Futurology (Deluxe Version)
For a band whose existence has always been predicated on a balance between genius and fiasco, to hear them get it this right is still a thrill.
With their twelfth album and one of their best in years, Manic Street Preachers display a stylistic freedom that one might call reinvention if it didn't still sound just like the Manics.
Album review: Manic Street Preachers - Futurology. "A sprightly 12th set from the Welsh rockers…"
For their 12th album, the Manics are influenced by Krautrock and early Simple Minds, without succumbing to paunchy homage, writes <strong>Ally Carnwath</strong>
<p><strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>: The Manics' exhilarating, krautrock-tinged 11th album is unmistakably theirs, but unlike anything they've done before</p>
Manic Street Preachers - Futurology review: He who controls the past controls the future
There's a steely sleekness to Manic Street Preachers' latest album , says Helen Brown