Nicky Wire, once upon a time Nick Jones, has also unleashed a solo album whilst the Manics take a bit of a break. Nicky Wire is not known for his vocal prowess, and thus caution was taken in listening to it.....whereas it is hardly a "vanity project" along the lines of Keith Moon's Two Sides Of The Moon or the various Kiss solo projects, it does not lag all that far behind. a better comparison would be John Squire's ill-fated Seahorses project. whereas that sounded like a bunch of second grade tunes that were never good enough for the Stone Roses, I Killed The Zeitgeist sounds a great deal like a number of tracks composed for the Manics but never fully worked out. this notion is somewhat underlined by the appearance of the song Goodbye Suicide, which Manicites will know was the working title for the excellent Lifeblood album.
Nicky Wire is no vocalist, and at least he does not pretend to be. the singing is borderline chanting, and he does the best he can with his vocal range. as for instrumentation, not as bass guitar heavy as it might have been, but it certainly relies on a percussion driven, industrial punk like sound.
an album, unlike James Dean Bradfield's, that is certainly not destined to appear on everyone's collection list, but a must have for the Cult of Richey Manics fan base and something for those with a taste for the quirky and unusual.
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