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Synth-pop overlord Gary Numan returns with dark concept album imagining humanity as a planet-destroying virus.
Now resident in California, Gary Numan has had the opportunity to see the devastating ramifications of climate change at first hand. The English synth-pop pioneer, who has influenced the likes of Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode, based his last album, 2017’s Savage: Songs From a Broken World, around the idea of a post-apocalyptic dystopia brought about by humanity’s neglect of the planet, and his forthcoming album, Intruder, is billed as a companion piece, in which Numan sings from the perspective of a disillusioned and battered but defiant Earth, fighting for its very existence.
“The planet sees us as its children now grown into callous selfishness, with a total disregard for its wellbeing,” Numan explains. “It feels betrayed, hurt, and ravaged. Disillusioned and heartbroken it is now fighting back. Essentially, it considers humankind to be a virus attacking the planet. Climate change is the undeniable sign of the Earth saying enough is enough, and finally doing what it needs to do to get rid of us, and explaining why it feels it has to do it.”
Numan has now shared the album’s title track, which mixes his familiar industrial rock sound with an eerie, sinister, disoriented feel.
“Intruder looks at climate change from the planet’s point of view,” says Numan. ‘If Earth could speak, and feel things the way we do, what would it say? How would it feel? The songs, for the most part, attempt to be that voice, or at least try to express what I believe the earth must feel at the moment.”
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- Gary Numan - I Die You Die - Yellow Vinyl - Dutch - 7" vinyl - £195.00, $243.75, €228.15 (New Item) (arrived 12-Apr-2024 15:43)on April 19, 2024 at 5:45 am
GARY NUMAN I Die You Die (Rare 1980 Dutch limited edition 7" single pressed on Yellow Vinyl, also including Down In The Park Piano Version. The thin paper picture sleeve displays displays some minor general wear with some ringwear, whilst the vinyl looks barely played)
- Gary Numan - White Boys And Heroes - Stickered - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 09-Apr-2024 11:08)on April 19, 2024 at 5:45 am
GARY NUMAN White Boys And Heroes (1982 UK limited edition 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including War Games and Glitter & Ash, within a stickered glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve displays minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played BEG81T)
- Gary Numan - The Live EP - Blue Vinyl - UK - 12" vinyl - £12.00, $15.00, €14.04 (New Item) (arrived 09-Apr-2024 09:47)on April 19, 2024 at 5:45 am
GARY NUMAN The Live EP (1985 UK limited edition 4-track 12" EP pressed on Blue Vinyl, featuring Are Friends Electric?, Cars, Berserker and We Are Glass, all recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon in December 1984. The glossy picture sleeve displays just a little light wear, whilst the vinyl shows barely any play NUM7)
- Gary Numan - Images Five / Six - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $25.00, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 09-Apr-2024 09:55)on April 19, 2024 at 5:45 am
GARY NUMAN Images Five / Six (1987 Fanclub only 'recorded autobiography' Double LP interview, covering Gary's life from schooldays to the then present time, interviewed by Peter Gilbert, within a glossy gatefold picture sleeve with intact internal picture booklet. The sleeve displays only light wear whilst the vinyl looks barely played GNFCDA3)
- Gary Numan - Images One/Two - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $25.00, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 09-Apr-2024 10:02)on April 19, 2024 at 5:45 am
GARY NUMAN Images One/Two (1987 UK fanclub-only 'recorded autobiography' interview double LP vinyl set, housed in a black and gold gatefold picture sleeve with integral 4-page picture booklet. The sleeve has some minor storage wear, but the vinyl looks barely played GNFCDA2)
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