Manic Street Preachers Announce New Album 'The Ultra Vivid Lament' And Accompanying UK Tour Friday, 14 May 2021 Manic Street Preachers have confirmed the details of their new album. Following a series of teasers, the trio revealed the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Resistance Is Futile’ is called ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ and will arrive on September 3 via Columbia/Sony. It was conceived on piano instead of guitar, and was recorded last winter at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth and the band’s studio in Newport. Among its 11 tracks are The Secret He Had Missed with guest vocalist Julia Cumming of Sunflower Bean and Blank Diary Entry with Mark Lanegan.