The ex-My Chemical Romance leader mines grunge, shoegaze's sonic collages and post-punk angularity for his debut solo album Hesitant Alien, which features all manner of crunching, jangly and spiky guitars, bringing to mind The Jesus and Mary Chain (Drugstore Perfume) and the glam rock sleaze of T-Rex (Get the Gang Together) in one of the year's more startling sonic reinventions.
• Gerard Way. Hesitant Alien. Warner Brothers.
• Four stars (out of five)
Single download: Get the Gang Together
For those who like: David Bowie, The Jesus and Mary Chain, T-Rex
- John Hayden
