James Dean Bradfield Confirms Manic Street Preachers Have Finished Two New Albums
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
Welsh rock icons Manic Street Preachers have confirmed they’ve finished writing two brand new albums, three years on from their last record ‘Postcards from a Young Man’ hitting shelves.
The band entered a brief hiatus following their last record, but since then they’ve been busy at work in the studio - and have recorded 35 brand new tracks, which they’ll be releasing over the space of two albums; one acoustic, and one ‘European’ influenced album. Speaking to NME about the new LPs, frontman James Dean Bradfield commented:
“We've nearly finished mixing this one. It's much more acoustic based – I think there's one electric guitar on the entire record. But it's not Campfire Street Preachers, we're not banging boxes or anything. The lead track sounds like a mix between 'Rocks Off'-era Stones and Vegas-era Elvis.”
He continued on to talk of their second album, saying:
“It's a lot spikier and shinier. It's much more band-based, a tiny bit of krautrock influence. It's not like 'The Holy Bible' but there's a bit of the same intent and threat. Lyrically, it's got a European fascination. The landscape of Europe, the malaise of Europe, the malaise of us Brits not feeling part of it. We're not talking like the Tories, don't worry – there's not a song where we opt out of Europe. The lead track is me singing half in English and half in German.”
It’s unknown when the albums will be released, and whether they’ll be spacing them apart, but we look like we may be lucky enough to be gifted some brand new Manics material before the end of 2013. Stick with Stereoboard for future updates on the band - we’ll let you know if they decide to take the records on tour
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