General Article name: Rewind the Film
Genre: Pop englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: SMI COL Number of tracks: 12 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Manic Street Preachers - This Sullen Welsh Heart 2. Manic Street Preachers - Show Me the Wonder 3. Manic Street Preachers - Rewind the Film 4. Manic Street Preachers - Builder of Routines 5. Manic Street Preachers - 4 Lonely Roads 6. Manic Street Preachers - (I Miss The) Tokyo Skyline 7. Manic Street Preachers - Anthem for a Lost Cause 8. Manic Street Preachers - As Holy as the Soil (That Buries Your Skin) 9. Manic Street Preachers - 3 Ways to See Despair 10. Manic Street Preachers - Running Out of Fantasy 11. Manic Street Preachers - Manorbier 12. Manic Street Preachers - 30-Year War   Description Description

It's hard not to view the title of Rewind the Film as a conscious allusion to how the Manic Street Preachers are pursuing their career in the second decade of the new millennium. Journal for Plague Lovers, the Steve Albini-recorded collection of new songs set to abandoned Richey Edwards lyrics, functioned as ground zero, the new Holy Bible from which they moved forward, first with Postcards from a Young Man, the companion piece to Everything Must Go, and now to Rewind the Film, a corollary to the melodramatic MOR of This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours. As with Postcards, the comparisons between Rewind the Film and its predecessor don't scan cleanly. Now in their third decade as a band, the Manics certainly are comfortable with mellow theatrics, perhaps even more than they were when they were channeling Queen on This Is My Truth, but they're also keen to pursue gentlemanly adventures, threading a strong British folk undercurrent into their 11th album and sometimes taking the time to punctuate proceedings with a bracing bit of brass. Despite these subdued flourishes, contemplation is the order of the day here, Rewind the Film achieving an appealingly woozy, early-hours-of-the morning vibe, thanks in part to canny cameos from Richard Hawley, Lucy Rose, and Cate Le Bon, kindred spirits who can find the comfort in misery. Occasionally, Nicky Wire's lyrics drift back toward free-floating angst -- "my ecosystem is based on hatred" is a line that feels perpetually adolescent -- but the combined effect of the sometimes tortured words and the gentle, never-conflicting currents of folk, anthemic rock, cinematic instrumentals, and mannered pop create a welcome impression of a group that acknowledges that they've entered a comfortable middle age but are happy to fight against complacency however they can. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Contributors Artist: Manic Street Preachers Record Label: Columbia