Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament (LP)

Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament (LP) Manic Street Preachers return with their 14th studio album ÜThe Ultra Vivid Lamentâ ÜThe Ultra Vivid Lamentâ 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. A departure from their last release (2018âs ÜResistance is Futileâ), ÜThe Ultra Vivid Lamentâ is the first Manic Street Preachers album initially conceived on piano rather than guitar. It was recorded over winter 2020/21 in Wales at Rockfield in Monmouth and the bandsâ Door to the River studio in Newport with longtime collaborator Dave Eringa (The Who), before being mixed by David Wrench (Blossoms, Frank Ocean, Arlo Parks). The album features two guest vocalists: Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean) on ÜThe Secret He Had Missedâ and Mark Lanegan on ÜBlank Diary Entryâ. TRACKLISTING SIDE A 1. Still Snowing in Sapporo 2. Orwellian 3. The Secret He Had Missedà(Feat. Julia Cumming) 4. Quest for Ancient Colour 5. Donât Let the Night Divide Us SIDE B 6. Diapause 7. Complicated illusions 8. Into the Waves of Love 9. Blank Diary Entry (Feat. Mark Lanegan) 10. Happy Bored Alone 11. Afterending