July 26, 2010 8:23

Manic Street Preachers anounce new 'Postcards…' album tracklisting

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Manic Street Preachers have revealed the tracklisting of their new album 'Postcards From A Young Man' to NME.

The Welsh trio will release the album on September 20, with the lead single from the record, '(It's Not War) – Just The End of Love', out a week earlier (September 13).

The album is the band's 10th studio effort – with the band describing it as "one last shot at mass communication". It was recorded with producer Dave Eringa in the band's home studio in Cardiff.

Echo And The Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch guests on the track 'Some Kind of Nothingness', while former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff MacKagan also contributed to the album.

The tracklisting of 'Postcards From A Young Man' is:

'(It's Not War) – Just The End of Love'
'Postcards From A Young Man'
'Some Kind of Nothingness'
'The Descent – (Pages 1 & 2)'
'Hazleton Avenue'
'Auto-Intoxication'
'Golden Platitudes'
'I Think I’ve Found It'
'A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun'
'All We Make Is Entertainment'
'The Future Has Been Here 4 Ever'
'Don’t Be Evil'

Get this week’s issue of NME for an interview with Nicky Wire on the new record, available from UK newsstands from Wednesday (July 28), or digitally worldwide.