Dystopian visions are nothing new in the world of metal/industrial music, but Gary Numan's latest LP focuses on the fact that we're already living through an environmental apocalypse - no imagination needed. Intruder is a record that (let's face it) could have been a cringey car crash - ageing LA-based rock star, whose heyday is (rightly or wrongly) seen as the early 80s, creates album inspired by 11-year-old daughter's poem and voices the earth's complaints at what mankind has done to it - but it actually turns out to be a genuine career highlight.
My review is up on the Buzz site, where you'll also find Carl Marsh's chat with the man himself, in which he talks about climate change and the anxiety that rediscovering success brings. Meanwhile, the Quietus' Alastair Shuttleworth interviewed him together with his collaborator/producer/friend Ade Fenton, the man who has helped to catalyse his creative renaissance.
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