Manic Street Preachers Bible". In February 2017 the band revealed a teaser trailer for a new documentary entitled "Escape from History", charting the band's journey from "The Holy Bible", through to the disappearance of lyricist and guitarist Richey Edwards, to the huge success of "Everything Must Go". The documentary aired on Sky Arts on 15 April. The band also stated that they would release a new album later in that year. The band released a special edition of their album "Send Away the Tigers" on 12 May. 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the record and the Manics said that "this is a
Journal for Plague Lovers Pitchfork's Joe Tangari, who summarized the album thus: "Even if it were the desperate or cynical move some people have claimed it is, there's no denying that purging Edwards' old lyric folder has helped the band create its best album in a decade. Quite simply, they haven't sounded so focused or so purposeful in a long, long time, and they are at their best with a sense of purpose underpinning their music." Likewise, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic remarked that "they were making inroads in this direction on 2007's "Send Away the Tigers" – for tight, clanking, cantankerous guitars" and