The new album will be awesome. Yes, StephenG, what can we do? Keep on rocking, that is what! :)

NEW ALBUM BUMP!!

 

 

Peeled Apples

Jackie Collins Existential Question Time

Me and Stephen Hawking

This Joke Sport Severed

Journal For Plague Lovers

She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach

Facing Page: Top Left

Marlon J.D.

Doors Closing Slowly

All Is Vanity

Pretension/Repulsion

Virginia State Epileptic Colony

William’s Last Words

 

May 18th. Albini production, Edwards lyrics. Get in.

A small tour has been announced as well! Wolverhampton Civic on the 1st of June is one of the dates! Woohoo! Rest of the venues and dates are up on http://www.manics.co.uk. Absolutely love the albums artwork and the songtitles!

Ooooh, a Dublin gig! Tempting.

Booked my ticket for Wolves! Just relistened to Peeled Apples from Zane Lowes show and it is totally awesome!

Got my ticket! Wayhey! Trying to avoid hearing anymore of the songs now until I buy the album as I think hearing them in isolation spoils the effect a bit. Anyone else on here going to the gigs in May/June?

Not me :(

 

Although I've pre-ordered the 2-cd version of the album

Wanna preorder my copy as well! Link up on official site to be able to do this.

I'm paying the grand total of nothing for my album

 

unless you can put some sort of money value on 2600 nectar points earned for doing surveys

Gonna get mine from HMV I think! Nice piece by John Niven about the album on the official site.

Drip drip.

 

Check multimedia.

JFPL got a 9/10 review from Teletexts Planet Sound. Supermarkets are having the album cover censored because it is apparently 'inappropriate'. Eh? Interview with Nicky up on Planet Sound today talking about Richey.

Guns, Knifes and Naked girls are okay, pictures of girls ain't okay.

The birthmark of the girl in the painting 'looks like blood' apparently. But it's ok for Britney to be almost starkers on her album/single covers. The Ch 4 programme last night was great. James nearly blew the roof of with his vocals and they read some of the song lyrics out in the fashion of a poetry reading which was interesting. A shame Sean is too busy at the moment with new baby to be involved in the promo!

The new album is really good. The lyrics are harder to follow this time around, for me, but they certainly have depth and require repeated listens to figure out roughly what they're about. As for general style, its very much the early Manics sound, with the added benifit of a decade and a half of experience, and it sounds pretty awesome. Plenty of guitars and sone really good hooks and solos throughout. James' voice is on top form, too.

Although I kinda prefer the style of Send Away The Tigers and Everything Must Go, I think it's definitely one of their strongest albums, and probably their most consistent in a while. I'm really impressed, and i only recently started listening to them. Well worth checking out!

Got both versions of the album today! Marlon JD is probably my fave on the album. Can't wait to mosh to it at Wolverhampton. This could be even shades better that The Holy Bible which is a mighty achievement! The demos are fantastic too and really show off James' amazing vocals. If you haven't got it, buy it!

New album is awesome.

Just over a week now til I go to see them in Wolverhampton! Woohoo!

I agree, its a good album.

 

Marlon JD is one of my favourite songs of 2009.

New album is more than awesome, it is fucking amazing,

 

JUNE 4TH!!! :dance:

Seeing them Live??? I hope they can come to Australia, that would be a rare treat.

Which albums should I get of Manics to get into them.

Start wiiiith... hmm, Everything Must Go and the new album, Journal for Plague Lovers.

Which albums should I get of Manics to get into them.

 

This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, The Holy Bible, Journal For Plague Lovers, Everything Must Go, Generation Terrorists and Lifeblood to start you off. Phew! Then when you can afford it get everything else!

Perhaps you should wait until you're a bit more into the Manics before you try The Holy Bible. It's a masterpiece, but I wouldn't recommend it to start with if you're a first time listener. It's not for the faint-hearted, to put it lightly.