9Numan Savages Trump
G
ary Numan has revealed
upcoming new album
Savage was “shaped” by
Donald Trump. The follow-
up to 2013’s Splinter
(Songs from a Broken Mind) is due
later this year and Numan told Classic
Pop: “I’m not a Trump fan but he had a
shaping on the record. It’s not specifi cally
about him, but the entire album is based
on his attitude to global warming. It was
only when Trump came along I leant
more towards a science fi ction-type vibe.
If global warming happens, if we tip the
scales, the world all becomes a desert,
it’s that sort of thing.”
The music bares all the hallmarks of a
Numan classic, but it also promises new
ideas. “It’s broad strokes, it’s hardcore
electronic and industrial in the way that
Splinter... was,” he explains. “But in
more detail, it’s quite different, I mean
there isn’t one song that you could put
on Splinter... and it would sound like it
belonged. It’s hard to put into words.
The production on it is better, I think Ade
Fenton has done an amazing job. It’s
heavy, miserable lyrics about horrible
things you know. Lots of death and dying,
why I hate God.”
Numan still has work to complete
before releasing the record and
then launching a 14-date UK tour,
commencing at Cardiff Tramshed on
30 September.
He says: “I’ve got to do the artwork
and write three more songs for giveaways
and exclusives that won’t be on the
album, then I have a little holiday in July.
We’ve got some shows at the end of that
month then we’re into the album and the
tour itself.”
Numan was recently honoured at
the Ivor Novellos where he received
the Inspiration Award. Visibly thrilled,
Numan told Classic Pop: “It has the
most credibility, short of the Grammys,
it’s fantastic. But I do fi nd looking back
embarrassing, the way you look and
move, you just have to endure all that,
it’s like looking at embarrassing school
pictures. But it’s nice to see people that I
admire saying nice things.“UP
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