Critical Thinking Media Appearances
 

Reviews

Record Collector (February 2025) - ★★★★☆
Classic Rock Magazine (February 2025) - 9/10
Uncut (February 2025) - 7/10
Guitarist (January 2025)
MOJO (March 2025) - ★★★★☆
Morning Star - 27/01/2025 - ★★★★☆
Under The Radar - 29/01/2025 - 8/10
The Observer - 31/01/2025 - ★★★★☆

Print

Tuesday 15th October 2024 - MOJO Magazine (December 2025) - The Manics Get Free On Album 15
Friday 25th October 2024 - NME - Manic Street Preachers Share Bittersweet Single ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’ And Announce New Album ‘Critical Thinking’
Tuesday 10th December 2024 - MOJO Magazine (February 2025) - A Curse Against Elegies
Tuesday 17th December 2024 - Music Week (January 2025)
Friday 20th December 2024 - Manic Street Preachers Official Mailing List - Critical Questions
Monday 30th December 2024 - Record Collector Magazine (February 2025) - Brain Training: Nicky Wire Q&A
Wednesday 22nd January 2025 - Manic Street Preachers Official Mailing List - Critical Questions
Sunday 26th January 2025 - The Observer - 'The Band Feels Like Something You Can Go Into Battle With Against The World'
Monday 27th January 2025 - the Quietus - Opposites Attract: Manic Street Preachers Interviewed
Monday 27th January 2025 - Clash Magazine - Manic Street Preachers - Each Album Ranked
Thursday 30th January 2025 - DIY - Manic Street Preachers: Reflections On A Splintered World
Friday 31st January 2025 - Dork - Manic Street Preachers: "Muzzling Young People Only Leads To Bitterness"
Monday 3rd February 2025 - The New Cue - The Life & Times Of...Nicky Wire
Tuesday 4th February 2025 - THE LINE of BEST FIT - Nicky Wire And The Unity In Opposition
Tuesday 4th February 2025 - Classic Rock Magazine (March 2025) - Songs Of Innocence, Songs Of Experience

Radio

Friday 10th January 2025 - BBC Radio 6 Music - Craig Charles
Friday 10th January 2025 - BBC Radio 6 Music - Nicky Wire's 90s Forever Mix
Monday 3rd February 2025 - Radio X - The Chris Moyles Show
Friday 14th February 2025 - BBC Radio 6 Music - New Music Fix, 1am

TV

Thursday 19th December 2024 - Guitarist - Great Guitar Albums: Everything Must Go by the Manic Street Preachers with James Dean Bradfield
Saturday 21st December 2024 - BBC2 Wales - Other Voices Cardigan
Thursday 30th January 2025 - Soccer A-Z (from 39:33)
Sunday 2nd February 2025 - Channel 4 - Sunday Brunch

Guessing a new single is dropping Jan 9th or 10th then.

"aren't betting on a third act". So that means they've given up on mass appeal but are still going to tour and record, right? *Clutches nonexistent wedding ring.

I would say they are on their 4th if not 5th act with TUVL marking the beginning of the current one. With the article also being This is Their Truth, it seems like they're trying to fit in as many tired cliches as possible...

1st Act: GT - THB
2nd Act: EMG - LB
3rd Act: SATT - RiF (Could consider RTW - RiF as its own act)
4th Act: TUVL -

Plus they usually play up this could be the last in interviews

*Beep....beep... Goes the reversing articulated lorry of denial onto my drive.

Tomorrow I'll pick up a copy of Mojo. 6 pages! It'll probably be shared on social medias but still getting it.
Eeh, I remember Nicky being questioned from the Smash Hits biscuit tin.

James is interviewed in next month's Music Week, out next Tuesday (17/12)

Manic Street Preacher’s James Dean Bradfield looks ahead to the band’s new album Critical Thinking, reflects on why the charts still matter to him and reveals all the things he wishes he’d known sooner.

https://www.musicweek.com/cimages/b9...bca5ae8f23.jpg

Any way to get this apart from spending over a hundred notes to subscribe??

Nice watch that, bird poo story was funny!!

Hopefully they’ve done another guitar segment as well.

Some Critical Questions have now been answered by James and Nicky - check your emails!

I'm hoping this is going to be a series of answers. Not even arsed anymore if mine gets asked. Which probably won't. Thanks though! Checked my emails.

I have my sources....! Here's Music Week for y'all, hopefully its readable:

https://i.postimg.cc/44tSP0Z8/JDB1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/ZnkDZ8PF/JDB2.jpg

Thank you for this! :D

Ah now we know who's responsible for videos looking like they cost a £1000 quid!