Manic Street Preachershave released details of their fifteenth studio album Critical Thinking.

Initially inspired by a line from the poet Anne Sexton (“I am a collection of dismantled almosts”),Hiding in Plain Sight contrasts a fearful midlife nostalgia – one in which the writer longs to keep the curtains drawn all day – with a gloriously uplifting melody that draws on classic 70s rocknroll of The Only Ones, Cockney Rebel and the loose flow of Dinosaur Jrs Freak Scene. Recorded at the bands Door To The River Studio and Rockfield, Monmouth, the song features a lead vocal byNicky Wireand added vocals byLana McDonagh. It was produced by the band with regular collaboratorsDave EringaandLoz Williamsand mixed byCaesar Edmunds (St Vincent/Wet Leg). Critical Thinking cele