Each track on Manic Street Preachers’ new album, “Journal For Plague Lovers”, is to be remixed for future release.

Following on from the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Mogwai, Stereolab, David Holmes, The Avalanches, Cornelius and Massive Attack, the Manics have given free rein to a diverse, hand-picked selection of studio hands.

The results range from a Public Image-meets-Charlie Watts cosmic disco stomp to a galloping Joe Meek goes shoegaze homage. The stellar cast of ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’ remixers is:

Andrew Weatherall ‘Peeled Apples’
Saint Etienne ‘Jackie Collins Existential Question Time’
British Sea Power ‘Me And Stephen Hawking’
Patrick Wolf ‘This Joke Sport Severed’
Optimo (Espacio) ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’
The Pariahs ‘She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach’
Adem ‘Facing Page Top Left’
New Young Pony Club ‘Marlon JD’
The Horrors ‘Doors Closing Slowly’
Errors ‘All Is Vanity’
Four Tet ‘Pretension/Repulsion’
Fuck Buttons ‘Virginia State Epileptic Colony’
Underworld ‘William’s Last Words’
Jonathan Krisp ‘Bag Lady’