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I just popped into a record shop on my travels down south and managed to bag promo copies of Autumnsong and Indian Summer for £1 each, yay. Feels like 2007 all over again this lately and SATT is just out
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Down south? Where is this fabled place where everything isn't a rip-off ???
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It was a small record shop in Clacton on Sea. Was just passing and thought I'd pop in, glad I did I also got Show Me The Wonder on vinyl too (brand new, not used) for £2. The owner told me he had 300 copies of it in the back haha!
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Cool I miss proper physical manics singles
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Yep. I seem to remember an interview when Nick and James were asked about their solo albums the very first thing they said was that the albums didn't sell. No mention of the songs or anything else. It is their livelihood I suppose.
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They had a good time making it, and it probably came out very close to what they went in intending to make. Can't fault them on that really.
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I just don't like the loudest and production of it. It's just too much. And although the songs are actually very well written, they sound too well written or too obvious. I just never got that era at all. I loved Lifeblood in Winter 2004/5 and JFPL in Spring 2009 but I didn't listen very much to the Manics in between.
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I think SATT and the reaction to it made them feel wanted and relevant again. The NME sung their praises a lot around that time, culminating in the God-like Genius Award and a headline slot at the NME Big Gig in 2008. It got the band back in the mainstream music media again, which I think they felt they needed after Lifeblood not being much of a hit outside the existing fan base. They seemed to pick up a lot of new young fans around that time too. Didn't they say that's what they needed in order to pave the way for JFPL? I'm sure I remember them saying something like that anyway.
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Same here. Used to be so delighted getting both CDs (yes) at the same time (sometimes having to go to different places to hunt down both) and discovering the b-sides.
Ah well. The world moves on.
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