Gary Numan’s new Album ‘Dead Son Rising’ out now; Listen to the New Album Exclusively on Consequence of Sound; Numan Confirmed to Appear on NPR’s World Cafe Dec. 15

Posted by Marc Urselli New & Upcoming Releases

Dec 082011

*GARY NUMAN**:** NEW ALBUM** **‘DEAD SON RISING’** OUT NOW**

LISTEN TO THE NEW ALBUM EXCLUSIVELY FOR ONE WEEK ONLY ON CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

LEGENDARY NEW WAVE PIONEER CONFIRMED TO APPEAR ON **NPR’s WORLD CAFÉ** ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15**

U.K. TOUR STARTS TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7*****

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Legendary new wave pioneer *GARY NUMAN* is celebrating the release of *DEAD SON RISING*, his new album out now via RED distribution in the U.S. and globally available through *www.numan.co.uk*. Listen to the full album stream of *DEAD SON RISING* exclusively for one week only beginning today at * http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/12/stream-gary-numan-dead-son-rising/ *. *GARY *will be the special guest on *NPR’s World Cafe* with host *David Dye* next *Thursday, December 15* from 2:00-4:00pm ET. Tune in to hear *GARY * discuss his musical influences, history and what’s coming up next for the iconic electro rocker. *NPR’s World Café* can be heard on over *200 stations nationwide*, find your station here: * http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/schedule/?prgId=39*. Online and worldwide fans can hear the broadcast live directly on the WXPN Philadelphia stream on Thursday, December 15 from 2-4PM ET here: * http://www.xpn.org/music-artist/xpn-stream*, the show will be archived on *NPR *later that day: * http://www.npr.org/programs/world-cafe/*. GARY and his band will kick off a U.K tour beginning Wednesday, December 7. The short trek features a stop at the *All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival* in *Minehead, Somerset* on *Saturday, December 20*.

For *DEAD SON RISING*–a far more experimental and unique album than such previous releases as–*Jagged*, *Pure* and *Exile*–*GARY *teamed up with longtime collaborator *ADE FENTON* to co-write and produce the effort. *DEAD SON RISING* is garnering early critical acclaim overseas and in the U.S.:*

MOJO* (November 2011) “Its diversity is its strength. *‘Big Noise Transmission’* does what it says on the tin, but just as potent is ‘When The Sky Bleeds’ with skeletal electronic rhythms swelling into a chorus where Numan sounds surprisingly soulful. Brilliant!’”*

ARTROCKER* “The untouchable mafia dons of the 20th Century are discussing him in deity-like terms (Prince: ‘There are still people trying to work out what a genius Gary Numan is.’). All of that certainly rings true when you’re dealing with an artist who sounds this good 30 years into their career. *Gary Numan has delivered one of the great conceptual dystopian rock albums of all time* . . . “(November 2011)*

CLASSIC ROCK* “‘Synth-pop pioneer’s guitar crunch album is a cracker. The tracks ‘Dead Sun Rising’ and ‘Not The Love We Dream Of’ are as good as anything he’s ever done. *Dead Son Rising** is now and it’s excellent*.’” (December 2011)*

RECORD COLLECTOR* “*Experimental and classic Numan*. Rather than resting on his laurels, Numan is out there fashioning new ones.” (November 2011)*

UNCUT* “*Cold digital riffing and tuneful sci-fi sermons*. 2011 looks like one of those years when Gary Numan finds himself in fashion.” (November 2011)*

FMV MAGAZINE.Com* “…packed *full of sinister grooves*, *dark disco* and *enigmatic goth-rock,* with space left over for a bit of expansive soul-searching too.” (December 2011)

*NUMAN* continues to put the finishing touches on his new album for 2012 titled *SPLINTER*. This summer, he collaborated with *Battles *for their new single *“My Machines,”* out now on *Warp Records*, see video below which also features *GARY*. No doubt the renewed vigor came partly from his *critically acclaimed* tour last fall celebrating the *30th anniversary* of his *seminal album The Pleasure Principle*. *GARY* and his band thrilled *sold-out crowds* across the U.S. late last year. Expect the group to announce a worldwide tour soon.****

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*GARY NUMAN* Battles *“My Machines”* video: http://clicks.skem1.com/trkr/?c=5138&g=4708&u=ab10be32e4218803c88a4d81b16873cf&p=abf260dd16b25d5e51c343f1d6751155&t=1 [image: Image removed by sender.]****