Originally published by L.S. Media. October 1st 2010.

The Manic Street Preachers have always been one of those bands that want to go from populist music makers to ground breaking visionaries that produce an album just because they can.

Postcards from a Young Man, the tenth studio album by the Welsh rockers, seems as if the band has managed to combine these two separate ways of thinking into one album. With instantly recognisable songs that have the Manic feel stamped all over them, to songs that don’t quite fit with the rest of the endeavour, one thing for sure is that this album will never be accused of being staid or neglectful to its core fan base.