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Cat: 194398 95431. Rel: 13 Sep 21
Indie/Alternative

Side 1 - Track 1. Still Snowing In SapporoSide 1 - Track 2. OrwellianSide 1 - Track 3. The Secret He Had Missed (feat Julia Cumming)Side 1 - Track 4. Quest For Ancient ColourSide 1 - Track 5. Don't Let The Night Divide UsSide 2 - Track 1. DiapauseSide 2 - Track 2. Complicated IllusionsSide 2 - Track 3. Into The Waves Of LoveSide 2 - Track 4. Blank Diary Entry (feat Mark Lanegan)Side 2 - Track 5. Happy Bored AloneSide 2 - Track 6. Afterending

Manic Street Preachers don't necessarily get the respect they should in 2021. Catapulted to 1990s super-indie-stardom by the albums Everything Must Go and This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, guaranteeing a spot on every self-respecting (or sales-hungry?) compilation of the day, that commercial apex often blinds passersby from what happened before. The staunchly leftist political messaging of 'Suicide Alley', Generation Terrorists, and Against the Soul.

The Ultra Vivid Lament is the 14th album from the Welsh rock titans, who have arguably delivered their finest since those formative years. Playing out like a huge symphony, operatic levels of crescendo par for the course, it's definitive stuff. From soaring choruses to the glam pop keys, it's a fine example of their deft ability to juxtapose troubled images of broken Britain with chart friendly tunes.