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The future of Manic Street Preachers has been cast into doubt, after bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire voiced his uncertainty of them releasing another album.
Earlier this year, frontman James Dean Bradfield told NME that while progress on new material had been slow due to them needing to find a new studio, he was keen to ‘rock again‘ with a heavier sound on their next album. This comes after collaborator Kieran Evans told us that the new songs he heard were sounding ‘classic and melodious‘.
Now, Wire has revealed that he’s “in a funny place” with regards to what they do next.
“I’ve kind of given up listening to music,” he told the BBC. “There’s lots of good music out there – St Vincent is great, Wolf Alice I really like – but I just listen to Radio 4.”
Speaking of the back-to-back sessions and release for their last two acclaimed albums ‘Rewind The Film‘ and ‘Futurology‘, Wire continued: “It sapped us of our creative juices. It’s really frightening actually because I just don’t know [if we’ll have another record]. It’s hard to see one coming out at the moment.”
However, offering some hope he added: “We might have a surge over the next few weeks and chuck something out. You never know.”
Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire
The band have just completed a summer of festival headline shows – which Bradfield told NME was to help pay for their new studio to continue work on their 13th album.
“I suppose in my head, not that it fucking matters, but I would like to kick against the oblique, delineated, opaque groove that everybody is into. I’d like to rock again,” he said. Asked if they felt inspired by the current state of politics with Donald Trump, Brexit and the rise of the right, Bradfield replied: “Not at the moment, no. I feel pretty misanthropic against all political sides at the…
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