Splinter: Songs From a Broken Mind

Electronic · 2013 · 12 tracks · 54m

Splinter: Songs From a Broken Mind

A heavy, cinematic collision of industrial metal and darkwave. Gary Numan's most personal and aggressive work, balancing crushing synths with fragile piano.

It's like the soundtrack to a futuristic noir film where the robot protagonist is having a breakdown.

A heavy, cinematic exploration of isolation and mental fragility wrapped in cold, industrial steel.

Splinter: Songs From a Broken Mind · vs · Gary Numan

Mental Health+3.8σ

The writing leans far further into mental health than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 54m

01

I Am Dust

4:08

02

Here in the Black

4:56

03

Everything Comes Down to This

4:39

04

The Calling

4:33

05

Splinter

5:26

06

Lost

4:42

07

Love Hurt Bleed

4:52

08

A Shadow Falls on Me

3:07

09

Where I Can Never Be

3:46

10

We’re the Unforgiven

5:22

11

Who Are You

3:45

12

My Last Day

5:30

Moments Worth Waiting For

The massive, distorted synth riff that opens I Am Dust, setting a tone of immediate mechanical aggression.

The haunting, Eastern-influenced string melody that weaves through the title track, Splinter.

The transition from the aggressive Love Hurt Bleed into the fragile, piano-led vulnerability of Lost.

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