{"id":2432,"date":"2013-11-12T11:55:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T16:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2014-04-07T21:45:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T01:45:13","slug":"gary-numan-splinter-songs-from-a-broken-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/11\/12\/gary-numan-splinter-songs-from-a-broken-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Numan, Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/11\/12\/gary-numan-splinter-songs-from-a-broken-mind\/gnsplinter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2434\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gnsplinter.jpg\" alt=\"gnsplinter\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2434\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gnsplinter.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gnsplinter-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are times when I wish I could transmit the experience of listening to body of music for the first time whole and complete and unfiltered, so that y&#8217;all could experience it just as I did.<\/p>\n<p>Because if I could, all of you would be able to stand with me on the subway platform on a crisp cold sunny morning, half-asleep and surrounded by other commuters, while the initial notes of <i>I Am Dust<\/i>, the first song from <i>Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)<\/i> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.garynuman.com\/\">Gary Numan<\/a> rolled over us like a grimy tide coming in. They&#8217;re darkly seductive and a little bit intoxicating, like heavy sweet aural smoke. <\/p>\n<p>And perhaps, as I did, you all would smile into your scarves and let the dark tide pull you under.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/103225299\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I think about <i>Splinter<\/i>, now that I&#8217;ve listened to it a few times: it is a dark, dense, contemplative record, rigorously constructed and at times a little chilly. A candle-lit cathedral with broken windows. It is gloomy, but pleasingly so.<\/p>\n<p>And while the slower songs &#8211; and there are several &#8211; are lovely, the places where the lights that shine most brightly through the gloom are the club bangers, like <i>Love Hurt Bleed:<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Gary Numan - Love Hurt Bleed\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_46kXvXV42Qk\"><div id=\"lyte_46kXvXV42Qk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/46kXvXV42Qk\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Gary Numan - Love Hurt Bleed<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/46kXvXV42Qk\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/46kXvXV42Qk\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Numan - Love Hurt Bleed\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Note: there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookingvinylcodes.com\/garynuman\/remix\/\">remix competition<\/a> going on for <i>Love Hurt Bleed<\/i> through November 25, 2013. Get on that, producers in the audience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are times when I wish I could transmit the experience of listening to body of music for the first time whole and complete and unfiltered, so that y&#8217;all could experience it just as I did. 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