Gary Numan Releases New Single ‘I Am Dust’, discusses new album details.

Electronic music pioneer Gary Numan just released a new single ‘I Am Dust.‘ It’s from the upcoming, long in the works album ‘Splinter’ which will be released October 14th.

Listen to it below:

In an interview with Stereogum, Numan discussed the album’s difficult gestation, which has taken over seven years to complete;

“The album has gone from being something that I was terrified to start to being something that I’m extremely proud of, so it’s a fantastic kind of end result for me,…But the first few years were really difficult. I was on antidepressants for three years, and all that horrible stuff. I’m glad all that’s gone because that was no fun at all.”

In addition his discussed how his wife struggled from postpartum depression from their third child, and a move from the UK to L.A. all took its toll on the process. 

Numan will help promote the new album by opening up for select dates on Nine Inch Nails upcoming tour for their new album ‘Hesitation Marks.’

Trent Reznor has long acknowledged Numan as a major influence on his work, having covered tracks ‘Engineers’ and ‘Metal’ in the 90’s and performing live with him on Nine Inch Nail’s last tour.

Reznor had this to say about Numan’s influence;

“I was always impressed by the way Gary Numan found his own voice…it was unusual…but it was unmistakably him …I see me doing what I learned from him.”

Here’s the track listing for ‘Splinter’, followed by listings for his upcoming tour dates, both with Nine Inch Nails and his own headlining tour.

Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind):

1. I Am Dust
2. Here in the Black
3. Everything Comes Down to This
4. The Calling
5. Splinter
6. Lost
7. Love Hurt Bleed
8. A Shadow Falls on Me
9. Where I Can Never Be
10. We’re the Unforgiven
11. Who Are You
12. My Last Day

Tour dates:

08/28 Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
08/29 Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
08/30 Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club
08/31 Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival
09/01 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
09/03 Oakland, CA – Metro Opera House
09/04 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
10/25 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
10/26 Asheville, NC – Mountain Oasis Festival
10/27 Washington, DC – The Black Cat
10/29 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/30 Sunrise, FL – BB&T Center *
10/31 Orlando, FL – Amway Center *

* with Nine Inch Nails