From Loudersound.
Manic Street Preachers have shared the second single, The Secret He Had Missed, from their forthcoming album The Ultra Vivid Lament. The new album is set for release on September 3 via Columbia/Sony.
The Secret He Had Missed is a summery pop number that features shimmering vocals, courtesy of Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean), and cascading ABBA-style piano lines.
Accompanied by a slightly disjointed music video directed by the band’s long-time visual collaborator Kieran Evans, the video transitions from scenic shots of seascapes in Tenby to a room with a giant sparkling disco ball located in Newport’s Dolman Theatre.
On top of their previously-announced festival shows, Manic Street Preachers will also be performing the new album on a 14 date cross-country tour. Special guests on all headline shows will be The Anchoress (not including the Wembley date). Tickets are now on sale.
The Ultra Vivid Lament tracklist:
1.Still Snowing In Sapporo
2. Orwellian
3. The Secret He Had Missed
4. Quest For Ancient Colour
5. Don’t Let the Night Divide Us
6. Diapause
7. Complicated Illusions
8. Into The Waves of Love
9. Blank Diary Entry
10. Happy Bored Alone
11. Afterending
New tour dates:
Sept 26: Newcastle O2 City Hall, UK
Sept 28: Edinburgh Usher Hall, UK
Sept 19: Dundee Caird Hall, UK
Oct 01: Stoke-On-Trent Victoria Hall, UK
Oct 02: Manchester O2 Apollo, UK
Oct 04: York Barbican, UK
Oct 05: Glasgow Barrowland, UK
Oct 07: Leeds O2 Academy, UK
Oct 08: Portsmouth Guildhall, UK
Oct 10: Bournemouth O2 Academy, UK
Oct 11: Cambridge Corn Exchange, UK
Oct 13: Bath Forum, UK
Oct 14: Brighton Dome, UK
Dec 03: London The SSE Arena Wembley, UK
Previously announced live shows:
Aug 29: Alcester Camper Calling Music Festival, UK
Sept 10: Halifax Live at Piece Hall, UK
Sept 18: Jersey Electric Park Festival, JE
Sept 19: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (NHS workers show) – rescheduled, UK
Sept 20: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (NHS public show) – rescheduled, UK
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- Manic Street Preachers - Theme From M.A.S.H. - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $19.05, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 30-Oct-2024 18:00)on November 20, 2024 at 9:03 pm
MANIC STREET PREACHERS Theme From M.A.S.H. (1992 UK limited edition 7" vinyl single, also including The Fatima Mansions' cover version of Everything I Do [I Do It For You], picture sleeve)
- Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against The Soul - GOLD CD - UK - CD album - £24.99, $31.74, €29.99 (New Item) (arrived 01-Oct-2024 13:54)on November 20, 2024 at 9:03 pm
MANIC STREET PREACHERS Gold Against The Soul (Scarce 1993 UK limited edition GOLD 10-track CD album, includes La Tristesse Durera and Roses In The Hospital, numbered picture sleeve with hype stickers 4740649)
- Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament - 180 Gram Vinyl + Shrink - UK - vinyl LP - £24.99, $31.74, €29.99 (New Item) (arrived 03-Jul-2024 11:03)on November 20, 2024 at 9:03 pm
MANIC STREET PREACHERS The Ultra Vivid Lament (2021 UK/EU limited edition 11-track LP pressed on 180-gram Heavyweight Vinyl, their fourteenth studio album is both reflection and reaction - a record that gazes in isolation across a cluttered room, fogged by often painful memories, to focus on an open window framing a gleaming vista of land melting into sea and endless sky, including the singles 'Orwellian' and 'The Secret He Had Missed'. The vinyl shows light signs of play issued in the picture sleeve which retains its opened shrinkwrap and comes with the lyric printed inner)
- Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life - RSD16 - UK - 12" vinyl - £19.99, $25.39, €23.99 (New Item) (arrived 03-Jul-2024 11:11)on November 20, 2024 at 9:03 pm
MANIC STREET PREACHERS A Design For Life (2016 UK limited edition 4-track 12" vinyl EP released exclusively for Record Store Day, including the Original Version and the Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix plus 'Dead Trees And Traffic Islands'and 'Mr. Carbohydrate'. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl appears barely played)
- Manic Street Preachers - Signed Walkerprint - Autographed including Richey - UK - photograph - £495.00, $628.65, €594.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 12-Jul-2024 09:36)on November 20, 2024 at 9:03 pm
MANIC STREET PREACHERS Signed Walkerprint (Very rare Fully Autographed photographic Walkerprint, dated circa 1991 just before the release of Generation Terrorists, featuring an image of the band sat down with Nicky crouched. Despite pin-holes to the top & bottom middle, as well as the corners, the front shows only light discolouration. There is also some remains of poster putty to the corners on the reverse, but this doesn't really impact it in any great way. This has been signed by James, Sean, Nicky and Richey, over each of their images in black felt or ballpoint pen. A superb and authentic piece of Manics history, which would look superb framed)
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