Welsh legends Manic Street Preachers have shared mysterious video on their social media with a short note: “MAY 14TH #TUVL”.
MAY 14TH #TUVL pic.twitter.com/wL4Neooyre
— Manic Street Preachers (@Manics) May 10, 2021
The thirty three seconds long clip contains partially seen objects, landscapes and mysterious three legged square in dim light that changes colours with every scene. It features lines form Joan Didion quote “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at and what it means. What I want and what I fear”. By the end, we can hear frontman James Dean Bradfield singing: “Is this just our beginning?”.
It looks like the full song will arrive in three days. The band’s fans shared their excitement commenting under the post: “I love it. No other band matches the ‘package’ on new releases” and “Oh my godddd, I can’t wait! And I’m getting Twin Peaks vibes from the visuals at the end too”.
Back in January, the musicians shared a list of potential song titles for their fourteen studio album. Two months later they posted on Instagram a selfie with song lyrics: “And in the rhythm of your voice, I find space to rejoice/My complicated illusions leave me with no choice”. In the last print of MOJO magazine, the band shared some details of their upcoming new album saying: “It’s quite a subtle record. There are, always, guitars, but it’s very restrained for us, and really tasteful. It’s the usual thing, miserable lyrics and great pop”.
Manic Street Preachers will play live shows starting July 2021. See full list of their tour below. Tickets are available here.
16/07/21 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
17/07 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
30/07 – Y Not Festival – Pikehall
31/07 – Olavsfest – Trondheim – Norway
07/08 – Party At The Palace – Linlithgow
29/08 – Camper Calling – Alcester
10/09 – Piece Hall – Halifax
18/09 – Electric Park Festival – Jersey
26/05/22 – Ashton Gate Stadium – Bristol
28/05 – Ricoh Stadium – Coventry
01/06 – Riverside Stadium – Middlesbrough
09/06 – Colorline Stadium – Alesund – Norway
11/06 – Tele 2 Arena – Stockholm – Sweden
