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Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has announced details of his debut solo album, Hesitant Alien. Watch a teaser trailer below.
The album, produced by Doug McKean and mixed by Tchad Blake, will be released by Warner Bros Records on 29 September.
"I wanted to make the small things sound big," said Way in a statement. “My intention was to make 100 percent uncompromised art, using the currently least radio-friendly instrument, the guitar. I knew there would be lots of fuzz pedals. I knew I would play Fender instruments. I knew I would look at who my guitar heroes were in art school, Mary Timony and Carrie Brownstein, and I drew a lot of influence from shoe-gaze and Britpop. I want the record to sonically galvanize people.”
Speaking of the inspiration behind the lyrics to the album, Way said he wss driven by "beginnings, finding a newness in the mundane and the abstract. I looked to the Britpop poets like Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn, drawing upon everyday life. I also experimented with the abstract, and looked at Frank Black's work both with the Pixies, and as a solo artist. There was no concept and no call-to-arms."
Watch the teaser for the album below
The full tracklist for Hesitant Alien is:
Bureau
Action Cat
No Shows
Casting Shadows
Millions
Zero Zero
Juarez
Drugstore Perfume
Get The Gang Together
How’s It Going
To Be
Maya The Psychic
Gerard Way will be performing his first solo shows at Reading and Leeds festival next month. For more information, visit Gigwise Tickets.
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