Blog: Are You Gene Hackman?

The first taster from the new Manic Street Preachers album hit the radio and subsequently, faster than you can say "Does anyone still care?", the internet, yesterday. The album, 'Journal for Plague Lovers', is out in May, and is noteworthy since all the lyrics on the album are missing guitarist Richey Edwards'. Adding to the "old MSP" feel, the album's cover art is a Jenny Saville painting, just as was the case on ' The Holy Bible '. And a quick scan of the tracklisting reveals such gems as 'Jackie Collins Existential Question Time' and 'She [...]