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In defence of... the melancholy Manic Street Preachers

'Ready For Drowning' and 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next' are both powerful and astonishingly bleak- that the latter became their first number one remains one of the more glorious corners of pop history- a little victory for melancholy art. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com

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09:51 on September 12 2013

In defence of... the melancholy Manic Street Preachers

DrownedInSound — 'Ready For Drowning' and 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next' are both powerful and astonishingly bleak- that the latter became their first number one remain... more info

Manic Street Preachers