A certain young man from Bombay

Caught the slow boat to China one day.

He was pinned to the tiller

By a sex-starved gorilla - 

And China's a bloody long way. 

~ Paul Merton.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. 
~ Douglas Adams

I at last got around to browsing for new music, the only place I've really browsed in my home town is a small Morrisons branch, which seems to specialise only in pop and rap music...

Anyone who knows me should know one of, if not actually my favourite band is Manic Street Preachers, and whilst "Send Away The Tigers" isn't their newest album, it happened to be what the small store in Rugby had.

First off, I have to say, this is very different to Lifeblood, even though I have bad memories tied to that album I do like it. Send Away The Tigers is a whole new animal though, it's far more lively, far more infectious, if you don't like a song then by the end of a few plays you certainly will.

My main issue with Manics albums, is that I always get far too engrossed in them, and always connect with a song or two. S.A.T.T isn't any different, songs like "Rendition" and "Send Away The Tigers" itself. It's a bit unusual for Manics to name an album after a song, but I can see why here, it may be a generic song you can put anywhere, but it has amazing sing along capabilities.

Anyway, off I pop to listen to it some more.