"IS it worth the aggravation to find yourself a job, when there’s nothing worth working for?"— as snidely sung by Liam Gallagher in the anthemic “Cigarettes & Alcohol"—rings as true today as it did in 1994, when Noel Gallagher wrote it. At the height of Britpop, Oasis were the embodiment of that sentiment: working-class empowerment, songs that found victories in the hardened lives of those from council estates and on builder sites. While the “Cigarettes & Alcohol" swagger conjures up images of late-night hedonism and darkened sunglasses, it also speaks to a generation that’s lost any sense of social cohesion. Now that pop culture (aside from torchbearers like the magazine you’re reading) has skewed away from a standard rock format into the genreless era of streaming, Oasis reuniting has come at a pivotal moment, bringing back that connective cultural tissue. But they’re not the only ones.