Manic Street PreachersLipstick Traces - A Secret History Of Manic Street Preachers (SEALED)

Digging through the margins of the Manics often reveals more about their identity than the chart-toppers do. This selection of b-sides and rarities captures the friction between their glam-punk aggression and the weary, intellectual pop that followed. The cover of Suicide’s Dream Baby Dream shows a vulnerable side to their wall of sound, while earlier tracks bristling with James Dean Bradfield’s sharpest riffs remind us of their initial explosive mission. It feels like a private conversation with a band that always had too much to say for just the hits.