‘Critical Thinking’ – Manic Street Preachers eagerly awaited 15th album is released today having received fantastic reviews and amazing radio support. 4 tracks (‘Decline & Fall’, ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’, ‘People Ruin Paintings’ and ‘Brushstrokes of Reunion’) have previewed the release and given a taster for the new release.
- ’Critical Thinking’ shows that with the Manics, rage never sleeps” 9/10 Classic Rock
- “Rarely have ruminations of decline in fact sounded more rigorous” 4/5 Mojo
- “A meticulous, strident and euphoric sounding record” Clash 8/10
- “Met with the void, the Manics battle on to fill it with beauty and rage” NME 4/5
- Still flatly refusing to make peace with the world, They’re needed more than ever.” 4/5 Record Collector
Track listing:
- Critical Thinking
- Decline & Fall
- Brushstrokes of Reunion
- Hiding in Plain Sight
- People Ruin Paintings
- Dear Stephen
- Being Baptised
- My Brave Friend
- Out of Time Revival
- Deleted Scenes
- Late Day Peaks
- OneManMilitia
The band’s Uk tour sold out immediately on release last year, they have just returned from their first dates of 2025 in Japan and have been confirmed as playing several festivals in the summer.
‘Critical Thinking’ celebrates conflicting ideas colliding, with unflinchingly soul-searching lyrics meeting some of the most head-on, addictive melodies the band have ever recorded.
The record is available on LP, CD, hardbook CD and cassette with two brand new songs available on a limited 7”, a remix of ‘Decline & Fall’ by Steven Wilson and demo versions of all the new album tracks on an extended CD.