Album Info

Hesitant Alien

Alternative - 2014

Having freed himself from the pressures of leading one of the emo revival's most successful bands, former My Chemical Romance... more

Tracklist

1

The Bureau

2:37 min
2

Action Cat

3:07 min
3

No Shows

4:12 min
4

Brother

4:30 min
5

Millions

3:28 min
6

Zero Zero

2:49 min
7

Juarez

2:49 min
8

Drugstore Perfume

4:49 min
9

Get the Gang Together

3:40 min
10

How It's Going To Be

3:44 min
11

Maya the Psychic

3:01 min

About Hesitant Alien

Having freed himself from the pressures of leading one of the emo revival's most successful bands, former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way debuts with a solo album that sounds distinctly liberated. There's hardly any MCR-style music here, but there's a ton of everything else: '70s glam rock ("Get the Gang Together"), '80s indie rock ("Juarez"), '90s Britpop ("Millions"). While tunes like "Action Cat" show that Way can still craft a great hook, others such as the fuzz-bomb "Zero Zero" demonstrate his eagerness to explore new sounds. Heck, "Drugstore Perfume" is soaring shoegaze. Hesitant Alien is a bold next step.