Beady Eye plans an even beadier 2012

Beady Eye are planning an even beadier 2012, promising a second album next summer. Just six months after their debut LP, Liam Gallagher says the group are already plotting a follow-up, promising to release "two great albums then get out of people's faces".

"We were thinking of the second album before we were thinking about the first," Gallagher told BBC Newsbeat this week. "That's the way we do it around our way."

Although Beady Eye will spend the rest of the year touring Europe, Japan and South America, Gallagher hopes to return to the studio in the new year. "The way I see it is you hit 'em with two great albums then get out of people's faces as much for yourself [as for] the public," he said. "Have a bit of a break, come back with the third album and then the fourth. Two albums out, two albums out. In an ideal world that would be great."

Beady Eye released Different Gear, Still Speeding in February. It debuted at No 3 — a healthy result for any new group. But Beady Eye aren't just any new group: formed in the ashes of Oasis, the band have struggled to live up to expectations. While Gallagher wants them "to be bigger than the Beatles", Different Gear, Still Speeding has sold fewer copies than any Oasis LP. "The first [Beady Eye] album was making sure we got back out there, back in the ring," Gallagher said. "We put everything into that album, but without a doubt the second will be better."