Futurology (album) Futurology (album) Futurology is the twelfth studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 7 July 2014 by record label Columbia. The album features contributions from Green Gartside, Nina Hoss, Georgia Ruth, Cian Ciaran and Cate Le Bon. Supported by two singles, "Walk Me to the Bridge" and the title track "Futurology", the album has been met with critical acclaim and it was their highest charting album since "Send Away the Tigers", peaking and debuting at number 2 on the UK Album Chart. "Futurology" was the Manics' second new album to be released in
Send Away the Tigers in a rut with no way out." Retrospectively, "NME" cited the record as when the band "rediscovered their sense of purpose and ushered in their third great phase" with the critically acclaimed "Journal for Plague Lovers" and "Postcards from a Young Man" following. Bassist Nicky Wire remains fond of the album, saying of the pre-"Send Away the Tigers" period: "It didn't feel like we were a band just before that. We were on the verge of nothingness and to dig that out of ourselves made us fall in love with music again." The album helped earn the band the following