The Telegraph — Manic Street Preachers' 'Postcards From a Young Man' is their best album in ages. Rating: * * * * more info

Guardian Music — Man your stations, the Manics are backNext week sees the release of Manic Street Preachers' 10th – yes, 10th – album, Postcards From a Young Man. Many of you will already have heard their latest offering, bafflingly described by Nicky Wire as "Va... more info

NME — Bassist brands the Deputy Prime Minister a 'desperate politician' more info

The Mirror — 3/5 more info

ContactMusic — Rocker NICKY WIRE is worried the upcoming MANIC STREET PREACHERS album will flop - because he's convinced the band has made its new material too commercial.The group has... more info

Guardian Music — Their 10th album might sound like ELO, but the Manic Street Preachers are as full as ever of intellectual fire. Alexis Petridis welcomes them backLet us for a moment return to 1992, the year the Manic Street Preachers released their debut album, Gene... more info

ContactMusic — Nicky Wire lies awake at night worrying about the future of rock n' roll.The Manic Street Preachers bassist has blasted the current music scene, claiming there are... more info

Addict Music — As far as being an album that shows progression it doesn’t succeed, but it also at times represents a love letter to former glories more info

ContactMusic — MANIC STREET PREACHERS bassist NICKY WIRE has praised WYCLEF JEAN for his presidential bid in Haiti - insisting the hip-hop star showed "an unbelievable amount of bravery"... more info

The Mirror — Nicky Wire has admitted he's "extremely nervous" about the release of the new Manic Street Preachers album - because it's more commercial than anything they've done before. more info