritable Oasis treasure trove!

This audiobook includes an exclusive conversation between the authors not included in the print edition.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Aug 19, 2025
• ISBN: 9798318524240

Ted Kessler

Ted Kessler was on the staff at NME between 1993 and 2003, before joining Q magazine’s staff, working there for sixteen years, four of them as editor. He first interviewed Oasis around their debut single ‘Supersonic’ in 1994, for NME; his final Oasis interview was on the road in Amsterdam with them in 2009 for Q, a few months before they spilt. Since then, he has written five Liam Gallagher cover interviews. He is the author of the memoir Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed The British Music Press and Other Misdemeanours, and To Ease My Troubled Mind: the Authorised Unauthorised Biography of Billy Childish. He devised and edited My Old Man: Tales Of Our Fathers.