Gary Numan – Love Hurt Bleed (Mortal Records)
CD/DL
23 September 2013
It’s thirty-five years since the release of
Tubeway Army, thirty –five years! Gary
Numan is back with a new single, from the forthcoming Splinter album, and he’s
sounding better than ever. His first
self-penned album since 2006’s Jagged, if Love Hurt Bleed is anything to go by,
it should be a stunner.
His live appearances and admittance of his
admiration for Nine Inch Nails is very clear as he sounds more like Trent
Reznor and his boys than the group do themselves. You can almost hear Numan curl his lip as he
lets his trademark snarl free on a pounding, heavy on bass track, aggressive
track which promises to have Numanoids the World over whipped into a frenzy.
With enough modern day trickery to entice
younger fans, and, several nods back to the early days of Replicas and The
Pleasure Principle, Numan has crafted a modern day anthem which should blast
the cobwebs from between everyone’s ears on his forthcoming November tour.
There’s little doubt that there have been times
over his career where he has stumbled in his own footsteps, but, Love Hurt
Bleed is Numan back at his incredible best, and, whilst the ‘Radio Edit’ of the
song steams along magnificently, it’s the ‘Album Version’ that really roars
along with a backing track that is as memorable as the choral lines themselves.
Gary Numan is back with possibly the best
single of the year.
9/10
Published on Louder Than War 19/09/13 - here
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