Manic Street Preachers / Resistance is Futile / new album due in April

Looks like it could be No 1 :

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/manic-street-preachers-new-album-resistance-is-futile-could-be-their-first-number-1-in-20-years__22530/

I like the Manics, I like the Manics even more when I don’t read the promotional interviews by Nicky Wire. When he tones down his lyrics and stops trying to come across as overtly intellectual it works so much better. A Design For Life and If You Tolerate This (and others of the period) worked so well because he was much more subtle in what was his latest reading muse. He even mentions it in an interview that JDB had said he didn’t know what the f*** he was on about. Sums it up when the guy who’s making your lyrics into a song doesn’t get it.

Can’t help but wish James would work on another solo album after this so we don’t have to face another outpouring of ‘intellectual sludge’ in 2 years time when Nicky thinks this album is too simplistic in its message.

Pre ordered In November 2017 and coming out now? That’s Nothing!

I pre ordered a Killing Joke LP from Pledge Music In December 2016 …. it’s been delayed… and delayed.. And further delayed…. its supposed to be coming out in November 2018 now …. so a pre order of nearly 2 Years!

What the hells that all about Pledge Music!

I bet they’re hoping this will shift a few more concert tickets for them! Only one date sold out so far to my knowledge & last week I checked at the Genting arena / NEC & they had loads left!

I preordered the 2CD deluxe from Amazon UK and keep a lookout for the Japanese…if there are more bonus tracks, I will simply just cancel my preorder…I still need the Japanese deluxes of the last 2….Futurology & Rewind The Film…had the UK deluxe of RTF but when I saw the Japanese one, I sold it…someone on the reissue thread mentioned Gold Against the Soul getting SDE treatment and I say no way…they hate it…i have the 2009 2CD Japanese 4Real reissue and that will prob be final…

You’ve got a few nice collectors options on this one:

The early birds who went for signed individual or bundled items in the manics store:
The very fetching exclusive red vinyl exclusive to the manics store (don’t know how many pressed) – but still available
The newly announced Indie Stores Exclusive White Vinyl
The standard black vinyl (available here and in all good indie stores) – Probably Amazon shortly as well.
The double CD collectors book set,

A little hard on the pocket if you like to collect all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle, but it’s good that there’s plenty of options out there.

There you go ..a housing development…if I tolerate..etc

This has been available for quite awhile,ordered a signed copy November time ,long since sold out!

Ordered the deluxe cd version 2 months ago.

I ordered my signed copy from the MSP website ages ago. I think they sold out in a matter of days. On to another matter, Iwonder why they had to vacate their Cardiff studio?. Anybody know?

I’m stuck to “Know Your Enemy” with the Manics, since I didn’t like the two subsequent records and just stopped following them. This single sounds good though, maybe I should give it a try.

Where’s the video been shooted? Is it somewhere in Italy?

Nice cover art.

I ordered the deluxe cd, coloured vinyl and cassette bundle for £40 from the Manics website

Anybody selling a cassette deck? (Joking I probably have one in the loft, next to my minidisc player)

I think it’s signed too, or I might be confusing that with the Franz Ferdinand album lol

For the shop, will the exclusion of VAT ever be incorporated for those of us overseas and eligible? It can make a big difference for larger ticket items.

Thanks Paul, just bagged my copy via the SDE shop :-)

Any news on the Japanese version? These tend to have another two tracks tacked on to disc one.

Hi Paul, is the money taken straightaway or on shipment?

I’ve touched on this subject before Paul but this time I guess you’re closer to the possible answer, how limited is limited?