I just posted this over on ‘Happening Now’ then realised it should really be a blog post, so here it is…
It’s finally out of the bag so I can shout it from the rooftops, but I’ve spent the first half of this year working on the artwork and design for a new solo album by James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers. As any of you who know about my life-long obsession with rock music will appreciate, it’s pretty much a dream gig for me.
You can preorder the album in its various formats from today HERE
If you want to hear some music from the album there are several tracks available on the usual streaming platforms, or you can watch this great moody video below, directed by Kieran Evans, for my personal favourite, ‘There’ll Come a War’.
The album is inspired by the Chilean singer-songwriter-activist, Victor Jara, who was murdered in the first days of the Pinochet regime, with lyrics written by Patrick Jones. If you want to know more, a great documentary popped up on Netflix earlier this year about Jara, called ‘Massacre at the Stadium’.
