Today Gary Numan has officially launched a campaign through Making Music for his forthcoming new album.
Numan revealed that he purposely avoided writing anything for this new record until today's launch of the campaign because he wants fans to witness the entire process. Much like his previous campaign for Savage, fans will see songs/lyrics/arrangements form and morph from ideas and concepts to the final result.
"Making an album is challenging on many levels. As I’ve said many times before, starting a new album project is very much like standing at the foot of a mountain, looking up and realizing that you have a long and difficult climb ahead. At times it will go well, at other times it will be incredibly difficult and stressful, and it’s always daunting. Confidence will be high one day, and destroyed the next. Frustrations will set in, tempers will flare and at times it will seem impossible, hopeless. Truly euphoric moments of triumph will be few but, hopefully, they will happen from time to time. You will witness songs develop from the very first note, through the many ups and downs of its tortuous path to the finished, produced, mastered piece of music that we will go on to play at shows all over the world."
The album is expected to be completed and released in 2020 (release date TBA). In the meantime fans can sit back and enjoy the ride.
As part of the campaign, Numan has offered up many rare items from his vaults including equipment like processers and dat machines; lyric sheets, printed music booklets, legacy tour books, test pressings (including pressings for Telekon, I, Assassin, and Music For Chameleons) along with other exclusive items. Head here to view Numan's full statement and pre-order options.
Published March 22nd, 2019
