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Manic Street Preachers presents their fifteenth studio album and the accompanying UK tour, "Critical Thinking" will be released by Columbia on January 31, 2025.
"Critical Thinking" celebrates the clashing contradictory ideas, with lyrics of unwavering depth meeting some of the most straightforward and addictive melodies the band has ever recorded.
Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers talks about "Critical Thinking": “It’s a record where opposites collide, where dialectics try to find a way to resolution. While the music is effervescent and elegiac, most of the lyrics deal with the cold analysis of the self, except for the three lyrics by James (Dean Bradfield) that seek and, hopefully, find answers in people, their memories, their language, and their beliefs. The music is energetic and sometimes euphoric. The recording has sometimes been sporadic and isolated, while at other times, we played live as a group, again the oppositions make sense in relation to each other. There are crises at the heart of these songs. They are microcosms of skepticism and suspicion, the drive inward seems inevitable - start with yourself, maybe the rest will follow.”
Speaking to Mojo Magazine, James Dean Bradfield said: “Sometimes, you just need to have your best songs, to release a record without trying to describe a big overarching concept, even if there is a common thread.”
The album is available on vinyl, CD, deluxe CD, and cassette. With two exclusive songs available on a limited 7-inch vinyl, as well as a remix of “Decline & Fall” by Steven Wilson and demo versions of all the new tracks from the album on the deluxe CD.
Manic Street Preachers has announced a series of tour dates in the UK to follow the album's release.
The band states about the album: “It’s a record where opposites confront each other, where dialectics try to find a way to resolution. While the music is effervescent and elegiac, most of the lyrics deal with the cold analysis of the self, except for the three lyrics by James (Dean Bradfield) that seek and hope to find answers in people, their memories, their language, and their beliefs.”