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I'm excited. Aside from legacy reissues from my other favourite bands such as Queen and The Beatles, the Manics are the only band I still get excited about for brand new releases and will probably be the last band I feel like that about. I'd say I like all three songs they've released so far but the general fanbase doesn't seem to be overly up for it. Hopefully next week we'll see more media stuff like the Sunday Brunch appearance (which I had a feeling they would.do - either that or Titchmarsh's Sunday show...). Three singles and big gaps between them with very little promo hasn't helped.
The release date change has probably confused people too and they may have shifted radio appearances to the week of release. I'm still annoyed by the last minute change.
I'm probably in a minority in that I enjoyed both TUVL and RIF a lot, more so than Futurology but don't get me wrong, there are some absolute dog shit songs on both of those albums. But if the three songs we've heard so far are reflective of the album then I will be extremely happy - Brushstrokes of Reunion has a lot of potential judging by the trailer.
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