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Originally Posted by everlasting
Unless they release a HUGE massive catchy HIT single, then they'll never get the mainstream airplay again nor get the general casual music public to hear anything new by them. Seriously, a lot of people over the years I've talked to about the Manic always say something like "They still around? Not heard anything by them in years, I love Tolerate and Design for Life". Says it all sadly. Glad we're still getting music and gigs, but their time as one of the bigger bands is truly over now I feel  |
Would agree with all of this. I know a few fans who:
- Have been astonished to learn that the Manics are still releasing new albums and touring.
- Are aware the band are still active, but believe they haven't released anything decent or interesting or noteworthy in decades, and simply trot out middle of the road dad rock.
- Loved them enough to travel around for gigs up until the 2000s but eventually stopped caring enough to keep up.
- Think their days of making relevant music is over and haven't done anything to make an impact on the music scenes or inspirational to new bands or younger people this century.
Since Critical Thinking came out, I've spoken to three former fans who asked me "have you heard the new Manics album yet?" with that awkward 'yeah, it's not good is it' look on their face.
When I replied that I'd heard it and found it mostly uninspired with a few moments that were okay, songs that sounded like ideas of songs that could have been great if they'd worked on them, they all said I was being too generous!
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Originally Posted by LA ex
Do albums ever grow and build momentum these days? Possibly for breakthrough acts, but I doubt for established acts.
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They definitely do for underground acts or for artists who are established but only release albums on occasion. It seems to happen across social media among some music pages I follow, the flurry of hype and praise for a new album released by bands who would play clubs and still work day jobs. I suspect for artists like the Manics, it'll just be the faithful existing fans keeping up.