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Taking a break from their Tarot Sport(s), Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power offer their distinctively kaleidoscopic crunch to an imploded twisting of Manic Street Preachers' "Virginia State Epileptic Society," a song from the seminal Welsh band's Steve Albini and Dave Eringa produced ninth studio album, Journal For Plague Lovers. Interestingly (and sort of chillingly), all of the new Preachers' songs include lyrics written by original (and way charismatic, complicated, troubled, literary) rhythm guitarist/lyricist Richey Edwards, who disappeared on February 1, 1995 and was presumed dead a few years later. Jenny Saville's battered cover art adds to the eeriness. And, yes, considering their thing for flashing pulsations, it's fitting Fuck Buttons are tackling the track with epilepsy in the title.Continue reading Fuck Buttons Remix Manic Street Preachers (Stereogum Premiere)...
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