Ultra Vivid Lament, The AwaitingStock and celestial forms

and celestial forms

and the Beatles

No signs of forced entry are apparent

It was a year when many of the top local groups from the previous years split-up as the winds of change enveloped the music scene

while in his private life

Ultra Vivid Lament, The AwaitingStock and celestial formsManic Street Preachers return with their 14th studio album The Ultra Vivid Lament The Ultra Vivid Lament is both reflection and reaction; a record that gazes in isolation across a cluttered room, fogged by often painful memories, to focus on an open window framing a gleaming vista of land melting into sea and endless sky. The Ultra Vivid Laments eleven tracks perfectly marry introspection, quiet rage and sublime, irresistible tunes. Those elements are