Manic Street Preachers / The Ultra Vivid Lament 2CD deluxe

Description

Album on CD1, demos on CD2 Bookset

The Ultra Vivid Lament is the 14thstudio album from Manic Street Preachers. It 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.

Musically, The Ultra Vivid Lament is inspired by a formative years record box (ABBA, post-Eno Roxy, the Bunnymen, Fables-era REM, Lodger) though the end result could only be the unique union of James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore, collectively one of the UKs most consistently brilliant rocknroll bands for over three decades.

This2CD deluxe edition contains a bonus disc of demos

The Ultra Vivid Lament is released on 3 September 2021

CD 1

1. Still Snowing In Sapporo
2. Orwellian
3. The Secret He Had Missed
4. Quest For Ancient Colour
5. Dont Let the Night DivideUs
6. Diapause
7. Complicated Illusions
8. Into The Waves of Love
9. Blank Diary Entry
10. Happy Bored Alone
11. Afterending

CD2

1. Still Snowing in Sapporo(Demo)
2. Orwellian(Demo)
3. The Secret He Had Missed(Demo)
4. Quest for Ancient Colour(Demo)
5. Dont Let The Night Divide Us(Nicky Wire Home Demo)
6. Dont Let The Night Divide Us(Demo)
7. Diapause(Demo)
8. Complicated Illusions(Nicky Wire Home Demo)
9. Complicated Illusions(Demo)
10. Into The Waves of Love(Demo)
11. Blank Diary Entry(Demo)
12. Happy Bored Alone(Demo)
13. Afterending(Demo)