The seventh studio album by Oasis is currently in development with a targeted release in 2008. European distributors says the record is due out in August, while apparently, the release date in Spain is August 26th. The Sun also ran an article claiming that it will come out in August, under the headline At last - the new Oasis album release date. The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London and is currently being mixed in Los Angeles with Don't Believe the Truth producer Dave Sardy. Zak Starkey, who performed on Don't Believe the Truth, was confirmed as the drummer for the new album, though has still not officially joined the band.

In a January 2007 interview for NME, Noel Gallagher gave details on his vision for album: "All the tunes I've written recently have been on the kind of acoustic side, you know? But for the next record I really fancy doing a record where we just completely throw the kitchen sink at it," he explained. "We haven't done that since Be Here Now. I'd like to get, like, a 100-piece orchestra and choirs and all that stuff. I think since Standing on the Shoulder of Giants we've been trying to prove a point of just bass, drums, guitar and vocals and nothing fancy. But I kind of like fancy! I'd like to make an absolutely fucking colossal album. You know? Like literally two orchestras, stuff like that."

In October 2007 Noel revealed more about the record to BBC 6 Music: "Funnily enough, we all write separately, but for some reason all the songs sound like they've got a common thread. We've been focusing round the grooves more this time, the last album was quite 'songy,' if that makes any sense, I don't know. But it was quite 'songy:' "The Importance of Being Idle", "Let There Be Love" - it was quite a British, retro, 60s sounding album. This is kinda focusing round the grooves more. Saying that, we've only done two tracks but all the demos that we've done are great." Noel also revealed details about his lyrics for his new songs: "I've literally got nothing left to write about: I've wrote about being a youth, and I've wrote about being a rock star, and I've wrote about living life in the big city. I've been re-visiting some of my more psychedelic trips of a younger man, because I remember them all you see...putting them to music."

In a November 2007 interview with Reuters, singer Liam Gallagher revealed more details on how the record is going: "All the songs are wrote, this record's gonna be fuckin' rockin'. There's no acoustic on it, man. We rehearsed about 10 tunes before coming in. Three are mine. Some are Noel's, some are Gem's, some are Andy's. We're there for a long time, so we just keep pickin' em off the tree, man. Some are sounding really fucking heavy, and then we're picking some out, and you go, 'Well that doesn't sit with that, right.' So we just keep moving about. We've got plenty of songs. We're not gonna go bored." Gallagher also revealed that the record,"Will have everything thrown at it. Let's just hope that Noel's learnt his lesson in the studio this time!" he hopes the record will be in stores by August 2008.

Sessions were due to begin in July 2007, but it's believed proper band sessions did not begin until the start of August, during which Noel and Liam were photographed outside Abbey Road Studios with fans.

Sessions were halted in September 2007 due to the birth of Noel Gallagher's second child, but work started up again on November 5, 2007. Noel told BBC 6 Music: "We done a few tracks in Abbey Road about - seems like an age ago now - about six weeks ago. And then we've taken six weeks off for me to get acquainted with my new son: the future of British music. And then we start back in Abbey Road a week on Monday, (Nov 5th) if anyone's interested, and then we'll probably work through a couple of months there, have Christmas off, then go and mix it and see where we're at."

On November 8, 2007, the band's official website confirmed that they returned to the studio on November 5, and they were working with "Don't Believe the Truth" producer Dave Sardy.

In Liam Gallagher's Reuters interview on November 13, 2007, he revealed more about the expected timespan of the recording sessions: "We've got six weeks there, seven weeks. We'll have it done by then, without a doubt. It'll be done by Christmas. It'll be done by the 15th of December, if everything goes well. Then we'll have Christmas off, and we'll go to L.A., mix it and maybe do a bit more over there. But not too much."

Noel Gallagher gave a brief overview to Channel 4 Teletext's 'Planet Sound' in June 2007: "I've got 17 new songs written which are all good enough for the album. The rest have three or four each. We will be meeting on Friday to discuss what's happening and then hopefully start recording next month."

Gallagher also claimed on Soccer AM in May 2007 that he had recently written "a couple of belters" and felt sorry for the other band mates when the time would come to share their work, "I will be like, yeah, that's good. But get on this!"

Speculation:

Various titles of songs exist, but, at the present time, no songs have been confirmed to be included on the album by either band members or via official press releases. The following information is all presented as educated speculation.

