Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament sooper each works of deliciously sad

each works of deliciously sad and beautiful pop full of heart-wrenching harmonies dotted with unexpected instrumental flourishes

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Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament sooper each works of deliciously sadThe Ultra Vivid Lament is the 14th studio album from Manic Street Preachers. It 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. Musically The Ultra Vivid Lament is inspired by a formative years record box (ABBA, post Eno Roxy, the Bunnymen, Fables era REM, Lodger) though the end