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Originally Posted by someone, somewhere, soon

NME reckons it's driven forward by the Manics’ influences of The Skids, ‘Gran Turismo’-era The Cardigans and The War On Drugs... can't hear any of that myself, just sounds like TUVL pt.2 to me.

Usual Wire press release bullshit about the influences.

Could be a lyric about Sean's facial hair maybe? Sean is looking at you disapprovingly. Embrace the beard community, or Decline and Fall.