Oasis will release their first album in three and a half years when they put forth 'Dig Out Your Soul' on October 7. Recorded at the legendary Abbey Road studios in London with producer Dave Sardy, the band's seventh studio disc, and first since 2005's 'Don't Believe The Truth,' will be preceded by a single, 'The Shock of Lightning.'

"I wanted to write music that had a groove, not songs that followed that traditional pattern of verse, chorus and middle eight," Oasis' guitarist and principal songwriter Noel Gallagher said of the new material. "I wanted a sound that was more hypnotic; more driving. Songs that would draw you in, in a different way. Songs that you would maybe have to connect to – to feel."

As for the 'The Shock of Lightning' – which is described as "unmistakably Oasis" and features singer Liam Gallagher's "immediately familiar voice" – Noel called the single "instant and compelling because it was written dead fast and recorded dead fast".

"[It's] basically the demo," Oasis' creative force adds. "And it has retained its energy. There's a lot to be said for that, I think. The first time you record something is always the best."