The entire "Rewind the film" on radio

[manic cow]

Just got round to listening to it for the first time, and I'm impressed.

This Sullen Welsh Heart, 3 Ways To See Despair and Running Out Of Fantasy are my favourites so far. Rewind The Film has really grown on me as well after the initial shock and horror of the first new manics song I'd heard for ages not being sung by James!

Also liking the back to back eurovision style anthems of Anthem For A Lost Cause and As Holy As The Soil. I hear hints of The Winner Takes It All in anthem, which should be a bad thing but somehow isn't.

Love the verses for Show Me The Wonder but still not convinced on the chorus, and I'm not getting the attraction of 30 Year War yet - it seems like another clunky 'tackle the big issues' song, which seems to be a bit of a theme for their closing tracks. Although perhaps it'll grow like SYMM did.

On the whole though, impressed! Better actually get round to ordering the album now!