New songs mentioned by band members since the release of Don't Believe the Truth include:

"Evil Eye" - written By Liam. Mentioned by him in a November 2007 MOJO interview, calling it "magical" and "a big tune". Features the lyric, "Don't give me your evil eye / It's not very wise." He said it would not be on the next album but "the one after that." This is a decision which could change, however, during sessions for the new album.

"Guess I'm Out of Time" - written by Liam. Mentioned by him in a November 2006 UNCUT magazine interview.

Noel has previously commented that songs recorded and/or intended for Don't Believe the Truth would be considered for inclusion on the new album. Known and confirmed titles from these include:

"Don't Be Down" - written by Noel. Penned for his daughter Anais. Noel mentioned the track in at least two interviews in October 2002, saying it sounded a bit like Neil Young, but also claimed that "you will never hear [it], cos I wrote it for my baby girl." Noel could change his mind, or adapt the song in some way, however.

"I Wanna Live in a Dream in My Record Machine" - written by Noel. Described by him as being about buying records and being "about 10 minutes long and it's big, psychedelic, loads of guitar solos, but it's good though, the lyrics are good." He's also said it's like Led Zeppelin doing The Beatles and "it's kind of like a "Champagne Supernova" thing." The song was first mentioned by Noel in Japanese interviews in September 2002 and in September 2005 to a Canadian radio station, he mentioned that it was "on the backburner." A February 2008 Q Magazine article mentioned this as a possible contender for inclusion on the album, although, seeing as their description of the song is a direct quote from a Noel Gallagher BBC Radio 2 interview, broadcast in October 2002, it's unclear how accurate their new information is.

"Let It Come Down Over Me" - In the January 2007 issue of Q Magazine, Noel revealed this track as another song left over from the Don't Believe the Truth sessions.

"Stop the Clocks" - written by Noel. Possibly the most awaited new song by fans due to a number of comments by Noel in 2002 calling it "the greatest song I've ever wrote." Written in 2002 and recorded during sessions for Don't Believe the Truth, but not considered complete enough for release.

"Sweet and Sour" - Mentioned by Gem Archer in a June 2005 MSN interview as being one of the many songs demoed for Don't Believe the Truth but still unfinished.

"The Boy with the Blues" - written by Liam. Recorded during sessions for Don't Believe the Truth and seriously considered for a Spring/Summer 2006 EP release, but aborted due to the song being not complete enough for release. Described by Noel in a January 2006 interview as being "catchy as fuck", "a bit like Spiritualized", and is "driven by a piano and acoustic guitars."

"The Magic Can't Be Right" - written by Noel. First mentioned in an October 2002 interview by Noel as "sounding like The Rolling Stones" and being "pretty good."

Let There Be Love, a song over 7 years old, was resurrected for Don't Believe The Truth. Other unreleased songs which are around this age include:

"Revolution Song" - written by Noel. Demoed for Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, which leaked onto the Internet in January 2000.

"The Roller" - written by Gem. First mentioned in a December 2000 Select interview by Noel as being the first song written by Gem for Oasis and sounding like "T. Rex doing "Instant Karma"." It was later mentioned in a June 2002 BBC interview by Noel as not being "for whatever reason, quite nailed in the studio, that'll probably end up on a b-side somewhere."

Songs mentioned in the press for possible inclusion on the album, but not mentioned by the band or any official press statements include:

"To Love" - written and sung by Noel, Mentioned in a January 22, 2008 Daily Star article as tipped for inclusion by a "studio spy". Possibly a speculative title of a, at the time of release, unfinished song which Noel Gallagher plays and sings at a soundcheck in Australia in Winter 2005 and which features in Lord Don't Slow Me Down At the time of the recording of the audio commentary for the film, sometime around the Spring/Summer of 2007, Noel said he still hadn't finished the words, but it was still "great." In a November 2006 interview for Italian radio station Radio Deejay, Noel said the song hadn't got a title yet.

Other non-album/single songs released by Oasis since the release of Don't Believe the Truth are:

"Lord Don't Slow Me Down" - written by Noel. Featured on the rockumentary film of the same name, and released on October 21, 2007 in the form of a digital single.

"Who Put the Weight of the World on My Shoulders?" - written by Noel. Released on the Goal! OST in September 2005, but not on any Oasis albums or EPs since.

Other possibilities:

On the "Lyla" video single, there are two short clips of Liam playing new untitled songs with Gem Archer, during recording sessions for Don't Believe the Truth.