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Old 28-06-2018, 16:36
Phil C Phil C is offline
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I've heard all the extra tracks except 'Mirror Gaze', frustratingly.

My favourite is definitely 'A Soundtrack For Complete Withdrawal', which is basically the Manics doing Depeche Mode (the 'withdrawal' could even be taken as a drug reference, and the 'tie your blindfold' line sounds like it comes straight out of a DM song). I love the synths - along with 'In Eternity' this is more the sound I expected from 'Futurology' - I'd definitely have put it on RIF, probably in the 'Song For The Sadness' slot.

'Holding Patterns' has a great verse, but the chorus is a little pedestrian. Still better than 'Distant Colours' though, so I'd swap it for that.

'Concrete Fields' isn't one of the very best of the songs Nick has sung but I still like it a lot. Not sure I'd put it on the album but a very decent extra track.

Now, if I could only get hold of Mirror Gaze...
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