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Rewind the Film
Rewind the Film is the eleventh studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 16 September 2013 by Columbia Records. The sound is very different from previous records and is more acoustic-driven. It features guests Lucy Rose, Cate Le Bon and Richard Hawley.
The album debuted and peaked at number four in the UK Albums Chart.
Rewind the Film was recorded in the Manics' Faster studio in Cardiff, Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, and Hansa Studios in Berlin. In a statement, the band announced, "(If) this record has a relation in the Manics back catalogue, it's probably the sedate coming of age that was This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours."
Rewind the Film is the first of two new albums the Manics recorded in 2013. In February 2013, the band announced via Twitter, "MSP were in the great Hansa Studios in January with Alex Silva (who recorded The Holy Bible with us). Berlin was inspirational... Sean been playing a french horn in the studio today – sounding wonderful."
In May 2013, the Manics announced that they were in the process of recording two new albums simultaneously, with 35 new songs being recorded, with some of the material to be featured on their next album, Futurology. Vocalist/lead guitarist James Dean Bradfield told the NME, "We've nearly finished mixing this [the first album]. It's much more acoustic based – I think there's one electric guitar on the entire record. But it's not Campfire Street Preachers, we're not banging boxes or anything... The lead track sounds like a mix between "Rocks Off"-era Stones and Vegas-era Elvis." Bradfield also revealed, "I can tell you that both albums will be very different from each other in terms of style... One will be more acoustic and gentle in nature with lots of horns and a real atlantic soul element to it, while the other's going to be way more spikey with lots and lots of electric guitar on there."
After recording the new material, the Manics embarked on a three-date concert tour of Australia and New Zealand in June–July 2013, in tandem with the British & Irish Lions rugby union tour of Australia. The Manics did not perform any new songs during this tour; bassist/lyricist Nicky Wire explained,
[the new album is] kinda the exact opposite of what we're doing at the moment... This tour has been kind of raucous, a mixture of rock 'n' roll and rugby, food, pleasure, whereas the album is very melancholic...a lot of interior feelings, very soft for us, very delicate...so we're kinda getting all the rock 'n' roll out of our system on this trip, and then the album is a totally different beast, actually... It's a lot more acoustic, there's lots of acoustic guitars. There's very little of James' electric guitar, which is obviously pretty much our trademark... It's a big thing, he's still going cold turkey through not doing any guitar solos on the album!
During "The Lions Tour," the Manics tweeted a photo of a CD with "Manic Street Preachers Rewind The Film 18/6/13" written on it. They also posted the message, "Manics fans might want to listen to 6music Monday morning." The song "Rewind the Film", featuring former Longpigs guitarist Richard Hawley and based on A Little Girl Lost by David Axelrod, premiered online and on BBC Radio 6 on 8 July 2013. The new album's title and release date were announced officially on the Manics' official website on the same day.
Rewind the Film
Rewind the Film is the eleventh studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 16 September 2013 by Columbia Records. The sound is very different from previous records and is more acoustic-driven. It features guests Lucy Rose, Cate Le Bon and Richard Hawley.
The album debuted and peaked at number four in the UK Albums Chart.
Rewind the Film was recorded in the Manics' Faster studio in Cardiff, Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, and Hansa Studios in Berlin. In a statement, the band announced, "(If) this record has a relation in the Manics back catalogue, it's probably the sedate coming of age that was This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours."
Rewind the Film is the first of two new albums the Manics recorded in 2013. In February 2013, the band announced via Twitter, "MSP were in the great Hansa Studios in January with Alex Silva (who recorded The Holy Bible with us). Berlin was inspirational... Sean been playing a french horn in the studio today – sounding wonderful."
In May 2013, the Manics announced that they were in the process of recording two new albums simultaneously, with 35 new songs being recorded, with some of the material to be featured on their next album, Futurology. Vocalist/lead guitarist James Dean Bradfield told the NME, "We've nearly finished mixing this [the first album]. It's much more acoustic based – I think there's one electric guitar on the entire record. But it's not Campfire Street Preachers, we're not banging boxes or anything... The lead track sounds like a mix between "Rocks Off"-era Stones and Vegas-era Elvis." Bradfield also revealed, "I can tell you that both albums will be very different from each other in terms of style... One will be more acoustic and gentle in nature with lots of horns and a real atlantic soul element to it, while the other's going to be way more spikey with lots and lots of electric guitar on there."
After recording the new material, the Manics embarked on a three-date concert tour of Australia and New Zealand in June–July 2013, in tandem with the British & Irish Lions rugby union tour of Australia. The Manics did not perform any new songs during this tour; bassist/lyricist Nicky Wire explained,
[the new album is] kinda the exact opposite of what we're doing at the moment... This tour has been kind of raucous, a mixture of rock 'n' roll and rugby, food, pleasure, whereas the album is very melancholic...a lot of interior feelings, very soft for us, very delicate...so we're kinda getting all the rock 'n' roll out of our system on this trip, and then the album is a totally different beast, actually... It's a lot more acoustic, there's lots of acoustic guitars. There's very little of James' electric guitar, which is obviously pretty much our trademark... It's a big thing, he's still going cold turkey through not doing any guitar solos on the album!
During "The Lions Tour," the Manics tweeted a photo of a CD with "Manic Street Preachers Rewind The Film 18/6/13" written on it. They also posted the message, "Manics fans might want to listen to 6music Monday morning." The song "Rewind the Film", featuring former Longpigs guitarist Richard Hawley and based on A Little Girl Lost by David Axelrod, premiered online and on BBC Radio 6 on 8 July 2013. The new album's title and release date were announced officially on the Manics' official website on the same day.