The release of Manic Street Preachers' new album has been delayed.
This album, 'Critical Thinking', which was originally set to be released on Friday (January 31), has been pushed back to February 14, according to promotional posters, with previous posters saying the release date was February 7.
The delay has not gone unnoticed with fans, who have been quick to voice their opinions online, with one fan remarking: “Be Christmas at this rate".
Another added: “Manics fans can be so negative. We’re all excited for the new album, but it’s obviously pushed back for a reason, it happens. Just be supportive rather than moaning".
However, fear not Manic Street Preachers fans, as the band will release their new single, 'Brushstrokes of Reunion' on Friday (January 31). More on this here.
Last October, Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire offered a sneak preview about what fans can expect from this new album, 'Critical Thinking'.
“While the music has an effervescence and an elegiac uplift, most of the words deal with the cold analysis of the self, the exception being the three lyrics by James [Dean Bradfield, frontman] which look for and hopefully find answers in people, their memories, language and beliefs,” said Wire.
“The music is energised and at times euphoric. Recording could sometimes be sporadic and isolated, at other times we played live in a band setting, again the opposites making sense with each other. There are crises at the heart of these songs. They are microcosms of skepticism and suspicion, the drive to the internal seems inevitable – start with yourself, maybe the rest will follow".
