Gerard Way on debut solo album: 'My intention was to make 100 percent uncompromised art'

Rocker Gerard Way recently announced details of his debut solo album, which is called 'Hesitant Alien' and will be released on September 30, and has now opened up about the record in a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

Speaking about his new album, the former My Chemical Romance frontman explained that he wanted to make the sound really stand out by making 'small things sound big', and incorporated a lot of his influences into the songs on the cut:

"I wanted to make the small things sound big. My intention was to make 100 percent uncompromised art, using the currently least radio-friendly instrument: the guitar. I knew there would be lots of fuzz pedals. I knew I would play Fender instruments. I knew I would look at who my guitar heroes were in art school, Mary Timony and Carrie Brownstein, and I drew a lot of influence from shoegaze and Brit-pop. I want the record to sonically galvanize people."

'Hesitant Alien', meanwhile, is due to be officially released on September 29 in the UK and the full tracklisting can be seen below: