Manic Street Preachers "Rewind the Film"

September 2013
Rock

01. This Sullen Welsh Heart (feat. Lucy Rose)
02. Show Me the Wonder
03. Rewind the Film (feat. Richard Hawley)
04. Builder of Routines
05. 4 Lonely Roads (feat. Cate Le Bon)
06. (I Miss the) Tokyo Skyline
07. Anthem for a Lost Cause
08. As Holy as the Soil (that Buries Your Skin)
09. 3 Ways to See Despair
10. Running out of Fantasy
11. Manorbier
12. 30-Year War

GENERAL COMMENTS: Three years after "Postcards from a Young Man", the Welsh band releases its 11th studio album. "Rewind the Film" is an album that grows on you bit by bit until you fall into its magic. Although it has some classic Manic Street Preachers tracks like the brilliant "Show me the wonder" or "Anthem for a lost cause", the album is the band's most introspective, melodic and acoustic one. "Rewind the Film" is a reinvention of the band's sound, heartfelt, nostalgic and powerful at the same time. A brand new Manic Street Preachers chapter has just begun!

MY TOP-3 TRACKS: Show me the wonder, Rewind the film, Anthem for a lost cause

VERDICT: 8/10