A Design For Life

One of my favourite bands of the 90s, The Manic Street Preachers, were the focus of Planet Rock Profiles (staple of night time TV) tonight. Inspired by The Clash, as are so many great bands, they have re-invented their sound several times, ranging from melodic charm to political rant, they are always interesting. The Holy Bible is one of the best pieces of art from the latter half of the 20th century, I think. Not to be predictable they followed that with one of the best pieces of collected pop - Everything Must Go, which if you leave for a while and then come back to just sounds amazing, every tune tells such a powerful story, but never sacrifices melody just to be different. Their seventh album (not including the greatest hits), Lifeblood, was released at the start of the month. Rock on! Kx